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 William E. Chipman, Jr. concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate bankruptcy and restructuring. His experience includes representing debtors, official committees of unsecured creditors, asset purchasers, debtor-in-possession lenders, secured and unsecured creditors, and plaintiffs and defendants in a broad spectrum of bankruptcy related litigation in large Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases pending in various jurisdictions throughout the United States. Bill is also a Certified Public Accountant and has extensive business related accounting experience.

Bill is admitted to practice in Delaware and is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Delaware State Bar Association and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is a 1999 graduate of the Widener University School of Law and a 1990 graduate of Ursinus College. After graduating from law school, Bill was an associate in the Delaware office of the law firm of Greenberg Traurig LLP. He was a partner in the Delaware office of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP before joining Landis Rath & Cobb LLP.

 

Selected Representations

Chapter 11 Debtors:

Amtrol, Inc.
Crown Books
Northwestern Energy Corporation
Samuels Jewelers
Tom's Foods Inc.
Waste Systems International, Inc.
Wellman, Inc.

Official and Unofficial Committees:

Carematrix Corporation
Matlack Systems, Inc.
Monet Group
Napster
Unidigital, Inc.
Wave Wireless

Major Creditors and Other Parties In Interest:

Barclays Bank (as DIP lender in the Tribune Company bankruptcy)

Bank of America (as pre-petition and DIP lender in the Global Power bankruptcy)

Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. and Countrywide Bank, FSB (in the American Home Mortgage Corp., New Century Financial Corporation, Aegis Mortgage Corporation and Alliance Bancorp, Inc. bankruptcy cases)

DDJ Capital Management, LLC (as administrative agent for the pre-petition and post-petition lenders in the Avado Brands Chapter 11 bankruptcy)

General Electric Capital Corporation (as DIP lender in the DURA Automotive bankruptcy)

Pre- and post-petition secured lenders in the Fleming Companies, Inc. bankruptcy




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