Raymond J. Urbanik
Shareholder
Overview
Ray is the Business Development Coordinator of the Insolvency, Restructuring & Creditors' Rights group, which consists of over 20 attorneys in Dallas, Houston and Austin, Texas. He has 20 years of experience in Chapter 11 reorganizations and non-bankruptcy business restructurings. His experience includes the representation of debtors, lenders, various types of unsecured creditors, creditors' committees, landlords, insurance companies, parties to complex executory contracts and most recently, the representation of equity funds in Chapter 11 cases and non-bankruptcy workouts.
Ray represents a number of national business clients as their go to person for all types of bankruptcy matters throughout the United States and internationally. These clients are in technology, telecommunications and business processing. Ray also has substantial bankruptcy litigation experience, avoidance action litigation, officer and director litigation, executory contract litigation and the representation of Chapter 7 and 11 trustees in a variety of litigation matters.
Ray has participated in numerous large Chapter 11 cases including more recent engagements such as:
- Representation of a telecommunications manufacturer in its Chapter 11 case in the Eastern District of Texas.
- Representation of an oil and gas exploration company in an out of court restructure.
- Representation in a Chapter 11 case of the purchaser of a chain of retail music centers.
- Representation of a large franchise restaurant operation in general corporate and litigation matters.
- Representation of a restaurant chain in a Chapter 11 reorganization.
- Representation of creditors' committees in recent cases involving office products manufacturing, carpeting manufacturing, a computer systems distributor, a school bus manufacturing company, and a chemical sales and distribution company.
- Chapter 11 representation of the purchaser of a health care business operation consisting of multiple retail pharmacies and infusion centers.
- Representation in a Chapter 11 case of the purchaser of an education web site for students and educators.
Memberships & Affiliations
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- American Bar Association, Business Law Section
- Dallas Bar Association, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section
- New York State Bar Association
- State Bar of Texas, Bankruptcy Law Section
- Turnaround Management Association, Former President of the Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter
Awards & Honors
- AV® Peer Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
Admissions
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
