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Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLPAttorney
Henry C. Kevane
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Henry C. Kevane

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150 California St, 15th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111

Business Workouts, Bankruptcy Reorganizations, Commercial Litigation and 5 more

About Henry C. Kevane

Henry Kevane, managing partner of the firm’s San Francisco office, has worked on transactional and bankruptcy matters with clients from a variety of industries. In 2011, the Daily Journal profiled him in a special supplement as one of the top 25 municipal lawyers in California for his work in chapter 9 bankruptcy cases. In 2024, Henry was elected to the American Law Institute. He was inducted into the American College of Bankruptcy as a fellow in 2015. In 2020, he was selected as a fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a global honorary society of lawyers, judges, law faculty, and legal scholars who have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession and to the welfare of society. Henry was listed by Lawdragon as one of the 2023 and 2022 “500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers” and one of the 2020 “500 Leading Global Restructuring & Insolvency Lawyers.” He also holds an AV Preeminent Peer Rating, Martindale-Hubbell‘s highest recognition for ethical standards and legal ability; has been listed in Best Lawyers in America for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights & Litigation - Bankruptcy since 2006; and has been listed in Northern California Super Lawyers for his work in bankruptcy law since 2004. Henry is a graduate of Brown University and received his J.D. from Southwestern Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Southwestern University Law Review.

Programs & Lectures

American Bankruptcy Institute, American Intellectual Property Law Association, American Conference Institute, ALI/ABA, Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors

Publications

•Cross-Border Municipal Bankruptcy Cases-Wait. What? Rewind. Business Law Today (August 2021)
•Recoupment-Back in Its Bankruptcy Box Business Law Today (June 2021)
•Asset Forfeiture and Insolvency: A Parallel Case Management Guide American Bar Association Business Law Section (October 2019)
•Is a Bankruptcy Court’s Determination of Insider Status Reviewed Under the Rigorous De Novo Standard or the More Deferential Clear-Error Standard? 45 ABA PREVIEW of United States Supreme Court Cases 42 (2017)
•Does the FDCPA Cover a Party That Purchases Defaulted Debt for Its Own Account? 44 ABA PREVIEW of United States Supreme Court Cases 218 (2017)
•Does the Bankruptcy Code Preclude Puerto Rico From Adopting a Local Insolvency Scheme for Restructuring the Debts of Its Public Utilities? 43 ABA PREVIEW of United States Supreme Court Cases 200 (2016)
•Legislative Update: “Indicative Rulings” Under New Bankruptcy Rule 8008 ABA Business Bankruptcy Committee e-Newsletter (July 2015)
•No More Ad Lib: The Nuts and Bolts of Ad Hoc Committees Business Law Today (December 2014)
•Legislative Update: Senate Bill 2418 Bankruptcy Fairness and Employee Benefits Protection ActABA Business Bankruptcy Committee e-Newsletter (June 2014)
•Bond Insurers Become Active Participants in Chapter 9s 26 Journal of Corporate Renewal 24 (May 2013)
•Debtor-in-Possession Financing Funding a Chapter 11 CaseAmerican Bankruptcy Institute (2012)
•What Just Happened? How Asset Forfeiture Affects Bankruptcy Distributions Business Law Today (June 2012)
•Legislative Update: California Assembly Bill 506 on Bankruptcy Code Chapter 9 Eligibility ABA Business Bankruptcy Committee e-Newsletter (January 2012)
•Deploying the “Prepackaged” Plan of Adjustment in Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Bankruptcy StrategiesThomson Reuters (2011)
•Across the Border: IP Entanglements in Chapter 15 Bankruptcies May 2011
•Chapter 9 Municipal Bankruptcy - The New “New Thing”? Parts I & IIBusiness Law Today (May and June 2011)
•Legislative Solutions in the Orange County Chapter 9 Case The Aftermath of Bankruptcy: Legislative Reform-State and Federal (1996)
•The Treatment of Financing Leases in a Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Case Parts I & IIAGLF Tax-Exempt Leasing Letter (1995 & 1996)
•“The Legislative Side of the Orange County Chapter 9 Case” for Sacramento County Bar Association (1996)
•“Now What? Three Questions Facing the Municipal Bondholder Upon Commencement of a Chapter 9 Case,” published in course handbook, Municipal Bond Law for the Bankruptcy Practitioner (1996)
•“Fee Shifting by (1) Oversecured Creditors in Bankruptcy Cases & (2) Prevailing Parties in Civil Litigation,” published in course handbook Getting Paid What You Are Worth (1996)
•“The Newsgatherer’s Shield: Why Waste Space in the California Constitution?” 15 Southwestern University Law Review 527 (1985)
•Coauthor, “Principles of Equitable Subordination Under Section 510 of the Bankruptcy Code,” in Selected Issues in Bankruptcy Practice (Calif. Contin. Ed. Bar 1991)
•Contributing author, Bankruptcy Practice: Annual Recent Developments (Calif. Contin. Ed. Bar 1992-1998)

