REPRESENTATION OF CHAPTER 11 DEBTORS

On a Friday afternoon in the fall of 2002, an attorney contacted a member of Murphy Desmond's bankruptcy team. The attorney's client needed to file a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition by the following Tuesday. The attorney could not file the bankruptcy himself due to conflict issues. However, he knew that by referring the client to Murphy Desmond, the client's bankruptcy filing would be handled in an efficient, professional and skilled manner.

Murphy Desmond did file the client's bankruptcy petition that Tuesday, along with all other documents necessary to keep the client operating as a debtor-in-possession through the bankruptcy filing. Not even four months later, Murphy Desmond filed the client's plan of reorganization. Murphy Desmond has the team in place to rapidly respond to the needs of debtors in Chapter 11 cases. All Chapter 11 debtors can expect the same level of personalized service, focused representation, practical strategies and accomplished practice as this client is receiving.

Reorganizations and workouts impact each and every aspect of a business. The Bankruptcy Practice Group has the advantage of being able to draw upon Murphy Desmond's expertise in all areas of law that might arise during the course of a bankruptcy case. For example, as is necessary the Bankruptcy Practice Group works closely with attorneys practicing in employee benefits, tax, real estate, securities, environmental, health and insurance law. Additionally, all lawyers in the Bankruptcy Practice Group handle litigation and work with the firm's litigation specialists on protracted litigation.

Murphy Desmond has one of the largest and most adept teams in Wisconsin for conducting loan restructuring, workouts and Chapter 11 cases on behalf of debtors. In recent years, Murphy Desmond's lawyers have represented debtors in a wide variety of business areas including but not limited to:

Murphy Desmond represents secured lenders, receivers, trustees, individual creditors, creditors' committees, purchasers of assets or insolvent companies and debtors in all aspects of bankruptcy, workouts and corporate reorganizations. Murphy Desmond’s bankruptcy practice is national in scope. Its lawyers have been involved in cases pending in Wisconsin, Illinois, Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Indiana, Washington, Georgia, Colorado, South Dakota and other states. Lawyers at Murphy Desmond lecture nationally on variety of bankruptcy issues and serve on national committees of bankruptcy organizations.