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Jack R. Pigman
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jpigman@porterwright.com
p: 614-227-2119 f: 614-227-2100
Huntington Center
41 South High Street
Columbus, OH 43215-6194
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Jack Pigman is a partner in the firm’s Columbus Office. He specializes in business reorganizations and creditor-debtor rights law, representing debtors, creditor committees, and financial institutions and syndicates in business workouts, loan restructurings and Chapter 11 cases. His business reorganization practice includes non-judicial workouts, the purchase and sale of businesses, receiverships and foreclosures. His Chapter 11 practice includes counseling and advice in connection with the structuring of transactions, purchase of assets and businesses out of bankruptcy, and representation in significant Chapter 11 cases in Ohio and elsewhere, including The Antioch Company, The Horizon PCS, Ormet, Cardinal Industries, Federated Stores, Elder-Beerman, Phar-Mor, Cooker Restaurants, Quaker Coal, and ESM Government Security cases. Mr. Pigman serves as a mediator in commercial disputes and is a frequent speaker on various insolvency, bankruptcy and lender liability topics. He has been listed in every edition of The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Bankruptcy Law. In addition, Mr. Pigman has been recognized by the publishers of Law & Politics and Cincinnati Magazine as an Ohio Super Lawyer® and is listed as a leading bankruptcy attorney in Chambers USA.
Practice Areas
Banking & Finance
Bankruptcy & insolvency
Commercial transactions
Creditors’ rights
Lease financing
Loan financing
Workouts
Bankruptcy, Workout & Creditors' Rights
Corporate & Securities
General business
Financial Institutions
Professional Associations
Columbus Bar Association, Bankruptcy Committee, Chair, 1982-1984
Ohio State Bar Association
Education
The Ohio State University College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1969
University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1966
Bar Admissions
State of Ohio
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
Presentations/Publications/CLE
Speaker, Corporate Counsel Institute, “Chapter 11: Changes Under BAPCPA – Ten Days and Counting”
Various Client Workshops on Workouts and Bankruptcy, Protection of Secured Creditor Rights in Bankruptcy
Speaker, Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar, "Chapter 11 Changes Under the New Bankruptcy Act"
Speaker, “Business Workouts and the Bankruptcy Alternative”
Speaker, “Protecting Utilities Under Section 366”
Speaker, “The Landlord and the Equipment Lessor vs. the Debtor-in-Possession”
Speaker, “Lender Liability - Theories, Practical Suggestions and Defenses”
Speaker, “Alternatives to Bankruptcy”
Speaker, “Deal with the Trouble Company - the Duties of Directors and Offices”
Speaker, “Effect of Bankruptcy on Contractual Provisions”
Speaker, “Representing the Secured Creditor”
Speaker, “Chapter 11 - Start to Finish”
Community/Civic/Volunteer Work
United Cerebral Palsy, past President
Columbus Metropolitan Club, past President
Center for New Directions, past Treasurer
Dublin Arts Council, past President
Brass Band of Columbus, Secretary
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