Stephen A. Goodwin
Partner
Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy
Phone: 214-855-3082
Direct Fax: 214-758-3782
Email: sgoodwin@ccsb.com
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Mr. Goodwin has extensive experience in corporate reorganizations, both in and out of bankruptcy, creditor rights, securities litigation, and debt restructurings, including representation of major money lender banks, bank syndicates, and foreign banks. He has also represented creditors' committees, boards of directors, debtors, indenture trustees, senior bond holder groups, and shareholders in connection with these matters.
Mr. Goodwin began his career as a business litigator and represented senior bank lenders in the Braniff Airways bankruptcy in 1981. His familiarity with lender liability issues continued to grow and, in 1991, he co-authored Lender Liability Theory and Practice (published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.).
Mr. Goodwin's experience encompasses a wide range of industries including airlines, aerospace and defense, bank holding companies, capital markets, energy, environmental, financial services, health care, investment banking, manufacturing, petrochemicals, real estate, retail, steel, technology, telecommunications, transportation, and utilities.
Mr. Goodwin is a frequent lecturer on the subjects of corporate reorganization, bankruptcy, creditor rights, lender liability, and environmental law.
Mr. Goodwin has been recognized in: Texas Monthly as a Texas Super Lawyer, The Best Lawyers in America, Texas' Best Lawyers, Marquis’ Who’s Who in American Law, Who’s Who in Executive Business, Who's Who Legal, Continental Who’s Who, Chambers & Partners USA Client’s Guide, and Who’s Who in Executives and Business.
Mr. Goodwin has served as a member of the Firm's four-person executive committee since 1999.
“The firm prides itself on professionalism and high ethical standards. We are here to serve clients, not just to bill them.”
Representative Matters
Agriculture & Food Distribution
In re AmeriServe Food Distribution, et al. (liquidating trust)
In re Country Home Milling, L.P. (purchaser of flour mill)
In re Fleming Cos., Inc. (directors and officers)
In re Money’s Mushrooms (secured bank lender)
Airlines & Transportation
In re Continental Airlines (Seattle based aircraft manufacturer)
In re Express One International, Inc. (agent for secured bank lenders)
In re Kitty Hawk International, Inc., et al. (outside directors and purchaser of L1011 aircraft)
In re Legend Airlines, Inc. (secured bank lender and merchant bank)
Bank Holding Companies & financial Services
In re First City Bancorporation of Texas, Inc. (debtor)
In re FirstPlus Financial, Inc. (secured warehouse lender; publicly held, federally-charted corporation
which provide a secondary market through the issuance or purchase of mortgage-backed securities),
(defense of financier of a subsidiary)
In re Southeast Banking Corporation (indenture trustee)
Energy, Petrochemical, Minerals & Mining
In re Asarco, LLC (secured creditor)
In re Sterling Chemicals Holdings, Inc., et al. (indenture trustee)
Healthcare
HealthSouth Corporation (non-bankruptcy restructuring)
In re Integrated Health Services, et al. (secured bank lender)
In re Senior Living Properties, LLC (insurance company-partner defendant)
Manufacturing and Construction
In re Lone Star Steel Company, a/k/a East Texas Steel Facilities, Inc. (bank creditors)
In re National Gypsum Company (ad hoc committee of senior bondholders; investment banker;
asbestos liability insurer)
In re Owens Corning, et al. (secured bank lender)
Vermeer Equipment of Texas, Inc. (non-bankruptcy restructuring)
Real Estate
In re FCB Real Estate Services, Inc. (debtor)
In re Montgomery Wards (landlord)
Retail & Entertainment
In re GC Companies, Inc. [General Cinemas] et al. (secured bank lender)
In re Montgomery Ward Holding Corp., et al. (largest non-affiliate creditor)
Technology & Telecommunications
In re Excel Telecommunications, Inc. (creditors’ committee)
In re Memorex Telex Corporation, et al. (board of directors)
In re VarTec Telecom, Inc. (creditors’ committee; special litigation counsel to the trustee)
In re Zenith Electronics Corporation (technology licensor)
Utility
In re Colorado Ute Electric Association, Inc. (commercial paper holders)
In re El Paso Electric Company (owner participants of an Arizona based nuclear power plant)
In re Mirant Corporation (secured creditor, co-chair of MAGI committee)
Education
Southern Methodist University
J.D., 1976
Member: Pi Gamma Mu, Delta
Theta Phi
Austin College
B.A., with honors in Bus. Admin., 1973
Admittances
Texas 1976
Associations/Affiliations
Member: American Bar Association-Business Bankruptcy Committee-Subcommittees on Chapter 11 and Secured Transactions; Sections on Corporation, Banking and Business Law and Litigation; Chairman, Chapter 11 Ethics Task Force
Member: State Bar of Texas (Bankruptcy Committee).
Member: American Bankruptcy Institute.
Member: Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation.
Speeches/Publications
Author, Foreign Depositions, Bankruptcy Litigation: Advanced Pre-Trial Practice and Procedure Workshop, 2005.
Author, Environmental Claims in Bankruptcy: Discharged Or Disaster, CLE International Seminar on Bankruptcy and Environmental Liabilities, 1991.
Author, Lender Liability Theory and Practice, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1991.
Valuation of Going Concern and Reorganization Securities at Confirmation, Second Annual Valuation of Assets in Bankruptcy, Univ. of Texas School of Law, 1989.
Competing Plans and Contested Confirmation Hearings, Third Annual Advanced Bankruptcy Seminar, Oklahoma Bar Assn., 1988.
Double Feature: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (Multi-Party/Multi-Debtor Representation) and A Fist Full of Dollars (Reimbursement of Actual, Necessary Expenses), presented to the ABA Chapter 11 Subcommittee Meeting of the Business Bankruptcy Committee (National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges), American Bankruptcy Institute, 1990 Midwinter Leadership Conference, L.A., CA.
