Deborah

M. Perry

Shareholder
Dallas
500 N. Akard Street, Suite 3800
Dallas, TX 75201-6659
D.214.855.7565
E.dperry@munsch.com

Overview

Deborah’s practice focuses on complex restructurings and liquidations, as well as complex commercial litigation. With 20 years of experience in the insolvency field, she represents a variety of parties including debtors, trustees, committees of unsecured creditors, landlords, lenders, insurers and receivers in a variety of different venues across the United States. She also has represented parties active in the health care, retail, oil and gas and restaurant industries.

In the past, Deborah held a number of leadership positions within the Firm, including serving as the Shareholder Liaison to the Management Committee and as the Co-Chair of the Recruiting Committee.

Education

  • Baylor University School of Law, J.D.
  • Trinity University, B.A.

Admissions

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • United States District Court for the Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas
  • Texas

Achievements

  • Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent®, Peer Review RatedTM
  • Thomson Reuters – Texas Super Lawyers (2014-2018)

  • Memberships

    • Dallas Bar Association, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section
    • Litigation Counsel of America, Complex Commercial Litigation Institute
    • Litigation Counsel of America, Diversity Law Institute
    • Litigation Counsel of America, The Trial Law Institute
    • Litigation Counsel of America, The Trial Lawyer Honorary Society (Fellow)
    • State Bar of Texas, Bankruptcy Law Section
    • Texas Bar Foundation (Lifetime Fellow)

Overview

Deborah’s practice focuses on complex restructurings and liquidations, as well as complex commercial litigation. With 20 years of experience in the insolvency field, she represents a variety of parties including debtors, trustees, committees of unsecured creditors, landlords, lenders, insurers and receivers in a variety of different venues across the United States. She also has represented parties active in the health care, retail, oil and gas and restaurant industries.

In the past, Deborah held a number of leadership positions within the Firm, including serving as the Shareholder Liaison to the Management Committee and as the Co-Chair of the Recruiting Committee.

Experience

  • Hospital Acquisition

    Represented Texas Health Resources in its $116.5 MM acquisition of Forest Park Medical Center located in Fort Worth, Texas, which was purchased through an auction 

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  • International Arbitration

    Represented The Nolan Group as a claimant in an international arbitration featuring a nine-member arbitration panel. A majority of the panel awarded 70 MM to the claimants

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  • Debtor Representation

    Served as Chapter 11 debtor’s counsel for Paul Reinhart, Inc., the fourth largest cotton merchant in the U.S. at the time, and the largest seller of organic cotton worldwide

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