News

Eighteen PSZJ Attorneys Named to the Lawdragon '500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers' Guide for 2025

Lawdragon June 27, 2025

Henry C. Kevane Elected to the American Law Institute

December 23, 2024

PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2025 Edition of Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

August 15, 2024

Six PSZJ Attorneys Named to 2024 Northern California “Super Lawyers” List

June 26, 2024

Eighteen PSZJ Attorneys Named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers for 2024

Lawdragon June 14, 2024

Henry Kevane to Chair ABA Business Bankruptcy Committee

September 1, 2023

PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2024 Edition of Best Lawyers in America

August 17, 2023

Richard Pachulski, Jeffrey Davidson, and Henry Kevane Named 'Lawyers of the Year' in 2024 Edition of Best Lawyers in America

August 17, 2023

Six PSZJ Attorneys Named to 2023 Northern California “Super Lawyers” List

June 27, 2023

Eighteen PSZJ Attorneys Named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers for 2023

Lawdragon June 16, 2023

PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2023 Edition of Best Lawyers in America

August 18, 2022

Fourteen PSZJ Attorneys Named to 2022 Lawdragon '500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers' Guide

LawdragonJanuary 14, 2022

PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2022 Edition of Best Lawyers in America

August 19, 2021

Best Lawyers in America Names Jeffrey Pomerantz, Henry Kevane, Robert Orgel as 2022 “Lawyers of the Year”

August 19, 2021

PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2021 Edition of Best Lawyers in America

August 20, 2020

Eleven PSZJ Attorneys Named to Lawdragon’s Leading Global Restructuring & Insolvency Lawyers Guide

August 11, 2020

PSZJ Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers in America

August 15, 2019

Northern California Super Lawyers and a Rising Star

March 12, 2019

PSZJ Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers in America

August 15, 2018

Thirty-Five PSZJ Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America

August 15, 2017

Nineteen PSZJ Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America

August 1, 2016

Four Pachulski Lawyers Named 'Northern California's Best Lawyers'

November 1, 2015

Seventeen PSZJ Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America

August 17, 2015

Henry Kevane Inducted Into American College of Bankruptcy

November 1, 2014

Thirteen PSZJ Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America

August 1, 2014

Four PSZJ Lawyers in San Francisco Named Super Lawyers

Northern California Super LawyersJuly 1, 2014

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones: Five M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards

February 1, 2014

Pachulski Stang Selected as Committee Counsel in Adair County Hospital District

January 1, 2014

Three Pachulski Lawyers Named 'Northern California's Best Lawyers'

