Practice Areas
Creditors’ Rights, Bankruptcy & Restructuring
The ScottHulse PC attorneys who work in the creditors’ rights, bankruptcy, and restructuring practice group serve as strong, responsive advocates for our clients. We represent a wide range of clients including financial institutions, banks, retailers, manufacturers, asset and judgment purchasers, lenders, factors, and equipment lessors. Additionally, we have substantial experience in landlord-tenant matters and both personal and real property foreclosure actions. To provide clients with the best solutions and counsel, the creditors’ rights, bankruptcy, and restructuring attorneys work collaboratively with our other practice groups including corporate, real estate, tax, and commercial litigation attorneys.
Our attorneys have substantial experience in:
- Commercial collections
- Consumer collections
- Domestications
- Judgments
- Secured Transactions
- Garnishments
- Turnovers
- Workouts and debt restructuring
Select Representations:
- Successfully prosecuted thousands of claims for money or property against both commercial and consumer debtors; collected millions of dollars on behalf of our clients.
- Domesticated numerous foreign judgments and pursued collection of those judgments against Texas debtors.
- Obtained court orders requiring debtors to turn over non-exempt assets to be sold in aid of judgment.
- Successfully appointed receivers to take control of the assets of both sole proprietorships and other business entities and obtained court approval to sell their assets to satisfy judgments.
- Successfully sequestered pharmaceuticals on behalf of a national drug retailer from a defaulting drug store operator.
- Garnished numerous bank accounts, both pre- and post-judgment, as part of the normal collection process.
- Represented creditors and debtors in workouts both in and outside of bankruptcy.
- Represented landlords in lock-out situations and post-possession collection efforts.
- Pursued numerous forcible detainer actions against defaulting tenants.
- Represented the primary creditor in the Chapter 7 bankruptcy case of a primary care hospital.
- Pursued hundreds of Relief from Stay motions in Bankruptcy court.
- Represented creditors in negotiating plans of reorganization.
- Litigated adversary proceeding in bankruptcy including objection to discharge.
- Served as creditors’ committee counsel and trustee’s counsel.
