Matters
- Lead counsel to Creditors’ Committee in Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of Connections Community Support Programs, Inc.
- Lucky’s Market Parent Company, LLC – Serve as lead counsel to Debtors in their Chapter 11 Cases, which included an extensive internal investigation of potential claims and causes of action, as well as litigation with landlords and vendors over administrative claims and assignability issues.
- Hoag Urgent Care Jointly Administered Debtors – Serve as lead counsel successfully defending against fraudulent conveyance, joint venture, breach of fiduciary duty, and third-party beneficiary claims against the Master Lessor and Licensor of Debtors and Affiliates as well as pursuing counterclaims for breach of subleases and guaranties and obtaining judgments against Debtors’ Owners and Affiliates. This representation involves numerous appeals in the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, United States District Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, all resulting in judgments in the clients’ favor.
- JMO Wind Down, Inc. (f/k/a Jumio, Inc.) Liquidating Trust – Serve as lead counsel to Liquidating Trust in asserting breach of fiduciary duty and aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty claims against the former officers and directors of the company, a start-up online identification verification company with high-profile, high-net-worth investors.
- Sportco Holdings, LLC – Served as lead litigation counsel to Chapter 11 Debtors in a contested confirmation process where substantively consolidation and 1129 factors were heavily litigated and tried. After a successful confirmation trial, a trust was established to pursue claims against the former equity owners of the company.
- Simplexity – Represented the Creditors’ Committee and then the Chapter 7 Trustee in asserting several causes of action, including breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, fraudulent transfer, and preference.
- Ultimate Escapes – Represented the Committee, and then the Plan Administrator, in asserting breach of fiduciary duty and aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary claims against the former insider officers and directors of the company was a vacation club. The firm also prosecuted preference actions on behalf of the Trust.
- Energy Future Holding Corp. et al. – Represent the Committee as regulatory, conflicts, and Delaware bankruptcy counsel in one of the largest Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases ever filed. This representation includes complex and contested issues regarding the investigation into the extent, validity, and perfection of approximately $47 billion in debt, fraudulent transfer issues related to the largest LBO in history, and valuation issues that were case determinative.
- Saab – Served as counsel to the Saab Dealer Network in involuntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy against Saab Cars North America, then counseled Creditors’ Committee and, post-confirmation, the Liquidating Trustee. Polsinelli engaged in claims administration litigation resulting in a very favorable return for unsecured creditors, including claims for breach of fiduciary duty against the former officers and directors.
- Indianapolis Downs – Served as special litigation counsel to the Chapter 11 Debtors, which included vigorously defending allegations of trademark infringement that would have resulted in a $30 million administrative claim. Polsinelli also represented the Debtors on appeal of the settlement order and was involved in investigating potential insider cause of action.
- Residential Capital, LLC – Successfully represented the lead plaintiffs of a class action of over 44,000 members in Residential Capital, LLC’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding. The lead plaintiff also sat on the official Committee of unsecured creditors of Residential Capital, LLC, and the Trust established to satisfy class claims.
- Open Range Communications – Successfully represented the Committee, and then the Chapter 7 Trustee, in asserting several causes of action, including lender liability, failure to fund, equitable subordination, recharacterization, breach of fiduciary duty, and aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, fraudulent transfer, and preference.
- Crossroads Wireless – Represented the Committee, and then the Liquidating Trustee, in prosecuting numerous causes of action, including piercing the corporate veil, breach of fiduciary duty, aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, fraudulent transfer, misrepresentation, and preference. Obtained a significant distribution to creditors.
- Interstate Bakeries/IBC – Represented the Committee and then the Trust in prosecuting numerous causes of action for preferential transfers, fraudulent transfers, and breach of fiduciary duty against directors and officers of the company, which was previously known as Hostess. This litigation resulted in a meaningful recovery for the Trust.
