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SHANE M. EGAN
MILLER, EGAN, MOLTER &
NELSON LLP
2911 Turtle Creek Boulevard
Suite 1100
Dallas, TX 75219
Tel: 214-628-9501
Fax: 214-628-9505
shane.egan@MillerEgan.com
www.MillerEgan.com
Education: B.S., Baylor University; M.C.G., Baylor University;
J.D., Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law.
Shane Egan focuses his practice on mergers, acquisitions,
and divestitures of both public and privately held companies;
private equity and venture capital transactions; investment
partnerships; and corporate restructurings. He has extensive
experience representing public and private companies,
investment funds, investment and merchant banking firms,
and leveraged buyout firms in both domestic and international
transactions. Prior to forming Miller Egan, Mr. Egan practiced
in the Dallas and New York offices of Weil, Gotshal & Manges
LLP. Mr. Egan is a fellow of the State Bar of Texas Foundation.
BUSINESS/CORPORATE
SECURITIES & CORPORATE FINANCE
MERGERS & ACQUISI TIONS
JAMES W. GIDDENS
HUGHES HUBBARD & REED
LLP
One Battery Park Plaza
New York, NY 10004
Tel: 212-837-6000
Fax: 212-422-4726
giddens@hugheshubbard.com
www.hugheshubbard.com
James W. Giddens chairs Hughes Hubbard’s Corporate
Reorganization and Bankruptcy Group. He is generally
recognized as the country’s leading expert on brokerage firm
liquidations, having been selected by the SIPC to be Trustee
for the liquidations of Lehman Brothers Inc. and MF Global
Inc. Mr. Giddens also recently served on SIPC’s Modernization
Task Force. In addition, he advises financial institutions and
companies in major reorganization and insolvency matters.
Mr. Giddens is a graduate of Dartmouth College, B. A., and Yale
Law School, LL.B. He is currently on the Board of Overseers
for the Hopkins Center (Dartmouth College), Trustee of
Williamstown Theater Festival and National Advisory Council of
Austen Riggs Hospital (Stockbridge, Massachusetts).
SECURITIES & CORPORATE FINANCE
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & COMPLIANCE
BANKRUPTC Y & CREDI TOR/DEBTOR RIGHTS
STANLEY M.
HAMMERMAN
HAMMERMAN & HULTGREN
PC
3101 North Central Avenue
Suite 500
Phoenix, AZ 85012
Tel: 602-264-2566
Fax: 602-266-3488
stan@hammerman-hultgren.com
www.hammerman-hultgren.com
Stan Hammerman is one of the premier collection attorneys in
the country. He has been practicing collection law since 1975,
and his law firm has dedicated its practice to creditors’ rights
since 1977. He has given numerous collection law seminars
throughout the country and was counsel for the defendant
in the Ninth Circuit case of Terran v. Kaplan, where Rule
11 attorneys’ fees were awarded against a debtor’s attorney in
a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case. He was instrumental
in writing Arizona’s current garnishment laws. Mr. Hammerman
is AV-rated and takes pride in aggressively, ethically, and
successfully collecting both commercial and retail claims
throughout the State of Arizona.
BUSINESS LITIGATION
BANKRUPTCY & CREDI TOR/DEBTOR RIGHTS
JON R. HULTGREN
HAMMERMAN & HULTGREN
PC
3101 North Central Avenue
Suite 500
Phoenix, AZ 85012
Tel: 602-264-2566
Fax: 602-266-3488
jon@hammerman-hultgren.com
www.hammerman-hultgren.com
Jon Hultgren is one of the premier collection attorneys in the
country. He has been practicing collection law since 1985, and
his law firm has dedicated its practice to creditors’ rights since
1977. Mr. Hultgren is AV-rated and takes pride in aggressively,
ethically, and successfully collecting both commercial and retail
claims throughout the State of Arizona. He also specializes in
the collection of insurance subrogation, product liability, and
commercial landlord/tenant claims. He is an active member of
the National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys and the
National Association of Subrogation Professionals. He is also a
Director of the Arizona Creditors Bar Association. He speaks at
various seminars on collection law each year.
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
BANKRUPTC Y & CREDI TOR/DEBTOR RIGHTS
DEAN T. KIRBY, JR.
KIRBY & MCGUINN, APC
707 Broadway
Suite 1750
San Diego, CA 92101
Tel: 619-525-1652
Fax: 619-525-1651
dkirby@kirbymac.com
www.kirbymac.com
Dean is the only San Diego attorney who is a Certified Specialist
in both fields of Creditor Rights and Bankruptcy. For over
30 years, his practice has concentrated on the representation
of lenders, creditors, landlords, and fiduciaries in foreclosure,
receivership, commercial collection, and bankruptcy matters.
