Donald R. Rector

Donald R. RectorE-mail: donrector@gpm-law.com
Location: Dallas Office
Telephone: (972) 419-8320
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Legal Assistant: Teresa Clark

Mr. Rector was born in Pomona, California on December 21, 1943 and graduated from the University of Texas with a B.B.A. in 1965 and his J.D. in 1967. While in law school, he received the Bancroft-Whitney Excellence Award for achieving the highest final exam grade in the class on Creditor Rights. Mr. Rector is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the Dallas Bar Association and the American Bankruptcy Institute. He has been a frequent speaker at continuing education seminars and an author on bankruptcy law issues for the Texas Bar Journal and has also been a past lecturer and panelist at State Bar Advanced Bankruptcy Courses. Mr. Rector is primarily engaged in all aspects of Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 bankruptcy and corporation reorganization practice, debt restructuring and mediation, including commercial litigation in both state and federal courts. He is experienced in representing both creditors and debtors with pre-bankruptcy and bankruptcy strategies, as well as asset purchases from bankruptcy estates. He is admitted to federal court practice in the Northern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, Eastern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas, and the Fifth and Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. He has been a past president of the Bankruptcy Sub-Section of the Dallas Bar Association. His Martindale-Hubbell rating is AV.


Practice GroupsConcentration
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Debtor and Creditor Rights Matters

Education:

University of Texas (B.B.A. 1965)
University of Texas (J.D. 1967)

Affiliations:

State Bar of Texas
Dallas Bar Association
American Bankruptcy Institute

Representative Engagements:

Fannie Mae - representation of its secured interest in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases in Texas.

Mercantile Bank & Trust, FSB - representation of its secured interest in Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases in the DFW metroplex.

Nelson Bunker Hunt and William Herbert Hunt Chapter 11's - representation of multiple defendants in adversary proceedings.

TreeSweet Companies - representation of creditor in various adversarial matters.

Vantage Companies - representation of Vantage in selected portions of its debt restructure effort.

Ken Davis Holding Companies - representation of bank creditor group in Chapter 11 case.

ESM Government Securities, Inc. - representation of creditor.

Hall Financial - representation of various Hall entities in connection with debt restructuring.

Great Western Sugar Company - representation of Great Western in connection with debt restructure.

Bartex Exploration, Inc. - co-representation of debtor Bartex in first confirmed Chapter 11 case arising out of Penn Square Bank (Oklahoma City) failure.

Braniff Airways, Inc. - representation of a secured bank creditor group.

Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. - representation of bank in various Chapter 11 cases.

First City Bank, Houston - representation of various Chapter 11 cases, adversary proceedings and debt restructuring transactions.

Patriot Air, LLC - representation of it as counsel for debtor in its Chapter 11 case.

ATNG, Inc. - representation of it in a contested involuntary bankruptcy case in the Central District of California.

Silverman Consultants, Inc. - representation of it in an adversary case in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy case in Baltimore, MD.



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