Simon is the office managing partner of the firm's Wilmington office. Simon has represented a variety of stakeholders, including secured and unsecured creditors, trustees, debtors, committees, equity holders, and asset purchasers in various aspects of bankruptcy cases and commercial disputes.
The team's representation of U. Tobacco successfully ended a year class action battle for the largest tobacco cooperative in the United States. Mark E. Felger and Simon E. Fraser caution parties about damages that can be incurred by violating the automatic stay of Section of the bankruptcy code, even in situations where the debtor does not suffer any actual damages, in Delaware Business Court Insider.
Mark Felger and Simon Fraser discuss a Delaware Superior Court opinion that demonstrates the importance of preserving evidence leading up to litigation in a Delaware Business Court Insider article. Mark Felger and Simon Fraser discuss if a bankruptcy court has the authority to de-designate a subchapter V case to a regular Chapter 11 case in the Delaware Business Court Insider. In the article, Mark and Simon analyze In re ComedyMX, a subchapter V case where a debtor is unfit to serve as a fiduciary to the bankruptcy estate and how the decision raises uncertainty in the ability to obtain an order from the bankruptcy court de-designating a subchapter V case.
John T. Simon E. Fraser Member sfraser cozen. Whose Lien Is It, Anyway? Tobacco Cooperative Inc. Bankruptcy Case September 15, Court Admissions U. District Court -- Delaware U. District Court -- New Jersey.
