Mr. Brown is licensed to practice in both Louisiana and Texas. Mr. Brown represents a variety of clients in both bankruptcy cases and commercial litigation. He has vast experience representing debtors and creditors, as well as chapter 7 and chapter 11 trustees. Furthermore, Mr. Brown has represented numerous parties in the purchase and sale of assets during bankruptcy, and who encounter executory contract and unexpired leasing issues. Mr. Brown has strong litigation skills and has represented clientele facing preference or other avoidance actions stemming from bankruptcy proceedings. He has handled non-bankruptcy commercial matters including commercial entity formations, breach of contract suits, trade secrets, open account, non-bankruptcy restructuring and workouts, commercial secured transactions and commercial foreclosures.
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SRBA bankruptcy attorneys selected as counsel to the Committee for United Furniture Industries, Inc., et al. in the Northern District of Mississippi
04/10/2023
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SRBA garners approval of case ending settlement of contract dispute paving way for payment to all unsecured creditors and the dismissal of the Chapter 11 case for client Alfred Miller Contracting Company.
03/09/2023
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SRBA Files Chapter 11 case for Alfred Miller Contracting Company in Western District of Louisiana
11/14/2022
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SRBA bankruptcy attorneys conclude plan negotiations with Castex Energy Debtors, Walter Oil & Gas Corp, Talos Energy, & Prepetition Lenders leading to significant recovery for unsecured creditors
06/07/2021
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SRBA Secure Fast Administrative Closure, Clearing Way for Offshore Marine Contractors, Inc., PPP Loan
08/07/2020
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SRBA secure administrative closure of case 1 day after entry of confirmation order in order that Debtor could apply for PPP Loan.
08/07/2020
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SRBA bankruptcy attorneys Confirm Chapter 11 Plan of Offshore Marine Contractors, Inc.
08/06/2020
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SRBA Bankruptcy Attorneys Confirm Offshore Marine Contractors, Inc., Plan in Eastern District's First "Complex Chapter 11 Case"
08/06/2020
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SRBA bankruptcy attorneys to represent Official Committee of Commercial Unsecured Creditors in Archdiocese of New Orleans
07/04/2020
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SRBA Selected as General Counsel to KPE Liquidation Trust
07/04/2020
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SRBA bankruptcy attorneys selected as counsel to Committee for Castex Energy 2005 Holdco, LLC, et al in Southern District of Texas
07/04/2020
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SRBA bankruptcy attorneys general counsel for KP Engineering Liquidation Trust
07/04/2020
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SRBA attorneys granted Initial Order commencing the resolution of the MEGHA, LLC hotel case in Lafeyette.
04/23/2020
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SRBA bankruptcy attorneys file first chapter 11 case in the Eastern District of Louisiana to be designated a "Complex Chapter 11 Case."
12/04/2019
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SRBA attorneys wrap up Great Southern Galvanizing plant bankruptcy, auction, and 58% distribution to unsecured creditors, in less than 7 months.
10/19/2018
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SRBA bankruptcy attorneys selected as counsel to the Committee for United Furniture Industries, Inc., et al. in the Northern District of Mississippi
Education
- Tulane University, B.A., 1993
- Louisiana State University, J.D., 1998
Associations & Memberships
- Louisiana Law Review
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- State Bar of Texas
Prior Positions
Mr. Brown clerked for the Honorable Louis M. Phillips, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Middle District of Louisiana from July 2000 through May 2002. Mr. Brown further clerked for the Honorable Douglas D. Dodd, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Middle District of Louisiana from May 2002 through July 2002. Prior to joining Stewart Robbins & Brown, Mr. Brown practiced with the law firm of McGlinchey Stafford, APLC and was a partner with the law firm Gordon Arata McCollam Duplantis & Eagan, LLC.
Articles & Presentations
Mr. Brown is the author of What's the Motter with Zeddo: Problems with the Fifth Circuit's Analysis of What Constitutes on Avoidable Interest of the Debtor in Property, 58 La.L.Rev. 1259, (1998). He has also authored articles for, and presented at, numerous seminars on a variety of bankruptcy-specific topics.