Full Name
Mr. Michael D Warner
Company/Firm
Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
Speaker Bio
Michael Warner has a nationwide corporate restructuring practice spanning over 40 years. Mr. Warner combines his legal and trial skills with his accounting background to provide significant insight, guidance, and strategic counsel to clients in today’s highly complex business environment. Mr. Warner is as calculated at the negotiation table as he is in the courtroom trail setting.
Over the course of Mike’s practice, he has been appointed by multiple courts as an independentfiduciary, including as post-confirmation trustee in IEH Auto Parts (PepBoys) (Bankr. S.D.Tex.), Talen Energy Supply (Bankr. S.D. Tex.), KP Engineering (Bankr. S.D. Tex.), and University General Health System (Bankr. S.D. Tex.); as chapter 7 trustee in MLCJR (Cox Operating) (Bankr. S.D. Tex), and as Examiner in ASARCO (Bankr. S.D. Tex.); and Crayhon Research (Bankr. D. Nev.).
Mr. Warner brings significant business acumen to his client’s representation due to his vast experience in multiple industries and financial situations, as well as a depth of experience advancing each of his client’s unique priorities and objectives in both in and out of court matters. Mr. Warner has represented debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, official creditor and equity committees, bond debt trustees and agents, post-confirmation and other court appointed trustees, hedge and securitized funds, and equity holders in a host of industries such as the energy, financial services, mortgage lending and securitization, steel, airline, hospitality, retail, real estate development and operation, and technology industries.
Mr. Warner is the partner in charge of the Houston, Texas office of Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP. A native of Los Angeles, California, Mr. Warner graduated from California State University Northridge (B.S., accounting, 1981) and Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1984). He is licensed to practice law in California and Texas. For the last 29 years Mr. Warner has lived on a working horse and cattle ranch in Texas with his wife. Mr. Warner is a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo.
Over the course of Mike’s practice, he has been appointed by multiple courts as an independentfiduciary, including as post-confirmation trustee in IEH Auto Parts (PepBoys) (Bankr. S.D.Tex.), Talen Energy Supply (Bankr. S.D. Tex.), KP Engineering (Bankr. S.D. Tex.), and University General Health System (Bankr. S.D. Tex.); as chapter 7 trustee in MLCJR (Cox Operating) (Bankr. S.D. Tex), and as Examiner in ASARCO (Bankr. S.D. Tex.); and Crayhon Research (Bankr. D. Nev.).
Mr. Warner brings significant business acumen to his client’s representation due to his vast experience in multiple industries and financial situations, as well as a depth of experience advancing each of his client’s unique priorities and objectives in both in and out of court matters. Mr. Warner has represented debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, official creditor and equity committees, bond debt trustees and agents, post-confirmation and other court appointed trustees, hedge and securitized funds, and equity holders in a host of industries such as the energy, financial services, mortgage lending and securitization, steel, airline, hospitality, retail, real estate development and operation, and technology industries.
Mr. Warner is the partner in charge of the Houston, Texas office of Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP. A native of Los Angeles, California, Mr. Warner graduated from California State University Northridge (B.S., accounting, 1981) and Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1984). He is licensed to practice law in California and Texas. For the last 29 years Mr. Warner has lived on a working horse and cattle ranch in Texas with his wife. Mr. Warner is a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo.
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