Mass Tort Bankruptcies
Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey PLLC has significant experience in mass tort bankruptcies.
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We currently represent more than 2,000 tort claimants in multiple asbestos bankruptcies in the Western District of North Carolina.
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We currently represent more than 430 mesothelioma claimants in an asbestos bankruptcy in the District of New Jersey.
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We currently represent the State of North Carolina in a major opioid bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York.
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We recently served as lead bankruptcy counsel to a Certified Class of more than 200,000 plaintiffs against a tobacco cooperative in one of the largest Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in the history of the Eastern District of North Carolina. Working with class counsel, we were able to achieve a comprehensive settlement which ended 17 years of litigation.
Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey PLLC represents creditors with substantial interests at stake in Chapter 11 bankruptcies. Our attorneys handle all issues in commercial bankruptcies, including valuation disputes, fraudulent conveyance claims, successor liability issues, discovery disputes and related litigation, substantive consolidation, plan confirmation, and other matters.
The Mass Tort Bankruptcy Team
Tom Waldrep, Kevin Sink, Jim Lanik, Jennifer Lyday, Ciara L. Rogers, Diana Santos Johnson, and Kylie Hamilton