Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy
Our Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy team represents secured and unsecured creditors, lenders, landlords, and other stakeholders in protecting their financial interests in distressed and insolvent situations. We guide clients through collections, workouts, receiverships, and all chapters of bankruptcy, with a focus on maximizing recovery and minimizing risk.
We assist in enforcing judgments, perfecting liens, and negotiating loan restructurings, while also advising on foreclosure actions, reclamation claims, and preference litigation. Our attorneys represent clients in bankruptcy court proceedings, including stay relief motions, claim objections, and adversary actions.
With deep experience across industries, we help creditors navigate the complexities of bankruptcy law while maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements. We also counsel financial institutions and businesses in evaluating debtor risks and structuring transactions to strengthen creditor protections from the outset.
Whether you’re enforcing loan terms, recovering assets, or responding to a debtor filing, we deliver responsive, strategic legal support that helps creditors preserve rights and pursue meaningful outcomes.
Related Services
- Buying, Selling and Licensing Distressed Assets
- Chapters 7, 11, 12 and 13
- Claims Litigation
- Collections
- Complex Debt Restructurings
- Credit sales policies
- Debt restructuring
- Debtor-in-Possession Financing and Equipment Leasing
- Disposition of Assets by Debtors with Ongoing Business Operations
- Environmental Concerns
- Insolvency Cases
- Loan Structuring
- Out of Court Work-Outs
- Pension and Labor Law Issues
- Pre-Judgment and Post-Judgment Remedies
- Receiverships
- Tax Planning Issues
Tax Controversies
- Administrative Appeals
- Audits (federal and state income, excise, estate and gift taxes, state sales / use, property and franchise taxes)
- Criminal Tax Investigations
- Litigation in State and Federal Courts including United States Tax Court, Federal Court of Claims, Ohio Board of Tax Appeals and Ohio Supreme Court
- Real Property Tax Appeals
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