Collier Compensation, Employment and Appointment of Trustees and Professionals in Bankruptcy Cases

Whitman L. Holt is a partner of Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP in Los Angeles. Mr. Holt has represented clients across the bankruptcy spectrum, including borrowers in and out of court, debtors subject to involuntary bankruptcy petitions, municipal debtors, secured creditors in and out of bankruptcy, hedge and distressed debt funds, equity sponsors, plaintiffs and defendants in bankruptcy-related litigation, and purchasers of assets via chapter 11 plans and section 363 sales. Mr. Holt also has significant experience regarding various alternative insolvency regimes, including bank and thrift receiverships under title 12 of the U.S. Code and proceedings for troubled insurers under state law. Mr. Holt's active bankruptcy-related appellate practice includes briefing multiple matters before the Supreme Court of the United States, including the prevailing merits brief in the landmark Stern v. Marshall case. Mr. Holt is the co-author (with Kenneth N. Klee) of Bankruptcy and the Supreme Court: 1801-2014 (West Academic 2015) and of a periodic series of commentaries about bankruptcy and the Supreme Court for the LexisNexis Emerging Issues Analysis project. Mr. Holt has consistently been recognized as one of the top corporate bankruptcy and restructuring attorneys in California by Super Lawyers Magazine, Chambers USA, The Best Lawyers in America and Who's Who Legal: Restructuring & Insolvency. In 2015, Mr. Holt was elected as a Conferee of the National Bankruptcy Conference, which is an invitation-only organization dedicated to advising Congress about the operation of bankruptcy and related laws. Mr. Holt is a graduate of Bates College (B.A., 2002, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa) and Harvard Law School (J.D., 2005, cum laude).

Harris B. Winsberg is a partner in the Litigation Department of Troutman Sanders LLP, where he chairs the Bankruptcy Section. He has been included in the last several annual directories of Chambers USA: American's Leading Lawyers for Business and The Best Lawyers in America. He received his B.A. in political science with honors from the University of Florida and his law degree with honors from the University of Florida College of Law. Mr. Winsberg clerked for the Honorable Karen S. Jennemann, United States Bankruptcy Judge, Middle District of Florida. He has chaired the Bankruptcy Section of the State Bar of Georgia and is an officer and director of the Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute. He also serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice and on the Turnaround Management Association's Educational Oversight Committee. Mr. Winsberg lectures at leading industry conferences and is an annual speaker at the Atlanta Bar "Year in Review for Bankruptcy".