Jay

H. Ong

Shareholder
1717 West 6th Street, Suite 250
Austin, TX 78703-4777

Overview

Jay is an active member of Munsch Hardt’s Leadership Team, currently serving on the Firm’s Board of Directors and Compensation Committee, as well as Managing Shareholder for Munsch Hardt’s Austin office. In his legal practice, Jay concentrates on bankruptcy, reorganization and creditors’ rights, with additional experience in corporate finance and commercial litigation.

He has extensive experience representing various parties in bankruptcy and large business reorganizations including senior lenders, trustees, debtors, committees, receivers, trade creditors, bond holders and insurers in addition to commercial defendants. He has served as a Chapter 11 Trustee, and is a frequent speaker, lecturer and course instructor on restructuring and commercial litigation issues including for the State Bar of Texas.

Jay also frequently provides speeches and lectures on topics such as complex business bankruptcy issues, financial management, improving public education and persuasive speaking and writing, and has served as Co-head Coach of The University of Texas School of Law National Bankruptcy Moot Court competition teams since 2006.

Education

Admissions

Achievements

  • Woodward/White, Inc. – Best Lawyers in America, “Lawyer of the Year” (2024); Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2024); Best Lawyers in America, Litigation – Bankruptcy (2022-2024)Chambers USA – Leaders in Their Field, Bankruptcy/Restructuring – Texas (2021-2023)
  • Duberstein National Bankruptcy Competition (2010, 2012 and 2024 Champions)
  • The Business Journals – National Influencers in Law (2019)
  • Turnaround ATLAS Awards – Chapter 11 Restructuring of the Year (2017)
  • Turnaround Management Association – Large Turnaround of the Year Award (2017)
  • Thomson Reuters – Texas Rising Stars (2006-2012)
  • Memberships

    • American College of Bankruptcy – Fellow
    • Austin Asian American Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section
    • National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
    • State Bar of Texas, Bankruptcy Law Section; 2015 Bankruptcy Bench Bar Planning Committee
    • The Honorable Larry E. Kelly Bankruptcy Inn of Court (Founding Member / Master; Vice President / Secretary / Treasurer, 2023-2024)
    • The University of Texas School of Law National Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition Team (Co-head Coach)
    • The University of Texas Jay L. Westbrook Annual Bankruptcy Conference (Planning Committee, 2009 - Present; 2017 Presiding Officer)
    • Turnaround Management Association

Overview

Jay is an active member of Munsch Hardt’s Leadership Team, currently serving on the Firm’s Board of Directors and Compensation Committee, as well as Managing Shareholder for Munsch Hardt’s Austin office. In his legal practice, Jay concentrates on bankruptcy, reorganization and creditors’ rights, with additional experience in corporate finance and commercial litigation.

He has extensive experience representing various parties in bankruptcy and large business reorganizations including senior lenders, trustees, debtors, committees, receivers, trade creditors, bond holders and insurers in addition to commercial defendants. He has served as a Chapter 11 Trustee, and is a frequent speaker, lecturer and course instructor on restructuring and commercial litigation issues including for the State Bar of Texas.

Jay also frequently provides speeches and lectures on topics such as complex business bankruptcy issues, financial management, improving public education and persuasive speaking and writing, and has served as Co-head Coach of The University of Texas School of Law National Bankruptcy Moot Court competition teams since 2006.

Experience

  • Committee Representation

    Represented the Official Unsecured Creditors’ Committee for Life Partners Holdings, Inc., which filed for Chapter 11 after entry of a $47 MM judgment in favor of the SEC. Life

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  • Creditor Representation

    Served as lead counsel for Community National Bank and West Texas National Bank, senior secured bank lenders, in connection with the bankruptcy cases of a major oil

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  • Debtor Representation 

    Served as lead Debtor’s counsel in the successful restructuring of the U.S.-based, affiliate operations (Reservoir Exploration Technologies, Inc.) of a seismic exploration

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