Cases
Notable bankruptcy cases: Lead counsel for the official committee of unsecured creditors in the recently-confirmed chapter 11 of East West Copolymer, LLC (17-10327), United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. Joint plan co-sponsored by the committee created a liquidating trust for the benefit of creditors. Mr. Crawford has been retained by the liquidating trustee to wind down the estate's claims
causes of action.
Lead counsel for the official committee of unsecured creditors in the chapter 11 bankruptcy of Michael A. Worley (18-10017), United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. This individual case contains creditor claims exceeding $100 million.
Lead counsel for the chapter 11 trustee Dwayne M. Murray in HydroFlame Technologies, LLC (12-11250), United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. Confirmed plan established liquidating trust
proposed to pay creditors in full from a sale of the debtor's assets, including certain patented technology with application in the oil
gas industry.
Lead debtor-in-possession counsel for PBS Lumber Manufacturing, LLC, in its chapter 11 reorganization now concluded in the Western District of Louisiana, Alex
ria Division (12-80143). Successfully guided the lumber company through a competitive sales process
the Debtor's Chapter 11 Plan was confirmed in January of 2013.
Lead bankruptcy counsel for creditor NPC Services, Inc., in the chapter 11 bankruptcy of Chemtura Corp., Southern District of New York. Successfully defeated debtor's motion for summary judgment
brokered a multi-million dollar settlement of an environmental damage claim associated with a rejected executory contract.
Lead counsel for the Unsecured Creditors' Committee in the Harvest Oil/Saratoga Resources chapter 11 proceeding in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Confirmed chapter 11 plan paid unsecured trade creditors in full with interest.
Lead Creditors' Committee Counsel for Communication Corp. of America
White Knight Holdings, chapter 11 consolidated proceedings in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Shreveport Division Lead Case No.06-50410. Debtors owned
operated several television stations in Louisiana, Texas
Indiana. Confirmed chapter 11 plan paid unsecured trade creditors in full.
Represented trustee Dwayne Murray in the involuntary bankruptcy of John E. Shavers in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Gulfport Division, Case No. 03-55729. Denied debtor's discharge impacting over $10 million in secured
unsecured claims
successful prosecution of multiple fraud claims/ liquidation of real properties arising out of the debtor's ownership of a construction/dredging business in Louisiana, Texas
Mississippi.
Lead counsel for the debtor in possession in the chapter 11 bankruptcy of Peter Raymond LaFuria, M.D., United States Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Louisiana, Lake Charles Division, Case No. 07-20346. Successfully negotiated a complex, multi-million dollar settlement of class action personal injury litigation through a confirmed chapter 11 plan.
Co-counsel, Creditors' Committee, Harrah's l
-based casino chapter 11 in New Orleans filed in 1995
(unsecured claims approximating $65 million paid in full).
Co-counsel, Creditors' Committee, Cajun Electric Cooperative chapter 11 in Baton Rouge filed in 1994 (unsecured trade claims paid in full with interest).
Represented Dwayne M. Murray in his capacity as Chapter 11 Trustee in the Leeward Operators, LLC, oil
gas bankruptcy in the Western District of Louisiana.
In 2014, Mike successfully completed the St. John's University (with the American Bankruptcy Institute), 40-Hour Bankruptcy Mediation Course. Following graduation from law school in 1993, Mike served a one-year judicial clerkship with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana, the Honorable Gerald H. Schiff.
In the community, Mike was inducted into the Special Olympics Louisiana Hall of Fame in 2009, following his 15 years of service, first as a volunteer
then nine years as a board member
former board chair.
