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WTP: Kevin G. Hroblak
Kevin G. Hroblak
Partner
Seven Saint Paul Street
Baltimore, MD 21202-1636
Phone: 410.347.9405
Fax: 410.223.4305
khroblak@wtplaw.com


Experience

Kevin Hroblak, a partner in WTP's Baltimore office, co-chairs the firm's Litigation Services Department, which includes the business and commercial, bankruptcy, construction, environmental, technology and intellectual property, product liability, labor and employment and all other litigation practices of the firm. Mr. Hroblak has represented debtors, trustees, trusts, plan administrators, creditors and creditors committees in various Chapter 7, Chapter 9, and Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases and related federal and state court litigation. He focuses his practice on representing trusts and estate representatives in connection with investigation and pursuit of business fraud, malpractice, and professional liability claims, including director and officer liability and auditing/accounting claims.

  • Special Litigation Counsel to Chapter 7 Trustee in Delaware liquidation of Just for Feet, Inc. (the second largest national shoe and sporting apparel retailer) with successful litigation of claims in Alabama against the Debtors' former officers, directors, and independent accounting and auditing firm.
  • Counsel to Trust established In re Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers (New York hospital and healthcare system) and investigation and pursuit of director and officer liability and professional malpractice claims in New York.
  • Counsel to the Creditors Committee, Creditors Trustee, and Plan Administrator in liquidation of HealthEssentials Solutions, Inc. and its affiliates (a national healthcare provider) in Kentucky, and litigation involving Medicare false claims, accounting malpractice, director and officer liability, and a criminal and civil investigation by the United States arising from whistleblower claims in Kentucky and New York.
  • Special Counsel to Litigation Trust as a result of Converse, Inc.’s reorganization in Delaware and investigated accounting and insider liability claims and prosecuted hundreds of preference and fraudulent transfer claims.
  • Special Litigation Counsel to Litigation Trust in a professional liability action against an accounting firm arising from an international airline’s (Tower Air, Inc.) liquidation in New York and Delaware.
  • Counsel to Chapter 7 Trustee of Rowe Furniture, Inc. and the estate of Storehouse, Inc., a furniture manufacturer and retailer, in the investigation and prosecution of director and officer claims in Virginia. This matter was settled very favorably with the recovery by the Trustee of almost $7,000,000.
  • Counsel to a Litigation Trustee in liquidation of an airline industry service company, (Air Cargo, Inc.) including professional malpractice, director and officer liability, and preference investigations and litigation.
  • Counsel to Chapter 7 Trustee in investigation and pursuit of fraud and securities related claims and liquidation of estates of stock brokerage firm (Coleman Craten, LLC) and its principal.
  • Special Litigation Counsel to Natchez Regional Medical Center in its Chapter 9 bankruptcy case in Natchez, Mississippi conducting investigation of potential officer liability, professional malpractice, and breach of contract liability claims.
  • Counsel to the Chapter 7 Trustee of The Finance Company of America, L.P., a Maryland-based business credit investment institution in, among other things, investigation of potential claims against officers and business fraud.
  • Debtors’ Reorganization Counsel for the Sunterra Corporation, then the world’s largest publicly-traded timeshare resort company with over $1 billion in assets.
General Information
  • Member: Maryland State Bar Association
  • Member: Maryland Bankruptcy Bar Association
  • Member: American Bar Association
  • Member: American Bankruptcy Institute
  • Board Member: Rebuilding Together Baltimore
  • Member: National Association of Corporate Directors
  • Listed as a "Litigation Star" in Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys, 2010 and 2011 Editions
  • Ranked among the leading bankruptcy lawyers in the Northeast region of the United States by Legal 500 (2009)
  • Named a "Maryland Rising Star" lawyer by Maryland Super Lawyers (2009, 2010)
  • Selected as one of the "Best Bankruptcy Lawyers in Maryland" by LegalForce and peers
  • Judicial Clerk: Hon. Sally D. Adkins, Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (1998-1999)
  • Editorial Board: University of Baltimore Law Review
  • Member:  Heuisler Honor Society
  • Lecturer: 4th Global Forum on Investing in Distressed Debt: Los Angeles, California 2009
  • Lecturer:  Lorman Education Services
  • Author: "Preferential and Fraudulent Transfer Under the Bankruptcy Code and Maryland State Law" (February 2004)
  • Author: "Have You Been Preferred?" Baltimore Business Journal (2004)
  • Co-Author: "The Fifth Amendment and the Bankruptcy Code"  Maryland Bankruptcy Bar Association (2000)
  • Contributor: "Ask the Legal Professional"  Baltimore Business Journal (2006)
Education
  • University of Baltimore School of Law (J.D. 1998, magna cum laude)
  • Salisbury State University (B.S. 1995, magna cum laude)


Business Litigation

Business Reorganization and Bankruptcy

Litigation


Press Releases

FORTY-TWO WHITEFORD TAYLOR & PRESTON ATTORNEYS NAMED SUPER LAWYERS AND RISING STARS »

WHITEFORD, TAYLOR & PRESTON AND 12 ATTORNEYS LISTED IN BENCHMARK LITIGATION 2010 »

WTP'S NUSSBAUM AND HROBLAK HIGHLY RANKED BY LEGAL 500 »

WHITEFORD, TAYLOR & PRESTON OBTAINS $6.625 MILLION RECOVERY FOR BANKRUPT FURNITURE MANUFACTURER AND RETAILER FROM DIRECTORS AND CERTAIN OFFICERS »

WTP ATTORNEYS NAMED AMONG MD'S SUPER LAWYERS AND RISING STARS: NUSSBAUM AND RYAN NAMED AMONG TOP 50 »

KEVIN HROBLAK ELECTED TO REBUILDING TOGETHER'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS »

WTP ELEVATES SEVEN ATTORNEYS TO PARTNERS »


News

ON THE MOVE - LEGAL ADDITION »

REBUILDING TOGETHER BALTIMORE VOLUNTEERS REPAIR HOMES, BEAUTIFY SPACES IN PARK CIRCLE »

SETTLEMENT IN JUST FOR FEET CASE MAY FAN BOARD FEARS »


Admitted to Practice
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
  • District of Columbia
  • Maryland