Michael L Hall

Experience

Lead counsel in representing the leading secured lender liquidating and collecting on a $440 million secured loan (including participants) made to mixed use real property developer, where the security interest was primarily on seven separate developments.

Lead counsel representing the leading secured lender owed over $130 million in a Chapter 11 proceeding filed by a mixed-use real property developer.

Lead counsel in representing the leading secured lender in a Chapter 11 proceeding of a chicken processing operation, where our client was owed about $60 million secured by over 600,000 live chickens and other mostly personal property assets.

Counsel in representing the leading secured lender group owed over $2 billion in a Chapter 11 proceeding filed by a coal mining company and a dozen affiliates.

Lead counsel in representing leading secured lender owed approximately $25 million, against a charter school chain with schools in twenty states, the Middle East, and India. We obtained a highly contested appointment of a receiver (of the client’s choosing) in federal court to run the American schools and convinced our client’s two secured lenders that our liquidation through receivership plan was also in their best interests.

Lead counsel in representing a metal fabricator in the automotive manufacturing sector when it (and its affiliates) filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy where the total acknowledged debts exceeded $750 million plus the proceeds of a DIP loan.

Lead counsel in representing automobile manufacturer (“OEM”) in a Chapter 11 proceeding of a Tier One automobile parts fabricator where our client’s annual payments to the fabricator exceeded $300 million.

Lead counsel in representing automobile manufacturer (“OEM”) in a Chapter 11 proceeding of a multi-billion dollar general contractor construction company. The construction company had started constructing a new full-line manufacturing plant for our client with the cost exceeding $1 billion.

Lead counsel in representing a plaintiff’s law firm in its own Chapter 11 proceeding. We instituted litigation against a former landlord who claimed over $10 million in rent.

Lead counsel in representing secured creditor owed over $3 million in a Chapter 11 proceeding secured by certain food processing equipment of a more than 20 store quick service restaurant chain.

Lead counsel in representing Chapter 11 individual debtor with an over $100 million likely non-dischargeable judgment against him. There was second major creditor that claimed to be owed $500+ million. The case itself was a protracted litigation with many battles, primarily regarding avoidance actions.

Lead counsel in representing leading secured lender of a trucking company in Chapter 11.

Lead counsel in representing secured lender of a specialty bus operator that operated several dozen nicely appointed, custom equipped buses.

Lead counsel in representing secured lender of an employee-owned fabricator in Chapter 11 where the total debt was approximately $30 million.

Lead counsel in representing purchaser of a statewide licensed home health care company through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Lead counsel in representing a manufacturer sued by another manufacturer in the same industry which recently had emerged from a confirmed Chapter 11 case.

Lead counsel in representing leading secured creditor of an American textile manufacturer in a Chapter 11 proceeding owned by a post-turnover Hong Kong company that was itself owned by Malaysian company.

Lead counsel in representing landowner in opposing state condemnation project to build a road and river bridge across his undeveloped land.

Lead counsel in representing secured creditor with the senior lien on all of the textile company’s equipment, including the sewing machines.

Lead counsel in representing automobile manufacturer (“OEM”) where a sole source Tier One automobile new car parts fabricator. The supplier was holding the tools and dies hostage, threatening to toss the unique equipment into the adjacent river unless it received a substantial price increase.

Lead counsel in representing leading secured lender owed $70 million secured by the assets of a brick manufacturing company.

Lead counsel in representing the leading secured lender to liquidate and collecting on a $70 million secured loan (including participants) made to a mixed-use real property developer.

Practice Areas

Bankruptcy Litigation

Manufacturing

Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy

Debtor in Possession Financing

Lender Liability

Avoidance Actions

Workouts, Restructurings, & Enforcement

Section 363 Sales

Receiverships

Career

Mike has the experience and confidence to solve legal issues and avoid business disruption. As a Partner in the Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy Practice Group, Mike and his team assist clients who are experiencing financial distress across a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, health care, transportation, education, internet infrastructure, real property development, mining, agriculture, restaurant chains, and media outlets.

Mike represents various stakeholders in Chapter 11 cases, including pursuing claims of commercial lenders against the debtor, the collateral, and guarantors in bankruptcy, federal, state, and receivership courts. Mike has served as the lead counsel for lender groups and business owners in numerous high-profile and multimillion/multibillion-dollar cases, successfully helping clients and negotiating solutions involving consensual restructuring, recovery, and liquidation. He has established a reputation as a reliable and strategic asset during times when a plan for resolution and minimal disruption is needed. His vast array of clients proves that no matter the client's background, Mike and his team will take on the case and work to achieve the best outcome. Mike has represented a member-owned financial cooperative, providing banking services, including saving, loans, and other financial services to members, a legal malpractice insurance company, and a producer and exporter of met coal, to name a few.

Mike is a member of the American Bar Association, Alabama State Bar, Mississippi Bar Association, and Birmingham Bar Association, and serves as an American College of Bankruptcy Fellow. He received his J.D. from Duke University School of Law and attended The Catholic University of America.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association

Alabama State Bar

Mississippi Bar Association

Birmingham Bar Association

Education

Awards