Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP represents creditors, lenders, debtors and trustees, providing the full spectrum of bankruptcy and creditors’ rights services. We seek practical business solutions while preparing fully for potential litigation. We draw on the firm’s experience in commercial lending transactions and general representation of commercial financial institutions as well as the capabilities of complementary practices such as real estate, litigation and securities. The broad experience of our attorneys regularly produces creative solutions to difficult problems.

SGR’s combination in 2023 with Freeborn & Peters substantially broadened the geographic scope of our practice. Long known as a leading bankruptcy practice in the Southeast, SGR added a formidable Chambers-recognized bankruptcy and restructuring team from Freeborn. Together, we comprise one of the premier bankruptcy and restructuring groups nationally.

Our offerings include:

• Traditional bankruptcy services: representing debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, and other parties in court proceedings.
• Financial restructurings and workouts: representing debtors and creditors in out-of-court workouts.
• Creditors’ committees: representing both official and unofficial committees in court proceedings and workouts.
• Secured creditors’ rights: representing creditors in collections and asset recovery.
• International insolvency: representing foreign representatives and other parties in chapter 15 proceedings and on cross-border workouts and bankruptcies.
• Fraud: investigations, enforcement and collection of judgments, and attacking fraudulent conveyances.

Select examples of our attorneys’ wide-ranging bankruptcy experience include:

• Skymark Holdings, Inc. (Debtor)
• Flooring America (Debtor)
• Avianca Airlines (Debtor)
• Skybus Airlines, Inc. (Debtor)
• Trans World Airlines (Debtor)
• Towle Manufacturing (Ad hoc Bondholders Committee)
• The Sport Shoe, Inc. (Creditors’ Committee)
• Heilig-Meyers Furniture Stores (DIP Lender)
• Just For Feet (Debtor)
• Metropolitan Mattress (Debtor)
• Tobago Bay Trading Company (Creditors’ Committee)
• Super Discount d/b/a Cub Foods (Creditors’ Committee)
• CT Crew (Creditors’ Committee)
• Healthco International, Inc. (Trustee)
• GT Automation Group, Inc. (Trustee)
• com, Inc. (Creditors’ Committee)
• Coudert Brothers LLP (Plan Administrator)
• New Jersey Affordable Homes (DIP Lender, Auctioneer)
• Kara Homes, Inc. (Auctioneer)
• Winn-Dixie Stores (Real Estate Counsel to Debtor)
• Value Music Concepts Inc.