Steve Rosenblatt focuses his practice on bankruptcy, restructuring and commercial litigation. He has a wealth of experience serving as debtor’s counsel in Chapter 11 cases and is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy.
Overview
Steve Rosenblatt focuses his practice on bankruptcy, restructuring and commercial litigation. He has a wealth of experience serving as debtor’s counsel in Chapter 11 cases and is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy.
Practice Areas
Experience
- In Franchise Service of North America, Inc., United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Case No. 17-02316-EE. Represented the Debtor, the parent of Simply Wheelz LLC (see below) in its Chapter 11 case.
- In Mississippi Phosphates Corporation, et al., United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Case No.14-51667-KMS. Represented the Debtors, a phosphate fertilizer manufacturer and related entities, in a jointly administered case. Substantially all of the assets of the Debtors were sold through court-supervised 363 sales, and confirmed plans were obtained.
- In Opus Management Group Jackson, LLC et al., United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Case No. 16-00297-NPO. Represented five compounding pharmacy companies and two affiliates in a jointly administered case. Substantially all of the assets of six Debtors were sold through court-supervised 363 sales, and confirmed plans were obtained in those six cases.
- In re: Simply Wheelz LLC, d/b/a Advantage Rent-a-Car, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Case No. 13-03332-ee. Represented the Debtor, the fourth largest car rental company in the United States, in its Chapter 11 case. Substantially all of the assets of the Company were sold through court-supervised 363 sales.
- In re: Piccadilly Restaurants, LLC, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Case No. 12-51127. Represented the largest trade creditor in this chapter 11 case of a restaurant and food service company with more than 60 restaurants and 80 food service locations all across the southeast. Client’s claim was paid in full under a confirmed chapter 11 plan.
- In re: O&G Leasing, LLC et al., United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Case No. 10 01851-ee. Represents Indenture Trustee for Bondholders holding $25,955,000 of Senior Debentures and $7,610,000 of Subordinate Debentures in this chapter 11 case of a company which owned and operated five oil and gas drilling rigs.
- In re: Prevalence Health, LLC., United States Bankruptcy Court for Southern District of Mississippi, Case No. 09-02016-ee. Represented the Debtor, a multi-state mail order pharmacy, in its chapter 11 case. Certain assets of the Debtor were sold through a section 363 sale as a going concern to maximize the return for the unsecured creditors.
- In re: CareCorps Management Company, LLC et al., United States Bankruptcy Court for Northern District of Mississippi, Case No. 08-11728-DWH. Served as counsel for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in 13 jointly-administered, multi-state chapter 11 cases involving primarily skilled nursing facilities and assisted living centers.
- In re: Griffin Acceptance Corporation, United States Bankruptcy Court for Southern District of Mississippi, Case No. 09-01513-EE. Represented secured creditor in connection with the enforcement of its security interest in the inventory and accounts of an enterprise with eight stores in Mississippi and Arkansas that had filed a chapter 11 case. Client purchased the business of the Debtor as a going concern for a credit bid of a significant portion of its debt plus a cash payment which covered certain expenses incurred by the bankruptcy estate.
- In re: Warehouse 86, LLC, United States Bankruptcy Court for Southern District of Mississippi, Case No. 08-03423-ee. Represented the Debtor, a commercial internet auction company, in its chapter 11 case. Through the chapter 11 case, the business was sold in a 363 sale as a going concern to maximize the return for the unsecured creditors.
- In re: Earl E. Gaylor and Edison Hotels and Resorts Company d/b/a Edison Walthall Hotel, United States Bankruptcy Court for Southern District of Mississippi, Case Nos. 07-02743-NPO and 07-02737-NPO. Appointed as the Examiner to investigate and report to the Bankruptcy Court on certain specified topics in these two affiliated chapter 11 cases involving the purchase by an insider of substantially all of the assets of the Edison Walthall Hotel.
Distinctions
- Martindale-Hubbell®
- AV®-Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated, 1987-2021
- BL Rankings, The Best Lawyers in America®
- Lawyer of the Year, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, [Jackson, MS], 2013
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 1993-2025
- Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business
- Corporate/Commercial: Bankruptcy – Mississippi, 2005-2019
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring – Mississippi, 2020-2025
- Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers®
- Mid-South Super Lawyers, Bankruptcy: Business, 2006-2024
- Top 50 Mississippi Super Lawyers, 2006, 2008-2013, 2017-2018
- Lawdragon 500
- Leading U.S. Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyer, 2020, 2022-2023
- American College of Bankruptcy, Fellow
- American Bar Foundation, Fellow
- Mississippi Bar Foundation, Fellow
- Mississippi Young Lawyers, Fellow
- Butler Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC, Chair, 1998-2005
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 1975
- U.S. Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- University of Mississippi, J.D., with honors, 1975
- Editor-in-Chief, Mississippi Law Journal
- Omicron Delta Kappa
- Vanderbilt University, B.A., Philosophy, 1970
Associations
- American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI)
- Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors (AIRA)
- Turnaround Management Association (TMA)
- Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference
- Founding Member,
- President, 1994
- Mississippi Bar Association
- Board of Commissioners, 1983-1986
- Mississippi Young Lawyers Section
- President, 1984-1985
- Bar Section Study Committee
- Chairman, 1986-1987
- CLE Study Committee
- Chairman, 2004-2005
- Jackson Young Lawyers Association
- President, 1981-1982
- "Charles Clark American Inn of Court, Bencher"
- Capital Area Bar Association
- Mississippi Bar Foundation
- President, 2014
Papers, Presentations & Publications
- Co-Author, "A Primer on Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Issues," 21st Annual Mid-South Conference on Bankruptcy Law, The University of Mississippi Center for Continuing Legal Education, February 6, 2015.
- Co-Author, "Limitations on the Doctrine of Judicial Estoppel," Law 360, October 2008.
- Has spoken at a number of continuing education seminars sponsored by various law schools and conferences, including the following: Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference; Fifth Circuit Bankruptcy Bench-Bar Conference; Mid-South Bankruptcy Conference; Mississippi Bar Summer School for Lawyers; and Law Partners Marketing Forum.