For over 25 years, Michelle concentrated her law practice in corporate restructurings, bankruptcy and commercial litigation.

Michelle had assisted in the reorganization efforts of hospitals, manufacturers, restaurants, airlines, telecom companies, healthcare providers, and clients in many other industries. She was the chair-elect of the State Bar of Texas Bankruptcy Section and taught Labor and Employment Law classes at the Center for Non-Profit Management. Michelle also chaired the Research Fellows of the Center for American and International Law and was a long-standing member of the President’s Research Council of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

Michelle was admitted to practice in Texas and before numerous US District Courts, including the District of Delaware, Central and Northern Districts of Illinois, Eastern District of Louisiana, Western District of Michigan, Districts of Minnesota, New Jersey and New Mexico, Southern District of New York, Northern and Western Districts of Oklahoma and Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas as well as the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Relevant Experience

• Represented parties in distressed financial situations, including corporate boards, debtors, creditors, DIP lenders, committees, equity holders, trustees, examiners, financial advisors, liquidators, and purchasers of assets.
• Litigated directors’ and officers’ fiduciary duty, subordination and re-characterization claims, discharge and discharge-ability cases, preference and fraudulent conveyance actions, franchise disputes and various types of fraud claims.
• Represented creditor committees and debtors involved in a myriad of industries, including manufacturing, financial services, hospitals, nursing homes, psychiatric institutions, physician management companies, restaurants, distribution businesses, technology companies, airlines and telecoms.
• Represented creditors, such as key suppliers in the construction, healthcare, retail and telecom industries both in state and federal courts and in collection and management matters.