Sander L. Esserman

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PRACTICE AREAS

• Bankruptcy

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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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • U.S. District Courts in several jurisdictions

    • Law Clerk for the Honorable Nauman S. Scott, Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, 1976-1977

    • Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2003 to present

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