Competencies

Overview  •  Competencies  •  Team

Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter's creditors' rights & bankruptcy practice provides experience in:

Specialty Litigation Areas

• Commerical litigation/collection of accounts
• Pre-judgment attachment
• Foreclosures
• Evictions (Landlord Tenant)
• Fraudulent conveyances under state law
• Receivership
• Recovery of personal property collateral (judicial foreclosure, replevin)
• Enforcement of Judgements (Liens, garnishments, executions)
• Ohio exemption statute
• Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Compliance
• Real Estate Title Insurance Defense

Bankruptcy Court Litigation

• Enforcement of creditor's rights (claims, lift stay, collateral valuation)
• Discharge litigation (denial of discharge/determination of dischargeability)
• Enforcement of landlords' rights
• Protection of debtor's rights (petitions for Chapter 7 relief)
• Corporate/business reorganizations under Chapter 11
• Prosecute/defend preference/fraudulent conveyance litigation
• Representation of fiduciaries (trustees, official creditors' committees)

Business Transactions and Planning

• Asset Protection Planning
• Work out agreements (debtor and creditor)
• Acquisition planning (insolvent transferors)
• Private liquidations
• Secured transaction (security interests, mortgages, priority issues)
• Settlements with insolvent or failing parties
• Response to garnishments, executions against employees