Liz Freeman's practice is focused in the areas of insolvency and reorganization, including representation of banks, indenture trustees, secured and unsecured creditors, and acquirers of assets from bankruptcy estates. She is "AV" rated by Martindale-Hubbell and she also works with other Firm attorneys to analyze the potential effects of a bankruptcy on corporate and financial transactions and litigation and engages in bankruptcy related litigation.

Representative Experience

• Represents vendors, manufacturers, energy providers and other service providers in defense of preference litigation.
• Represents parties holding indemnification claims against debtors in bankruptcy arising from a variety of transactions.
• Represents various energy companies in bankruptcies of successors in title.
• Represents secured and unsecured creditors in asserting and defending their claims in Chapter 11 cases.
• Represents parties seeking to acquire assets from bankruptcy estates.
• Represents lenders, bond indenture trustees, landlords, other parties in interest in business Chapter 11 cases.

Professional / Civic Affiliations

• Member, State Bar of Texas
• Member, Houston Bar Association
• Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
• Member, American Inns of Court
• Named, "Texas Rising Star," Texas Monthly Surveys (2004-2009)
• Named, The Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law (2009-2010)
• AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

Publications

• "What Section 363 Sales Offer and What They Don't" Co-Authored with Steve Bryant, published in the Journal of Corporate Renewal, July 2007
• Bankruptcy Reform and Its Impact on Asset Protection Planning, Houston Bar Association-Probate, Trusts and Estates Section, March 28, 2006
• Bankruptcy Reform Act, Aggie Bar Association, February 25, 2006
• Bankruptcy Litigation: Advanced Pre-Trial Practice and Procedure Workshop, February 3, 2006
• Executory Contracts, NBI Seminar, January 12, 2006
• When Do You Have to Stop Fishing and Begin Cooking? Proper Use of 2004 Examinations Against Potential Defendants, University of Texas 2006