The Recorder & Best Lawyers in AmericaFebruary 1, 2013

Henry Kevane Named Among Top 25 California Municipal Lawyers

Special 'Municipal Law' supplement to Daily Journal (page 14)December 7, 2011

PSZJ Attorneys Among Best Lawyers in America

January 1, 2008

Events

Securities Law for Bankruptcy Dummies

ABA Business Law Section Business Bankruptcy Committee Las Vegas
October 8, 2017

Individual Chapter 11 Confirmation Mock Hearing

California Bankruptcy Forum 2015 Conference Napa CA
May 15, 2015

Individual Chapter 11 Debtor Mock Confirmation Hearing

26th Annual American Bankuptcy Institute Winter Leadership Conference La Quinta CA
December 6, 2014

Judicial Symposium on the Economics and Law of Public Pension Reform

Law & Economics Center George Mason University School of Law San Francisco
September 16, 2014

Municipal Financial Distress - Past, Present, and Future

Turnaround Management Association Webinar
May 23, 2013

Icebergs Ahead! The Impact of State Laws Imposing Restrictions and Conditions on Municipal Bankruptcies Under Chapter 9

86th Annual National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges San Diego
October 26, 2012

Practical Tips (and Tricks) at the Crossroads of Bankruptcy and IP

34th Annual Paralegal Ass'n of Santa Clara County Educational Seminar Palo Alto CA
October 20, 2012

Gone Broke? IP Assets of Clients of Firms Going in and out of Bankruptcy

AIPLA Spring Meeting San Francisco
May 13, 2011

 

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Areas of Law

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Other 7
    • Business Workouts
    • Bankruptcy Reorganizations
    • Debtors Rights
    • Creditors Remedies
    • Municipal Bankruptcies - Chapter 9
    • Healthcare Restructuring
    • Technology & Telecom

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Attorney
    Firm Name
    Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Representations: Creditors' committees in SeraCare Life Sciences, Guy F. Atkinson Company, America West Airlines
    Chapter 11 debtors in Watsonvile Hospital Corporation, CarbonLite, Verity Health System, Deltagen, Thorpe Insulation, Point Blank Solutions, Champion Enterprises, Aegis Mortgage, Yipes Communications, E/O Networks, Worlds of Wonder, Frederick & Nelson
    Creditors' committees in the municipal restructurings of the County of Orange, Heffernan Memorial Hospital District (Calexico, California), Palm Drive Healthcare District, West Contra Costa Healthcare District, Valley Health System, Adair County Hospital District (Kentucky)
    Debtor's counsel to Mendocino Coast Health Care District in its chapter 9 case

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1986, California
    Memberships

    Professional Affiliations

    •fellow, American College of Bankruptcy
    •fellow, American Bar Foundation
    •Chair, Business Bankruptcy Committee of the ABA Business Law Section (2023-present)
    •Vice-chair, Business Bankruptcy Committee of the ABA Business Law Section (2020 - 2023)
    •Chair, Asset Forfeiture & Bankruptcy Subcommittee of the Bankruptcy Study & Policy Committee of the ABA Business Law Section (2017-present)
    •Co-chair, Programs Subcommittee of the Business Bankruptcy Committee of the ABA Business Law Section (2015-2020)
    •Chair, Legislative Subcommittee of the Business Bankruptcy Committee of the ABA Business Law Section (2014-15)
    •Chair, Bankruptcy Committees Subcommittee of the Business Bankruptcy Committee of the ABA Business Law Section (2013-14)
    •Vice-chair, Individual Chapter 11 Subcommittee of the Business Bankruptcy Committee of the ABA Business Law Section (2011-13)
    •Director, Business Law Today (ABA Business Law Section)
    •Chair, State Bar of California Committee on Federal Courts (1996-2001)
    •Chair, State Bar of California Business Law Section Insolvency Law Committee (1995-1999)

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Southwestern Law School
    Class of 1986
    J.D.
    magna cum laude
    Other Education
    Brown University
    Class of 1982
    A.B.
    magna cum laude
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1960
    Milan, Italy, December 28, 1960

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    Henry C. Kevane was admitted in 1986 to the State of California.
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    Henry C. Kevane attended Southwestern Law School.
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    Henry C. Kevane is listed in the Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Litigation and Creditors Rights section of the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.

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