Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy 

It's not a situation clients want to be in, and most have no experience dealing with the complex financial and legal issues in bankruptcy proceedings and secured creditor enforcement actions. Our practice does. We also provide legal services to commercial banks, savings and loans, life insurance companies, and other financial institutions dealing with problem loans. We counsel businesses with financial problems, represent creditors in bankruptcy proceedings, and advise financial institutions on compliance with state and federal regulations.

Perhaps most importantly, we provide many proactive services that can help prevent problems, including reviewing operating procedures to enhance cash flow, negotiating payment arrangements with taxing authorities, handling negotiations on wage and benefit issues, and assisting with crisis management. We help businesses find solutions to avoid dissolution.

Bankruptcy Articles

In Defense of Fairness to Creditors: Proposed New Carve-outs for IRAs, ED IRAs Are Excessive

The practice of the firm's Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy Group covers the entire state of Indiana, as well as bankruptcy proceedings on a national basis. Our services encompass workout negotiations, loan documentation, regulation compliance audits, bankruptcy reorganization proceedings, and lender liability issues. We have extensive experience in real estate mortgage foreclosures, equipment repossession actions, and commercial financing.

Our creditors' rights and bankruptcy services include:

• Representing individuals and businesses with cash flow liquidity problems
• Representing secured and unsecured creditors and committees in bankruptcy, foreclosure, and collection proceedings
• Representing business owners and creditors in negotiated debt restructurings and reorganization proceedings
• Conducting document review and compliance audits for lending transactions
• Preparing loan documentation for restructured loans
• Reviewing environmental issues related to loan transactions and counseling lenders
• Assisting management in reviewing operating procedures to enhance cash flow and negotiating credit terms with vendors
• Negotiating payment arrangements for liabilities to taxing authorities
• Litigating tax disputes
• Helping management in the employment of business crises managers
• Assisting in the employment of appraisers, liquidators, and other experts to determine the value of collateral and the most advantageous way to liquidate collateral

It's important to note that creditors' rights and bankruptcy proceedings often involve other areas of law such as securities, tax, employment, real estate, or environmental law. To properly represent you, your attorneys must delve into all the related issues. Our diverse practice groups enable us to draw on knowledge and experience in most all areas of law. In complicated financial proceedings, experienced representation can be an astute investment.