Mr. J. William Boone

1977, Georgia
1978, District of Columbia
2008, New York

of the American College of Bankruptcy and a charter member of the prestigious International Insolvency Institute (the "III"). In addition, he routinely lectures and publishes both nationally and internationally on a variety of topics, including bankruptcy litigation and international insolvency issues. Since 2003, he has been a regular delegate and a presenter to UNCITRAL on bankruptcy and insolvency related issues. He is a past chair of the Atlanta Bar Association Bankruptcy Section, served on the board of directors for six years, and has been selected as a Super Lawyer in Georgia. He is also named as a leading insolvency/restructuring lawyer in the Guide to the World's Leading Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyers and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America.

Experience

· Represented major financial institutions in their capacity as trustee for securitized transactions in over 15 Chapter 11 cases in Delaware, New York, California and Florida (2009-present).

· Represented a major financial institution as agent for participating lenders in $200-plus million loan in a Texas-based Chapter 11 of a large retirement home community with nine wholly owned operating subsidiaries (2009-2010).

· Represented a German company in the successful purchase of patents from a Chapter 11 debtor in Delaware (2011).

· Counseled a major German manufacturing company in a successful jury trial in Oregon of a fraudulent transfer action against a major U.S. company with Canadian and UK subsidiaries, which resulted in an award of over $1.3 billion, including punitive damages.

· Counseled large American corporation in successfully pursuing claims arising out of the Italian bankruptcy filing of Parmalat.

· Counsel to a wireless phone service provider in its acquisition of over $1 billion in wireless spectrum from a debtor in the Southern District of New York.

· Counsel to major re-insurer in a bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York of a nationally known retailer involving claims of over $1 billion.