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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.
 
Corporate Governance, Professional Liability and Bankruptcy Litigation

• Counsel to John DeGroote Services, LLC, as trustee of the BearingPoint Liquidating Trust,  in the investigation and pursuit of claims against a former officer and directors of BearingPoint, Inc. for breach of fiduciary duties.  The bankruptcy case of BearingPoint, Inc. is pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, and the corporate governance suit is pending in Virginia.
• 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.
• Special Litigation Counsel to Natchez Regional Medical Center in its Chapter 9 bankruptcy case in Natchez, Mississippi pursuing claims of officer liability, fraud, professional malpractice, and breach of contract liability claims against former officers and a hospital management company.
• Special Litigation Counsel to Chapter 11 Trustee of In re Taneja, et al. in several hundred million dollars of fraudulent conveyance and preference litigation arising from operation of mortgage company Ponzi scheme.
• 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.
• Counsel to Liquidating Trustee in investigation and pursuit of claims against officers and members of In re Shapes/Arch LCC, an aluminum extrusion industrial company, and its affiliates in New Jersey.
• Special Litigation counsel to Debtors in In re Roper Brothers Lumber Company in Richmond, Virginia, in investigation of claims against insider officers and directors.
• 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 without the need of filing a complaint.
• 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 manager and members of Lynx Chemical Group LLC in defense of corporate governance suit in Atlanta, Georgia.
• Counsel to Spheris Holding III, Inc. in analysis and investigation of corporate governance issues relating to In re Spheris, Inc. et al. in Delaware.

Restructurings and Liquidations

• Debtors' Reorganization Counsel for the Sunterra Corporation, then the world's largest publicly-traded timeshare resort company with over $1 billion in assets.
• Counsel to Creditors Committee in Chapter 11 case and subsequently counsel to Chapter 7 Trustee in bankruptcy of Bay Management, a multi-location Blockbuster video franchisee.
• Debtors' co-counsel in Chapter 11 reorganization case of In re National Energy & Gas Transmissions, Inc. (f/k/a/ PG&E National Energy Group, Inc.), a multi billion-dollar energy company that focused on power generation and natural gas transmission in North America.
• Out-of-court workout of multi-location commercial construction equipment rental and sales company.
• Out-of-court workout and sale of telemarketing company.
• Counsel to Chapter 7 Trustee in the case of In re Coleman Craten LLC/In re Monica Lynn Coleman, involving the investigation of fraud and Ponzi scheme claims and liquidation of estates of stock brokerage firm and its principal.
• 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.

General Information

• AV-Preeminent Peer Review Rated: Martindale-Hubbell
• Member: Maryland State Bar Association
• Member: Maryland Bankruptcy Bar Association
• Member: American Bar Association
• Member: American Bankruptcy Institute
• Member: National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees
• Board Member: Rebuilding Together Baltimore
• Member: National Association of Corporate Directors
• Baltimore Successful by 40 - VIP List, The Daily Record (2011)
• Listed as a "Litigation Star" in Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys, 2010, 2011 and 2012 Editions
• Listed as a "Litigation Star" in Benchmark Plaintiff Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America's Leading Plaintiff Litigation Firms and Attorneys, Inaugural 2012 Edition
• 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, 2011)
• Selected as one of the "Best Bankruptcy Lawyers in Maryland" by LegalForce and peers
• Lecturer: American Bankruptcy Institute Southeast Workshop, "Director and Officer Claims" (July 2011)
• Lecturer: 4th Global Forum on Investing in Distressed Debt: Los Angeles, California 2009
• Lecturer:  Lorman Education Services
• Co-Author: "The Missing Piece of Accountability: Agency Liability for Corporate Officers" ABI Journal, Vol. XXXI, No. 1, February 2012.
• Author: "Keeping Fiduciary Duties in the Crosshairs When Your Company is in Financial Distress" Association of Corporate Counsel, 2nd Quarter Newsletter (2011)
• 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)
• 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

Education

• Salisbury State University (B.S. 1995) magna cum laude
• University of Baltimore School of Law (J.D. 1998) magna cum laude