Our Attorneys .
Matthew S. Okin
Matthew S. Okin founded the Law Office of Matthew S. Okin, a
boutique bankruptcy and commercial litigation law firm, in September
2006. In May 2007, Chris Adams joined Matthew to form Okin &
Adams LLP and further expand Matthew's already growing practice.
Matthew offers a unique mixture of practical business knowledge,
legal expertise and client relationship skills that can help
you resolve your legal issues. He has experience representing
clients in a variety of commercial litigation cases, bankruptcy
and restructuring matters and commercial transactions.
Prior to founding his own firm, Matthew
practiced law at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, a
renowned international law firm with one of the leading bankruptcy
practices in the United States. At Akin Gump, Matthew's practice
focused on the representation of debtors and creditors in
the negotiation of complex plans of reorganization and the
litigation of contested matters and adversary proceedings
related to Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. Serving as the lead
day-to-day counsel to debtor corporations and creditor constituencies
has complemented his litigation skills with the business-based
practicality designed to minimize risk and maximize returns
to creditors in a variety of legal arenas - from litigation
to transactional issues.
Matthew spent his first nine years of legal
practice representing a wide variety of clients in commercial
disputes, bankruptcy matters and toxic tort cases at the international
law firm of Vinson & Elkins, LLP. While at Vinson &
Elkins, Matthew developed many of the litigation skills he
brings to bear for his clients today in both his trial and
bankruptcy practices. He developed these skills through extensive
real-life experience, including first and second-chair jury
trials and bench trials, state and federal appeals, numerous
court appearances, and hundreds of hours of depositions on
behalf of clients of Vinson & Elkins. In addition to valuable
hands-on experience, Matthew also honed his litigation skills
through his participation in Vinson & Elkins' extensive
in-house training program for litigators and by attending
the intensive, two-week trial practice training seminar, National
Session conducted by the National
Institute for Trial Advocacy.
Matthew's experience in highly charged,
challenging situations involving both financial restructuring
and litigation matters brings an extraordinary resource to
assist you in managing your legal issues. His combination
of legal skills and business practicality provides perspective
and results in handling clients' most sensitive legal issues.
Representative Bankruptcy Experience:
- Counsel to the Debtor, Texas Petrochemicals,
LP (S.D. Tex) (post-confirmation)
- Counsel to the Debtor, High Voltage
Engineering Corporation, et al (E.D. Mass)
- Counsel to the Debtor, Mosaic Consulting
Corp., et al (N.D. Tex)
- Counsel to the Debtor, Vectrix Corp.,
et al (N.D. Tex)
- Counsel to the Official Committee of
Unsecured Creditors, Moll Industries (W.D. Tex)
- Counsel to the Official Committee of
Unsecured Creditors, Exide Corp. (D. Del)
- Counsel to purchaser of substantially
all of the assets of the Debtor, Reliant Exploration (S.D.
Tex)
- Counsel to significant creditor, ASARCO,
L.P. (S.D. Tex)
- Counsel to significant creditor, Stage
Stores, Inc. (S.D. Tex)
- Counsel to equity and post-petition
lender, Doctors Hospital, L.P. (S.D. Tex)
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