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Kathleen M. Patrick
(Associate)  

214-953-0182
Email:  kpatrick@rhmlawyers.com

Practice Areas

Creditors' Right's, Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy

Client Services

Kathleen M. Patrick concentrates on bankruptcy, corporate reorganization and out of court workouts.  She has represented debtors in possession, chapter 7 and 11 trustees, creditors committees, and individuals in out-of court workouts with respect to a variety of bankruptcy issues, including litigation against former officers and directors.  Ms. Patrick is also heavily involved in community and professional activities.  Texas Monthly magazine named Ms. Patrick a "Texas Rising Star" in 2007 and 2008 for her work in Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, a distinction reserved for the top 2.5% of Texas attorneys who are under 40 years of age or have been practicing law less than 10 years.

Representative Matters 

• Representation of individual in out-of-court workout involving approximately 55 loan packages totaling approximately $300 million in secured and unsecured debt
• Representation of creditors committee in complex chapter 11 bankruptcy of racetrack in United States Bankruptcy Court for District of Puerto Rico
• Representation of creditors committee and liquidation trustee in chapter 11 bankruptcy of gray-market supplier of computer and office products
• Representation of debtor in chapter 11 bankruptcy of restaurant chain located in California and Texas
• Representation of chapter 7 trustee in multi-million dollar litigation against directors and officers and creditors of the estate for breach of fiduciary duty, chapter 5 avoidance actions, violations of the automatic stay.  Recovered approximately $55 million for creditors of the estate 

Reported Decisions

• Lone Star Milk Producers v. Litzler, 370 B.R. 671 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. 2008)

Education

• Southern Methodist University J.D., 2002
• Duke University, B.A., 1996.

Admissions

• Admitted to practice in the State of Texas, 2002    
• Admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Northern, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas

Professional Activities and Memberships

• Member, John C. Ford American Inn of Court
• Member, Dallas Bar Association (Bankruptcy and Commercial Sections)  
• Member, State Bar of Texas Bankruptcy Section
• 2008-2009 Co-Chair and 2007 Co-Chair of Membership and Recruiting, Steering Committee, International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation-Dallas Network
• Co-Founder, 2007 President and current Vice President of DFW Association of Young Bankruptcy Lawyers

Publications and Speaking Engagements

• “Recent Developments Under the BAPCPA: What’s Happened in the First Year?” Federal Bar Association, Bankruptcy Practice Seminar, October 2006.  

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