David Wirt is national chair of the Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Insolvency group. He focuses his practice on insolvency, bankruptcy, and business reorganization matters.
Over the last two decades, he has represented numerous corporate debtors and official creditor committees, institutional lenders, trade creditors, and governmental agencies throughout the United States in all aspects of insolvency workouts and litigation.
Education
- J.D., Northwestern University School of Law, 1991
- A.B., Mathematical Economics, with honors, University of California, Berkeley, 1988
Bar Admissions
Representative Experience
A few of his more recent representations include:
- Representing Palm Harbor Homes, Inc. and its affiliates as lead Chapter 11 counsel
- Representing New Vision Television, Inc. and its affiliates as lead Chapter 11 counsel
- Representing American of Martinsville, Inc. and Barcalounger, Inc. as lead Chapter 11 counsel
- Representing Empire Carpets, LLC in complex debt restructuring
- Representing Superior Aviation, Inc. in the potential acquisition of Hawker Beechcraft, Inc. and affiliated debtors
- Representing senior lenders in proposing and prosecuting contested creditor plan in the Whitton Corp. bankruptcies
- Representing Varsari, Inc. as successful acquirer of one of the largest number of Dairy Queen franchises in the United States
- Representing the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Global Capacity Holdings Chapter 11 cases
- Representing the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in Meridian Automotive Systems Composite-Operations, Inc. et al.
- Representing the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in Arlington Hospitality, Inc.
- Representing Gazpromneft in the multi-billion dollar bankruptcy of the Yukos Oil Company and certain affiliates
- Representing the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of KMart Corporation in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy
- Representing the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Universal Access, Inc. and its domestic affiliate
- Representing a member of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Spiegel, Inc., Eddie Bauer, Inc. and Newport News, Inc., Chapter 11 bankruptcy
- Representing the California State Senate Utility Committee in the California electricity crisis
- Representing numerous power producers and swap contract counter-parties in connection with the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Enron Corporation and its affiliates
- Representing one of the largest trade creditors and member of the Official Committee of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Archibald Candy Corporation
- Representing the senior lending group in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of BMC Industries, Inc. and its domestic affiliates
- Representing one of the largest contractors and project developers in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of J.A. Jones, Inc. and its affiliates
- Serving as special counsel to the Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice in connection with the restructuring of obligations and bankruptcies arising from the multi-billion dollar "C-Block" and "F-Block" mobile telephone licensing auctions
- Representing the El Paso Electric Company in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy
- Representing acquiror of substantial portion of the assets of myCFO
- Representing a generator and major nuclear power plant participant in the Cajun Electric bankruptcy
- Representing CITGO Petroleum Corporation, the chairman of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the CIC Industries bankruptcy
- Representing R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, the chairman of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Bedford Fair bankruptcy
- Representing the chairman of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Bedford Fair bankruptcy
- Representing Williams Communications, Inc. in the GST, Inc. bankruptcy
- Representing Alcatel Networks, Inc. in the Telehub Communications, Inc. bankruptcy.
Publications & Presentations
Professional History
- Partner, Locke Lord LLP
- Member, Locke Lord Executive Committee
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