Business and Commercial Bankruptcy

COOCH AND TAYLOR's Business and Commercial Bankruptcy practice has evolved and expanded during the last thirty years from primarily the representation of liquidating trustees to include broad involvement in a significant number of large Chapter 11 cases filed in the District of Delaware. While handling sophisticated matters, the Firm's bankruptcy attorneys pride themselves on providing personalized service to all their individual and corporate clients.

The practice has benefited from the leadership, knowledge and experience of Jeoffrey L. Burtch, who heads the department and has served as a panel Chapter 7 trustee for over 15 years. Through its representation of Mr. Burtch, as well as other trustees and plan administrators, the department has developed expertise in handling liquidation proceedings and many reorganizational and other commercial issues.

The bankruptcy attorneys also represent a broad array of creditors in Chapter 11 cases including secured and unsecured creditors, trade creditors, landlords, equipment lessors, governmental entities and others. They also represent parties in multiple types of bankruptcy litigation matters before the United States Bankruptcy Court, the United States District Court and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. They have been involved in thousands of preference and fraudulent conveyance actions. Through these representations, the department has become adept at handling liquidation proceedings as well as reorganizational and other commercial, transactional and litigation issues.

Recently the practice expanded to include several attorneys with extensive experience in diverse bankruptcy litigation including commercial real estate, union and pension fund representation and Chapter 13 creditor representation.

In addition to the direct representation of clients, the department also provides Delaware local counsel services for out-of-state lawyers.