Joseph J. Wielebinski
Shareholder
Overview
Joe has served on the firm's Management Committee and as the firm's Section Head of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Creditors' Rights group, which consists of over 25 attorneys in Dallas, Houston and Austin, Texas. His practice focus is on bankruptcy, creditors' rights and financial restructuring for almost 25 years and is active throughout the United States in a variety of complex restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy cases.
Memberships & Affiliations
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- Dallas Bar Association, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section, Past President
- FraudNet, Executive Director
- International Bar Association, Creditors' Rights and Insolvency Sections
- State Bar of Texas, Bankruptcy Law Section
- Turnaround Management Association, Past President of the Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter and Former National Board of Directors Member
Awards & Honors
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- AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell \r\n
- Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights Super Lawyers — Business Edition and Corporate Counsel Edition, Thomson Reuters, 2009-2010\r\n
- Best Lawyers in America in Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law, Woodward/White, Inc., 2008-2013\r\n
- Best Lawyers in America, Texas\' Best Lawyers, Woodward/White, Inc., 2013\r\n
- International Who’s Who of Asset Recovery Lawyers, 2012\r\n
- Law Awards for Achievement, Finance Monthly, 2010\r\n
- Leaders in Their Field, Chambers USA, 2005-2013\r\n
- Leading Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyer, Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC\'s Expert Guide to the World\'s Leading Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyers, 2001-2009\r\n
- Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2003-2012\r\n
- Who\'s Who Legal: Texas, Law Business Research Limited, 2007-2008\r\n
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Admissions
- Supreme Court of Texas
- Texas
- United States Courts of Appeals for the Fourth and Fifth Circuits
- United States District Courts for the Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas
- Various Federal Courts throughout the Country
Articles & Speeches
- August 25, 2012 — Roundtable: Offshore and Tax Havens
- Volume 10, Number 4 August 2012 — RadLAX Gateway Hotel, LLC v. Amalgamated Bank: Will the Supreme Court's Decision Regarding a Secured Creditor's Right to Credit Bid Affect Unsecured Creditors?
- April 4, 2012 — Issues and Challenges in Real Estate Cramdown Confirmation Cases
- November 17, 2011 — Issues and Challenges in Real Estate Cramdown Confirmation Cases
- November 19, 2010 — Dueling Proceedings Between Bankruptcy and Receiverships
- Summer 2010 — Survey of Bankruptcy Law
- March 24, 2010 — Checking in to Bankruptcy & Workouts: Options for Your Distressed Hotel
- March 1, 2010 — Equipped to Succeed: Recent Asset Purchase Creates Opportunities for Innovative TI Plant
- December 21, 2009 — Bankruptcy Law: Section 363 Sales
- November 19, 2009 — The Coming Wave of Real Estate Bankruptcies and What You Need to Know About Them (but Either are Too Young to Know ... or Too Old to Remember)
- Summer 2009 — Survey of Bankruptcy Law
- October 2009 — An Overview of the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy Practice in the United States
- June 2009 — The Why, What and How of Hotel Receiverships
- March 30, 2009 — Utilizing Chapter 15 of the United States Bankruptcy Code to Combat Fraud
- March 30, 2009 — Registration of Businesses in the United States
- March 12, 2009 — Acquisitions of Assets from Trouble Companies: Opportunities and Pitfalls
- December 22, 2008 — Bankruptcy Law: Filings Rise
- September 2008 — Inside the Minds: Bankruptcy Restructuring Strategies
- September 2008 — UNCITRAL's Working Group VI Commences Deliberations on Intellectual Property Annex to Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions
- May 2008 — Recurrent and Developing Issues Encountered in Sales Pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code
- April 1, 2008 — Hedge Fund Secrecy v. Bankruptcy Code
- November 2007 — Chapter 15 of the United States Bankruptcy Code
- November 1, 2007 — The Wild West is Not in Texas: Recent Order Curbs: Abusive Chapter 5 Avoidable Transfer Litigation
- October 2007 — Utilizing Cross-Border Insolvency Laws to Attack Fraud: An Analysis of How It Could Work in the British Virgin Islands, United States and Germany
- May 21, 2007 — When Worlds Collide: The Clash Between Hedge Funds and the Bankruptcy Code
- February 2007 — Avoiding the Wrecking Ball: Effectively Dealing with Competing Claims in a Construction Bankruptcy Case — An Analysis From the Perspective of the M&M Lien Claimants
- November 16-17, 2006 — Construction Law Issues in the Bankruptcy Arena: Competing Claims, Liens and Interests of M&M Liens Under Texas Law
- September 21, 2006 — Utilizing Cross-Border Insolvency Laws to Attack Fraud: An Analysis on How It Could Work (The United States Experience)
- August 2005 — Equity Turned on Its Head: The Applicability of in pari delicto to a Bankruptcy Trustee
- September 2005 — Helping Repair a Safety Net — Congress Needs to Revisit the New Bankruptcy Law with Hurricane Victims in Mind
- May 1-3, 2005 — Topping Up the Estate — What's Left After the Asset Trail Runs Out?
- April 2005 — Thou Shalt Recover: The Ten Commandments of Collection From Bankruptcy Debtors
- March 25, 2005 — Dangers Lurk in Bankrtupcy Plans
- March 2005 — Non-Consensual Third Party Releases in Bankruptcy: Permissible or Not, Ignore at Your Peril
- February 2005 — Pre-Filing Concerns of a Company Considering a Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing
- September 2004 — Winning the Res ... Judicata Battle: The Use of the Doctrine as a Shield or Sword
- March 2004 — Avoiding (or at Least Mitigation) Civil and Bankruptcy Liability
- January 26, 2004 — Nonconsensual Third-Party Releases
- May 22-23, 2003 — Post-Confirmation Issues: How to Fix What You Did Not Fix at Confirmation
- May 17-18, 2001 — Don't Lien on Me — Construction Law Issues in Bankruptcy
