Mr. Holbein is a commercial litigator and restructuring lawyer. He advises financially distressed businesses and individuals in debt restructuring, bankruptcy, and bankruptcy alternatives. He also represents parties in state and federal court litigation and secured and unsecured creditors in all aspects of bankruptcy cases and out-of-court restructuring. Mr. Holbein is a seasoned litigator with significant experience at both the state and federal trial and appellate levels, prosecuting and defending complex, seven- and eight-figure commercial disputes, fraudulent-transfer and preference claims, lien-avoidance litigation, dischargeabiltiy lawsuits, and contempt actions for violations of the automatic stay and discharge injunction. Mr. Holbein earned his law… Read more
Mr. Hong concentrates his practice on advising a wide variety of clients on corporate and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, cross-border structuring, joint ventures, venture capital transactions and general international business matters. He has represented both institutional and strategic buyers and sellers in various transactions, including mergers, stock sales, asset sales and spin-offs. Mr. Hong represents clients in many industries but has a particular emphasis on manufacturing clients and as such he co-chairs the Manufacturing Practice Group of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP. In connection with his M&A practice, Mr. Hong has extensive experience assisting clients with Hart-Scott-Rodino filings… Read more
Mr. Hoover’s practice includes providing counsel on numerous environmental regulatory matters, as well as the redevelopment of environmentally impacted properties. These include state and federal superfund sites, corporate mergers and acquisitions of such properties. His environmental experience includes representation of Potentially Responsible Parties at superfund sites. He has negotiated RCRA permits and corrective action plans on behalf of clients in various states. In addition to handling appeals of Title V permits, Mr. Hoover assisted clients with permitting issues, such as the application of New Source Review and the application of regional Haze rules in PSD designated areas. He has advised… Read more
Mr. Horner practices in the areas of construction law and commercial litigation. Mr. Horner represents a variety of clients including property owners, developers, construction managers, general contractors, and subcontractors. Mr. Horner counsels clients on issues arising from all phases of construction projects – beginning with contract drafting and negotiation, to pre-suit resolution of disputes, to litigation of a variety of disputes involving matters such as mechanic’s liens, delay claims, surety bond claims, change orders, property damage, differing site conditions, defaults, terminations, and design defects, and more. Mr. Horner also has significant experience representing both project owners and adjacent property owners… Read more
Mr. Huff represents banks, financial institutions, equipment finance companies, lenders, borrowers, lessors, lessees and other parties involved in the transportation industry in leveraged finance, acquisition finance, and other transactions. He has wide-ranging experience representing lenders and lessors in all aspects of domestic and cross-border equipment and structured finance transactions with specific focus on transactions involving aircraft and rail equipment. Both the complexity of the financing arrangements and the unique issues presented by these assets require highly specialized and valued legal expertise. Mr. Huff represents clients in all aspects of equipment finance and in all types of equipment financing structures, including… Read more
Bob Hussle is a partner in the Firm’s corporate group and advises private and public companies in their merger and acquisition, capital raising and securities compliance activities. Recognized as a top-rated corporate and mergers and acquisitions attorney by The Best Lawyers in America® and Chambers & Partners, with more than 30 years of experience, Bob regularly represents a variety of buyers and sellers in their corporate transactions, including the acquisition or disposition of companies, divisions or assets or the formation of joint ventures, both domestically and internationally. These representations for both private and public buyers and sellers have taken the form… Read more
Ms. Isenberg has significant experience in all aspects of complex bankruptcy and out-of-court workout matters. Prior experience has led to significant expertise in the representation of committees and liquidating trustees, especially including analysis of secured lender matters. Moreover, her role in the Global Fraud, Investigations and Asset Recovery Team has utilized her skills with respect to thinking outside the box in obtaining successful results for clients. Before joining Freeborn, she was an Associate in the Bankruptcy group at Goldberg Kohn Bell Black Rosenbloom & Moritz and at Latham & Watkins. Ms. Isenberg also served as a Judicial Extern to the… Read more
Liz focuses her practice on the commercial bankruptcy, restructuring, and insolvency industry. Liz represents creditors’ committees, debtors in chapter 7 and 11 proceedings, chapter 7 and post-confirmation trustees, and creditors in a variety of bankruptcy proceedings including section 363 sale transactions, plan confirmation, and landlord disputes. Liz frequently represents trustees and estate in pursuit of estate litigation claims across the country, including preferences, fraudulent transfers, and breach of fiduciary duty claims. Liz has considerable restructuring and insolvency experience in the food, retail, construction, and health care industries. In addition to her bankruptcy practice, Liz has represented plaintiffs and defendants in… Read more
Dr. Judy de León Jarecki-Black is an experienced Intellectual Property attorney with over twenty years of experience, including in both private and corporate practice. As the Global Head of Intellectual Property for Merial Limited (now Boehringer-Ingelheim Animal Health), for 18 years, she headed a global IP department responsible for developing and implementing a global patent strategy as well as conducting patent prosecution and patent litigation activities both in the US and other countries. Under her leadership, Merial maintained its patent portfolio against both infringement and validity challenges for FRONTLINE PLUS ®, the only Animal Health product to reach over 1… Read more
Mr. Jett represents financial institutions, lenders and lessors in leveraged finance, secured and unsecured lending transactions and equipment finance transactions with an emphasis on business aircraft and rail equipment. Mr. Jett holds a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from Georgia State University and a J.D. degree from The Catholic University Columbus School of Law, where he graduated magna cum laude and served as Production Editor on the Catholic University Law Review.