Dean is also an experienced transactional attorney in real estate
and commercial finance. He has represented California clients
throughout the country, including in Nevada, New York, and
Delaware. He is rated AV preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, its
highest rating of skill and integrity as established by confidential
opinions from members of the bar. Dean has been appointed
to serve as a trustee and as an examiner in Chapter 11 cases.
REAL ESTATE
BUSINESS LITIGATION
BANKRUPTC Y & CREDI TOR/DEBTOR RIGHTS
DENNIS D. MILLER
STEIN & LUBIN LLP
600 Montgomery Street
14th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Tel: 415-981-0550
Fax: 415-981-4343
dmiller@steinlubin.com
www.steinlubin.com
Dennis D. Miller is a partner at Stein & Lubin LLP representing
financial institutions, focusing on real estate secured loans,
and commercial landlords in complex Chapter 11 bankruptcy
cases. His practice includes representing clients in Chapter
11 cases in bankruptcy courts in New York, Delaware, California,
and Arizona. Dennis also represents lenders in commercial
litigation matters and real estate foreclosure law in California.
He is a former President of the Bay Area Bankruptcy Forum
and is an active member of the California Bankruptcy Forum,
serving as an Education Co-chair for the 2014 Conference. He is
also a former President of the California Receivers Forum, Bay
Area Chapter. Dennis holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from
Cornell University.
BUSINESS LITIGATION
BANKRUPTCY & CREDI TOR/DEBTOR RIGHTS
JOHN J. SCURA, II
SCURA MEALEY WIGFIELD &
HEYER LLP
1599 Hamburg Turnpike
PO Box 2031
Wayne, NJ 07474
Tel: 866-930-2075
Fax: 973-696-8571
scuraj@scuramealey.com
www.scuramealey.com
Mr. John J. Scura ll is admitted to practice in the States of
New Jersey and New York for 42 years. He has practiced in the
area of bankruptcy, creditor/debtor rights, and various forms
of insolvency. He has been involved with complex bankruptcy
cases; assignments for the benefit of creditors; appointments
as receiver, fiscal agent, and liquidating trustee; appointments
as a fiduciary in securities fraud; out-of-court workouts;
commercial transactions; commercial litigation; and trusts and
estates. In addition, Mr. Scura has been awarded the Professor
Emeritus Status from Ramapo College of New Jersey and
recognized for his outstanding service as a Chapter 13 Trustee
for 23 years by the United States Trustee’s Office and New Jersey
Bankruptcy Judges.
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
BANKRUP TC Y: CONSUMER
BANKRUPTC Y & CREDI TOR/DEBTOR RIGHTS
FRANK R. SIMON
SIMON PLC ATTORNE YS &
COUNSELORS
37000 Woodward Avenue
Suite 250
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304
Tel: 248-720-0290
Fax: 248-720-0293
fsimon@simonattys.com
www.simonattys.com
Frank R. Simon is the managing member of Simon PLC with
offices in Michigan, Arizona, Florida, Ohio, Illinois, New York,
and Texas. Mr. Simon is a member of the Michigan, Illinois,
New York, and District of Columbia State Bars. His practice
areas include receiverships, foreclosures, collections, creditors’
rights, banking defense litigation, insolvency proceedings,
workouts, and negotiable instrument law (check cases).
Mr. Simon enhanced his commitment to the representation of
financial institutions by completing a three-year program at
the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin.
His result-oriented, cost-effective approach has earned the firm
recognition as a premier banking law firm representing over
40 financial institutions.
BANKRUPTC Y & CREDI TOR/DEBTOR RIGH TS
BUSINESS LITIGATION
BANKING
D. MICHAEL TRAINOTTI
D. MICHAEL TRAINOTTI INC.
200 Oceangate
Suite 840
Long Beach, CA 90802
Tel: 562-590-8621
Fax: 562-590-8181
mike@trainottilaw.com
www.trainottilaw.com
Attorney Michael Trainotti has more than 35 years of experience
as a tax law attorney. He received his law degree from
Southwestern University School of Law in 1973 and his master’s
of law in taxation from Golden Gate University in 1983. He has
helped numerous clients protect and transfer their wealth with
minimal tax implications and has assisted clients when legal
issues arose. He handles legal matters involving real estate,
estate planning, taxation, trusts and estates, estate litigation,
wills and probate, income tax, property tax, corporation law,
partnership law, limited liability company law, business law, and
business formation. Mr. Trainotti is a member of the State Bar
of California, the ABA, the Los Angeles County Bar Association,
and the Estate Planning Council of Long Beach.
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