Overview

Brandon Lira sits within Stoel Rives’ Corporate department, where he concentrates his practice on representing corporate clients in bankruptcy proceedings and related litigation. Comfortable in both the courtroom and the boardroom, Brandon excels in advising and representing his clients in complex bankruptcies and transactions. His experience spans multiple industries and includes complex Chapter 11 proceedings, out-of-court workouts, and related litigation.

Before joining Stoel Rives, Brandon honed his skills as an associate in the Business Restructuring practice group of a national law firm. Brandon also had the distinction of serving the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois as a law clerk for Judge Thomas M. Lynch and Judge Donald R. Cassling. In between these clerkships, Brandon served as a staff attorney for the same court.

While attending law school, Brandon began developing his expertise by working as a student attorney and student director for the University of Minnesota Law School Bankruptcy Clinic. He furthered his hands-on experience by interning with the Office of the Standing Chapter 13 Trustee for the District of Minnesota and externing in the chambers of Judge Katherine Constantine of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota.

Education

University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., 2017

Florida Atlantic University, B.S., Economics, 2014, summa cum laude

Admissions

Not admitted in Washington

Admitted only in Illinois, Kentucky, and Texas

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky

U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Northern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas

Experience

  • Represented a multisite regional hospital with a nine-figure revenue in its successful Chapter 11 restructuring.
  • Represented a coal mining company with assets appraised at a nine-figure valuation in its Chapter 11 liquidation.
  • Assisted a Chapter 11 trustee in unwinding a Ponzi scheme by providing legal analyses and assisting with the prosecution of litigation against various insiders and transferees of estate property.
  • Advised a regional coal company in an out-of-court workout, including with respect to matters of internal governance in light of various insider disputes.
  • Advised a state-law receiver overseeing a distressed chain of nursing homes with respect to his sale of the businesses’ property in a complex, multistage sale transaction.
  • Prosecuted a creditor’s non-dischargeability action from initial case assessment through discovery before settling the claim for four times the client’s recovery goal.
  • Assisted a Chapter 7 trustee to marshal the debtor’s estate by litigating thirty-five avoidance actions.

Insights

Insights & Presentations

  • “A Primer on Discharge Exceptions for Subchapter V Professionals,” ABI Commercial and Regulatory Law Committee’s Newsletter, November 2024

Affiliations

Professional

  • American Bankruptcy Institute
    • Central States Advisory Board and Consumer Session Subcommittee Chair, 2024–present
    • member, 2018–present
  • INSOL International, member, 2023–present
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