James W. O'Mara
Of Counsel
Jim O'Mara practices in the area of business with a focus on bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, loan workouts, secured lending, commercial litigation and business transactions.
Experience
- Lead attorney for the Debtor in the Mississippi Chemical Corp. consolidated cases, which were the largest, most complex Chapter 11 cases ever filed in Mississippi and in which the multiple Plans of Reorganization were confirmed and performed and the Unsecured Creditors, the pre-petition secured creditor group, the multiple groups of post-petition lenders and investors, and other significant parties were all represented by major New York City and Chicago law firms.
- Lead attorney for Casino debtor in its Chapter 11 case in which the Plan of Reorganization was confirmed and performed.
- Representation of international car rental company in connection with its claims against and contracts with a competitor who filed a Chapter 11 case.
- Attorney for majority shareholders of a significant multi-state trucking company which was Debtor in a Chapter 11 case, and author of the confirmed and performed Plan of Reorganization.
- Lead attorney for investor group which purchased substantially all operating assets from the Freide Goldman multi-state shipyard Chapter 11 case and which engaged in multiple complex loan and bond transactions with national lenders and governmental entities for continuing operations.