Bankruptcy and Creditors' Law

Virginia and Other East Coast States Creditors' Rights Attorneys

Our Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights attorneys represent secured and unsecured creditors, creditors’ committees, bankruptcy trustees and other parties affected by financial insolvency issues. We afford forceful and resourceful counsel regarding the varied issues that arise under the unique circumstances of each case. Drawing upon our bankruptcy lawyers’ broad experience, as well as the diverse legal specialties of colleagues throughout the firm, we provide our clients creative and practical solutions.

We represent banks, companies, credit unions, individuals, insurers and other financial institutions with regard to matters occurring before, and after, the commencement of a bankruptcy case. Our clients also include lessors and lessees of commercial properties, partnerships and other parties involved in bankruptcy matters.  We have extensive experience addressing property and business acquisitions and dispositions through the bankruptcy courts. We also assist clients in performing cost/benefit analyses in such situations, and in pursing these transactions to fruition.

Litigation Matters
WAW has experience in defending against attempts by creditors committees, debtors and trustees to avoid transfers and transactions alleged to be fraudulent, inequitable or preferential. We defend attempts to disallow claims, revive obligations or force the disposition of property. We also appear regularly before these tribunals to obtain relief from the automatic stay in bankruptcy so that our clients can continue to pursue and protect their rights.

Bankruptcy Preference

We are a law firm defending creditors, both small and large, against bankruptcy preference and related avoidable transfer claims. We have represented suppliers, manufacturers, shippers, warehousemen, IT service providers, commercial landlords, debt holders and many other types of bankruptcy creditors across the country. The primary objectives are to get our clients freed from a bankruptcy preference claim at the lowest total cost - the cost of both the settlement and the legal fees and expenses to achieve that settlement and to get our clients out as quickly as possible.

Contact us: If you have received a demand letter or complaint, call us at 540.434.0316. As a debt relief agency, we can help you file for bankruptcy relief under the Bankruptcy Code.

Additional Information

We represent business and individual clients in the following areas of bankruptcy law:

• Bankruptcy procedures for businesses
• Defending actions for preferences and fraudulent conveyances
• Moving for relief from the automatic stay
• Negotiating financing and cash collateral agreements, workouts and restructuring
• Purchasing assets out of bankruptcy
• Commercial litigation, including debt collection and recovery of assets
• Asset sales and debt restructuring

WAW's Bankruptcy and Creditors' Law Attorneys:

Humes J. Franklin, III
James L Johnson
Whitney J. Levin
Stephan W. Milo