Russell L. Munsch

Shareholder

Overview

Russ is one of the firm’s founding partners and the former Section Head of the Insolvency, Restructuring & Creditors' Rights group, which consists of over 20 attorneys in Dallas, Houston and Austin, Texas. He has also served as the firm’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. His experience relates to all phases of creditors' rights, insolvency, bankruptcy and commercial law. His primary emphasis during the last several years has been in the representation of major creditors, bank groups and financial institutions in large loan workouts, restructures and bankruptcies. Russ represents trustees and creditors committees in cases throughout the country and has also served as trustee and examiner in cases in Texas.

Some of the more notable cases on which Russ has worked include Enron Corporation, Coho Energy Corporation, Northwest Airlines, Dow Corning Corporation, Anchor Glass Corporation, Fruehauf Trailer Corporation, The Southland Corporation, Columbia Gas Transmission Company, Lomas Financial Corporation and AmeriTruck Refrigerated Transport.  Russ also served as bankruptcy counsel to Nelson Bunker Hunt.  The Nelson Bunker Hunt Chapter 11 proceeding is considered the largest personal bankruptcy proceeding in history and involved over $2 billion in disputed creditor claims.

Memberships & Affiliations

• American Bar Association, Business Bankruptcy Section
• American Bankruptcy Institute, Member, Frequent Speaker
• Austin Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section
• Dallas Bar Association, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section
• State Bar of Texas, Bankruptcy Law Section, Planning Committee for the Advanced Business Bankruptcy Course

Awards & Honors

• America’s Top 100, K&A Restructuring Register, 2000-2001, 2004-2007
• AV^® Preeminent^™ Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell 
• Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights Super Lawyers — Business Edition and Corporate Counsel Edition, Thomson Reuters, 2009-2010
• Best Lawyers in America in Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law, Woodward/White, Inc., 2006-2012
• Leaders in Their Field, Chambers USA, 2005-2011
• Leading Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyer, Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC's Expert Guide to the World's Leading Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyers, 2001-2009
• Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2003-2011
• Top Notch Lawyers in Bankruptcy and Reorganization, Texas Lawyer, 2002, 2007
• Who's Who Legal: Texas, Law Business Research Limited, 2007-2008, 2010

Admissions

• Texas
• United States Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Ninth Circuits
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
• United States District Courts for the Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas
• United States Supreme Court

Articles & Speeches

• November 13-14, 2008 — Bankruptcy Issues in the Retail Sector
• 2006 — Avoid Bursting the Dot.com Bubble
• November 10-11, 2005 — Representing the Committee Under the New Amendments: Disclosure Obligations, Conflicts and Committee Roles, Confidentiality and Privilege
• January 29-30, 2004 — The Strategic Use of Experts and the "Stuff" They Rely Upon
• May 22, 2003 — The "Mass" Exodus Through Chapter 11: Mass Tort Reorganizations
• November 21, 2002 — Attorney-Client Privilege Considerations in the Context of Debtor Wrongdoing
• September 29, 2002 — The Delaware Phenomenon
• May 17-18, 2001 — Should Debbie Do Delaware? An Examination of Bankruptcy Practice in the District of Delaware
• April 19-22, 2001 — Great Debates: The Role of the United States Trustee — Friend or Foe?
• September 21-24, 2000 — The Use of Experts — Selected Issues
• January 1, 2000 — Avoiding Pitfalls in Bankruptcy: Advanced Issues in Avoidance Litigation