Rob Charles

Representative Matters

• Assisted an international investor with collection of secured and unsecured debt and resolution of ownership interests in a Las Vegas based FAA-certified airline.
• Represented a technology company in a Delaware Chapter 11 case resulting in confirmation of the Chapter 11 plan and consummation of the plan and sale of the company’s assets within one year.
• Representation of equipment lienholders in a Southern Arizona hospital Chapter 11 case.
• Representation of a regional healthcare chain in the acquisition of an Arizona hospital via Chapter 11 plan.
• Representation of agricultural lenders in loan enforcement and modification, Chapter 11 and related litigation.
• Regular representation of state and national lenders in loan enforcement, real and personal property foreclosure, and other remedies.
• Represented an Arizona nonprofit corporation in the orderly dissolution of its mental health business, including shut down and transfer of programs, disposition of assets, and friendly foreclosure of its real estate.
• Regular representation of automobile dealer financing company in loan enforcement and bankruptcy cases, including adversary proceedings.
• Periodic representation of business entities in need of dissolution under Delaware corporate law.
• Regular representation of creditors in Nevada, Arizona and other bankruptcy courts, in administrative cases, adversary proceedings, and appeals.
• Regular representation of plaintiffs and defendants in commercial litigation and bankruptcy matters in federal and state courts, primarily in Arizona and Nevada.
• Periodic representation of debtors and creditors committees in Arizona, Nevada and other bankruptcy courts in all facets of bankruptcy court and appellate jurisdiction.

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Presentations

• Presenter, "Chapter 11 Open Forum," The 29^th Annual Norton Bankruptcy Litigation Institute II, March 2017
• Presenter, "Ethics for Attorneys," NASBA Legal Counsel Conference, March 2013
• Presenter, "21st Century Ethics," American Bankruptcy Institute's 30th Annual Spring Meeting, April 2012
• Guest Presenter, "Ethical Morning at the Movies," State Bar of Arizona CLE, April 2012
• Presenter, "Litigation in Chapter 11 Cases," Norton Bankruptcy Litigation Seminar II, March 2012
• Presenter, "Ethical Issues," Norton Bankruptcy Litigation Seminar II, March 2012
• Presenter, "Bankruptcy Ethics Update," Mid-South Commercial Law Institute, December 2011
• Presenter, "Ethics," and "Chapter 11 Open Forum," Norton Las Vegas Bankruptcy Litigation II, April 2011
• Presenter, "Intellectual Property in Bankruptcy," and "BAPCPA's Actual Impact in Chapter 11 Cases," 37th Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute, April 2011
• Presenter, "Individual Chapter 11 Cases," Northwest Bankruptcy Law Institute, April 2011
• Presenter, "Revisiting Chapter 11 Sale Strategies," American Bankruptcy Institute Panel at Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, October 2010

Distinctions

The Best Lawyers in America - "Lawyer of the Year" - Bankruptcy, Creditor-Debtor Rights Law, and Bankruptcy Litigation, Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2005-2020
Benchmark Litigation - "Local Litigation Star" in Arizona, 2014-2020
Mountain States Super Lawyers - Bankruptcy: Business, 2012-2019
Southwest Super Lawyers - Top 50 in Arizona - 2018 - Bankruptcy: Business, 2007-2015, 2018-2019
Arizona Business Magazine - Top 100 Attorneys, 2017, 2018
Arizona Super Lawyers - Top 50, 2013-2015
Vegas, Inc - Top Lawyer - Bankruptcy-Creditors, 2012
AZ Business Magazine - Top Lawyers - Bankruptcy, 2010
Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel, 2009-2010
Martindale-Hubbell - "AV/Preeminent Attorney" Rating
John P. Frank Pro Bono Awards Luncheon - Recognized for commitment - Pro bono service

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