
Sander L. Esserman
Shareholder
Sander Esserman is a seasoned bankruptcy attorney whose experience in financial reorganizations and disputes truly covers the waterfront. He has served as lead counsel to a wide range of stakeholders, including debtors, secured creditors, trustees, indenture trustees, and creditors' committees, bringing a comprehensive perspective to complex restructuring matters.
Sander has played a significant role in major bankruptcy cases across the country, with particular depth in mass tort and asbestos-related proceedings. His work includes nearly a decade of service as a legal representative in a high-profile asbestos case, reflecting his longstanding commitment to navigating the intricate legal and strategic challenges of large-scale reorganizations.
Representative Matters
National Gypsum Company, Counsel to Legal Representative, appointed Legal Representative in August 2000
Babcock & Wilcox, Chapter 11, represented nuclear exposure plaintiffs
Various asbestos-related Chapter 11 cases, including Owens Corning, NARCO, DII, Dresser, Harbison-Walker, Swan Transportation, A.P. Green, and M.H. Detrick, representing the interests of plaintiffs
Commonwealth Oil Refining Co., Inc., also known as CORCO, lead debtor’s counsel
Global Marine, indenture trustee counsel
Braniff Airways, secured and publicly traded bond committee counsel
The Consolidated Companies, committee counsel
Continental Airlines, indenture trustee counsel
Southland Corporation, indenture trustee counsel
Metro Airlines debtor’s counsel.
America West Airlines, Inc., counsel to the indenture trustee, who was also chairman of the creditors’ committee
Partners Oil Company, equity creditor committee counsel
MJDesigns, Inc., lead debtor’s counsel
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John C. Ford, American Inn of Court, Master
Adjunct Faculty at Southern Methodist University School of Law, Advanced Bankruptcy Course, 1999-present
Dallas Bar Association
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The Case for Broad Access to 11 U.S.C. § 524(g) in Light of the Third Circuit's Ongoing Business Requirement Dicta in Combustion Engineering, 62 N.Y.U. Ann. Surv. Am. L. 187, co-author with David J. Parsons
Numerous seminars on asbestos, silica, mass torts, creditors rights, corporate trust, and the Trust Indenture Act, lecturer and panel member
Numerous articles in the debtor-creditor area, including Creditor and Consumer Rights in 45 Southwestern Law Journal 1553 1992, Annual Survey of Texas Law and 46 SMU Law Review 1187 1993, author
Creditors Rights Handbook, a guide to the Debtor-Creditor Relationship, contributing author
Collier Handbook for Trustees and Debtors in Possession, a Mathew Bender & Company publication, co-author
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Southern Methodist University School of Law J.D., 1976; student editor for Human Rights Law Journal; Gold Key Award recipient; Dean’s List; Delta Theta Phi
DePauw University B.A., with distinction, 1973; Omicron Delta Epsilon honorary fraternity for economics
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U.S. District Courts in several jurisdictions
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Law Clerk for the Honorable Nauman S. Scott, Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, 1976-1977
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Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2003 to present
