Creditors' Rights & Bankruptcy

Creditors' Rights, Out-of-Court Workouts & Commercial Litigation

The attorneys of Stites & Harbison’s Creditors' Rights & Bankruptcy Service Group advise and represent clients in workout negotiations, default and foreclosure and actions in state courts, and in contested matters and adversary proceedings arising under Chapters 7, 11, 12 and 13 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. We also handle creditor defense and bankruptcy litigation.

Our experience includes:

  • Financial institution representation
  • Creditor defense and bankruptcy litigation
  • Work for secured creditors, trade and other unsecured creditors, landlords, insurance companies, equipment lessors, creditors' committees, indenture trustees, liquidating trustees and preference- and fraudulent-conveyance defendants

Members of the Creditors' Rights & Bankruptcy Service Group regularly partner with members of other Stites & Harbison practice groups including Environmental and Natural Resources, Intellectual Property, Construction, Real Estate and Banking, and Health Care to negotiate and litigate complex issues in United States Bankruptcy Courts from coast to coast.

Representative Matters:

  • Represented the D-I-P lender and successful purchaser in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of a hospital.
  • Successfully negotiated an 11 U.S.C. Section 363 sale of all of the hospital's assets to the client within 90 days of the petition.
  • Handled two foreclosures of entire subdivision developments in Southern Indiana.
  • Representing a hedge fund, obtained a favorable judgment against the guarantor to recover fraudulent transfer.
  • Representing a title insurance company in litigation brought by Chapter 11 debtor's mortgage warehouse lender.
  • Seeking judgment and possession of Limobus in Jefferson County, Kentucky.
Main Contact
See more related to Creditors' Rights, Out-of-Court Workouts & Commercial Litigation
Press Releases

Chrisandrea Turner Selected for Leadership Lexington’s Class of 2023-24

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Leadership Lexington has selected Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney Chrisandrea L. Turner as a member of the 2023-24 Leadership Lexington program.

by Stites & Harbison, PLLC August 29, 2023
Articles

Local Bankruptcy Rules: Kentucky (W.D. Ky.)

Attorneys Brian Pollock, Chrisandrea Turner, and Corey Dunn authored this Practice Note summarizing selected rules of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Kentucky.

by Corey Dunn, Brian R. Pollock, and Chrisandrea L. Turner June 12, 2023
Press Releases

Stites & Harbison Welcomes Joseph Ronderos, Jr., to the Nashville Office

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC welcomes attorney Joseph V. Ronderos, Jr., to the firm’s Nashville, Tenn., office. He joins the Business Litigation Service Group. His practice focuses on financial services, product liability and business litigation.

by Stites & Harbison, PLLC May 16, 2023
Events

56th Georgia Defense Lawyers Association (GDLA) Annual Meeting

Date: 6/15/23 - 6/18/23

The Breakers, One South County Road, Palm Beach, FL 33480

Don't miss the 56th GDLA Annual Meeting at The Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida from June 15-18. Earn CLE hours* and network with your friends and colleagues at various social events. Atlanta office attorney Jennifer Guerra will be a speaker at the event.

Jennifer M. Guerra March 07, 2023
Events

21st Annual Kentucky Environmental Conference

Date: 3/9/23 - 3/10/23

Griffin Gate Marriott Golf Resort & Spa, 1800 Newtown Pike, Lexington, Ky. 40511

Where can you find the latest information on Kentucky and federal environmental policies and regulations, as well as information on new environmental compliance mandates? The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce will provide this and more at our annual Kentucky Environmental Conference. You will leave this conference with a detailed, up-to-the-minute review of major environmental regulatory issues that affect your facility. Environmental attorney Jennifer Cave will be a speaker.

Jennifer J. Cave March 02, 2023
Press Releases

Emerging 100 of Atlanta Inducts Brandon Sartin

ATLANTA—Emerging 100 of Atlanta (E100 Atlanta) has inducted Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney Brandon D. Sartin as one of 27 new members. The induction ceremony was held in December of 2022.

by Stites & Harbison, PLLC January 18, 2023