Overview

There is no substitute for experience when it comes to helping companies in financial distress. At Fredrikson & Byron, our Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Workouts Group has successfully handled over 150 corporate reorganizations – in Minnesota and across the country – and the three senior members of our team have a combined total of more than 90 years of business bankruptcy experience.

Group attorneys are very active in bar and industry programs, including the American College of Bankruptcy, the American Bar Association Business Bankruptcy Committee of the ABA Section of Business Law, the American Bankruptcy Institute, Turnaround Management Association (Upper Midwest Chapter), the Hennepin County Bar Association Debtor/Creditor Section, and the Minnesota State Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section. In addition to holding leadership positions in these organizations, group members are also a co-instructor of the Bankruptcy Clinic at the University of Minnesota Law School; a Certified Business Bankruptcy Specialist by the American Bankruptcy Board of Certification; and a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy.

Achieving our client’s goals is about more than legal expertise. It’s about taking time to understand a client’s specific financial and operating concerns, and providing real and practical business solutions and respectful – yet honest – counsel on how to address critical issues. It’s about effective negotiation with multiple parties such as lenders and unsecured creditors, and the ability to act quickly and efficiently under challenging circumstances. Finally, it’s about having the skills to generate both primary and alternative options that can help the client meet their objectives. At Fredrikson & Byron, these are the attributes that set us apart.

Services

For creditor or debtor clients, we provide services in bankruptcy or reorganization cases. Workouts of commercial loans, bankruptcy cases, loan workouts, liquidations, informal restructurings, debtor-creditor litigation in and out of bankruptcy court, commercial and banking litigation, reclamations, and receiverships and assignments for benefit of creditors (“ABC’s”).

Relevant Experience

The Bankruptcy, Reorganization & Workouts Group represents creditors and debtors in diverse industries. Select an industry below to review examples of our recent representations.

• Manufacturing
• Healthcare
• Energy
• Mining
• Real Estate
• Retail
• Retail/Entertainment
• Food
• Transportation
• Professional Services

Bios

Primary Attorneys

James L. Baillie
James C. Brand
Clinton E. Cutler, Chair
Sarah Gibbs
Paul B. Jones
Douglas W. Kassebaum
Sarah C.S. McLaren
Cynthia Moyer
Ryan T. Murphy
Simon C. Root

Supporting Attorneys

Thomas B. Archbold
John J. Erhart
John M. Koneck
Ann M. Ladd
David R. Marshall
Matthew B. Millis

Other Professionals

Leslie A. Anderson
Jeannine S. Christensen