Jonathan Covin
jcovin@shorefreemanmills.com
Jonathan Covin joined Shore Freeman Mills in June 2009. Mr. Covin's practice focuses on bankruptcy and litigation matters. He has represented a variety of clients, including, among others, debtors, trustees, unsecured creditors committees, bank groups, secured creditors, individual financial institutions, and indenture trustees in a variety of bankruptcy matters, including contested plan confirmation hearings, preference and fraudulent transfer actions, automatic stay litigation, non-dischargeability actions, claims objections, and other forms of bankruptcy-related litigation. Mr. Covin has also worked on a broad array of complex commercial litigation matters, including director and officer liability and professional malpractice cases.
Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Covin was a partner with Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal in Dallas, Texas.
Before practicing law, Mr. Covin worked in the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs in New York, where he marketed equity derivative products to Goldman's corporate clients. Mr. Covin also served as chief financial officer of a high-technology startup in Cambridge, MA.
From 2005 through 2009, Mr. Covin has been named by Texas Monthly magazine as a "Rising Star" in Texas law.
Education
- JD, with honors, Stanford University, 1999
- A.B., magna cum laude, Princeton University, 1994
Representative Cases
- In re Promedco of Las Cruces, Inc. and Reorganized Debtors; 00-46863-BJH-11; In the United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division (Represented post-confirmation bankruptcy trustee in investigation and prosecution of estate claims).
- In re GC Companies, Inc., Case No. 00-3897; In the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (Represented unsecured bank lender in successful negotiation of plan treatment).
- In re Ameriserve Food Distribution, Inc., Case No. 00-358 (Represented post-confirmation trustee in the prosecution of estate claims related to pre-petition acquisition of competitor).
- In re Sterling Pulp Chemicals US, Inc., Case No. 01-37811; In the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (Represented indenture trustee of $295 million secured bond issuance in connection with contesting DIP financing that primed lien securing bonds, including appeal of priming order to district court and Fifth Circuit. Assisted in negotiations of favorable plan treatment that resolved challenge by creditors’ committee to validity of bondholders’ liens).
- In re Friede Goldman Halter Engineered Products Group, Inc., Case No. 01-52185-ERG-11; In the Southern District of Mississippi - Gulfport Division (Represented creditors’ committee in investigation and prosecution of estate claims against directors and officers and others that resulted in very favorable settlement for the estate).
- In re Network Cancer Care, Inc., Case No. 02-39409, In the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division. (Represented secured creditor in connection with contested plan confirmation proceedings that resulted in favorable plan treatment).
- In re Nucentrix Broadband Networks, Inc., Case No. 03-03940; In the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division (Represented landlord of headquarters building in prosecution of administrative expense claim).
- In re Tecnet, Inc., Case No. 04-34162; In the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division (Represented creditors’ committee in connection with investigation of estate claims against directors and officers).
- In re Sherman Wire Company, Case No. 04-22425; In the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. (Represented environmental claimant in prosecution of contingent claim. Wrote appellate brief that reversed bankruptcy court decision, numerous oral arguments before bankruptcy court).
- Dan B. Lain, Trustee v ZC Specialty Insurance Company, Adv. Proc. No. 04-3274; In the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division (Represented insurance company in the appeal to the district court of judgment entered by the Bankruptcy Court declaring it to be a de facto partner of debtor).
- In re VarTec Telecom, Inc. et al., Case No. 04-81694, In the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division. (Represented unsecured creditors’ committee in connection with various matters including objection to terms of DIP financing, negotiation of KERP, investigation of estate claims against pre-petition lender, sales of estate assets).
- Jeffrey H. Mims, Chapter 7 Trustee of VarTec Telecom, Inc. et al. v Rural Telephone Finance Cooperative, Adv. Proc. No. 05-3514; In the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division (Represented chapter 7 trustee in prosecution of fraudulent transfer action to avoid upstream asset pledges and guarantees and prosecution of complex preference actions, claim for deepening insolvency, and equitable subordination claims).
- In re Texas Barcode Systems, Ltd., Case No. 05-40123; In the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Texas. (Represented unsecured creditors in connection with successful prosecution of involuntary petition against debtor, and, after debtor converted case to chapter 11, represented unsecured creditors in connection with contested plan confirmation proceedings that resulted in favorable plan treatment).
- In re National Benevolent Association, Case No. 04-50948; In the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division. (Represented leading national law firm in connection with malpractice action stemming from defendant’s bankruptcy representation of debtor, and obtained a summary judgment that the plaintiff take nothing).
- In re McCommas LFG Processing Partners, LP, et al., Case No. 07-32219; In the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division (Lead attorney in representation of largest unsecured creditor in connection with the liquidation of its claim and prosecution of competing plan of reorganization).
- In re Jordan River Resources, Inc., Case No. 07-01747; In the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan (Lead bankruptcy attorney in representation of director and officer of debtor companies in connection with prosecution of plan that provided for release and injunction of investor claims against him and purchase of assets from bankruptcy estate).
- In re Bag n Baggage, Case No. 08-32096; In the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division (Represented substantial unsecured creditor on creditors’ committee and with prosecution of administrative expense and unsecured claim).
- In re Kenneth Marston Good, et al., Case No. 08-40955; In the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division (Represented secured creditor with claims in excess of $30 million in connection with successful prosecution of stay relief proceedings).
- In re CDX Gas, LLC, et al., Case No. 08-37922; In the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (Represented seller of assets to debtor in prepetition transaction in connection with indemnity obligation to debtor related to asset sale).
- In re Hereford Biofuels, LP, et al., Case No. 09-30543, Case No. 09-30453; In the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division (Represented defendant in connection with purchase of estate claims asserted against it in connection with auction of debtor’s assets).
- In re ASARCO LLC, et al., Case No. 05-21207; In the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Corpus Christi Division. (Represented substantial secured creditor in connection with negotiations concerning secured claim and related issues).
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