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Practice Areas: Bankruptcy
Reorganizations, Acquisitions and
Litigation; Debtor and Creditor;
Commercial Litigation; Business Law.
Admitted: United States District
Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and
Western Districts of Texas
Education: University of Texas at
Dallas (B.A. Interdisciplinary Studies,
1997, Summa Cum Laude); University of
Chicago Law School (J.D., 2000).
Honors:
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Selected as one of "Texas Rising Stars"
by Texas
Monthly, April 2008.
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Named "Texas Rising Star"
by Texas
Monthly, April 2007
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Named
"Texas Rising Star" by Texas Monthly, July 2005.
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Thomas R. Mulroy Prize for
Appellate Advocacy; Co-Chair: Moot Court Board, University
of Chicago Law School.
Martindale-Hubbell Rating: As a result of an extensive and confidential peer review, Martindale-Hubbell awarded Mr. Castillo its highest BV rating for an attorney practicing for fewer than 10 years. The BV rating identifies a lawyer with high to very high legal ability.
Background:
Mark Castillo has developed a diverse practice with significant experience in all areas of bankruptcy law and litigation. Through representation of numerous Chapter 11 debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, official committees, and Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 trustees, Mr. Castillo has developed a broad knowledge of the law and the Bankruptcy Code, including pre-bankruptcy planning and prepackaged acquisitions, pre-negotiated reorganizations, bankruptcy liquidation and non-bankruptcy dissolution, assumption, assignment, and rejection of leases and contracts, utility and reclamation issues, claims objections, avoidance and recovery actions, disclosure-statement and plan drafting and negotiation, and various confirmation and post-confirmation issues. Mr. Castillo has tried suits involving millions of dollars in bankruptcy-related claims, including turnover, conversion, and contract claims, and has litigated or settled millions more in preference and fraudulent-transfer claims for both plaintiffs and defendants.
Speaking Engagements:
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May 10, 2006 - State Bar of
Texas, Austin, Texas, Nuts & Bolts of Business
Bankruptcy, Panel Member
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April 6, 2006 - University of
Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, Reception for Phi Alpha
Delta Pre-Law Society, Alumni Remarks
Articles:
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Tarrant County Bankruptcy Bar,
Commencing the Case - Trustee Resources for Maximization of Estate Recoveries, co-author with Stephanie D. Curtis, Marla C. Reynolds, and William K. Snyder, September 2006
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State Bar of Texas,
Commencing the Case - The Petition, Creditor
Lists, Schedules and Statements, Retention
Applications, co-author with Kourtney P. Lyda, May
2006
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State Bar of Texas,
Getting the Debtor out of Bankruptcy - The Plan and
Disclosure Statement, Plan Solicitation, Confirmation and
Implementation, author, May 2006
Member:
Representative Bankruptcy
Engagements:
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AntiqueLand USA, Inc. - debtors' counsel
in successful Chapter 11 reorganization in the Northern
District of Texas
for
twelve corporate debtors comprising the nation's largest
consolidator of antique malls with locations in
Texas, California, Florida, Indiana, Kansas,
and Ohio.
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Wild About Harry's, Inc. -
debtor's counsel in successful Chapter 11 reorganization of
Dallas retailer and wholesaler of specialty frozen custard
and other items.
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Diamond K Corporation -
debtors' counsel in successful Chapter 11 reorganization in
the Eastern District of Texas of one of the State;s largest
general construction companies.
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Sipango 1, L.P., d/b/a Sipango
Restaurant and Bar - represented Dallas restaraunt in
Chapter 11 reorganization and asset sale.
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Henry Communications, Inc.,
d/b/a Hispanic Communications, Inc. - represented
telecommunications company in Chapter 11 reorganization.
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Two if By Sea Broadcasting
Corporatio, d/b/a Kaji International Shortwave Station -
represented radio-broadcast station in Chapter 11
reorganization.
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Representation of Chapter 11
and Chapter 7 Trustees in the Northern and Eastern Districts
of Texas in liquidations of companies within various
industries, including sub-prime mortgage lending, trade-show
services and booth fabrication, and plastics
manufacturing.
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Representation of Official
Commitees of Unsecured Creditors in Chapter 11
reorganizations or mortgage lenders and trade-show
services.
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Representation of secured and
unsecured creditors in significant bankruptcy cases in
Dallas, Fort Worth, Plano, and San Antonio. Recent clients
include a global engineering and consulting firm, fuel and
convenience-store operator, plastics manufacturer,
telecommunications provider, computer-equipment supplier,
healthcare provider, and national energy and construction
companies.
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Defense of numerous creditors,
including a factoring company, law firm, and individuals and
companies involved in various other industries, against
millions of dollars in preference and fraudulent-transfer
demands and lawsuits.
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Successful resolution or
recovery on behalf of debtors and trustees of millions in
avoidance and recovery demands and lawsuits.
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Representation in solicitation of votes
on multi-billion dollar prepackaged plan of reorganization
for various subsidiaries
of one of the nation's largest
energy companies.
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Debtor
representation
in pre-negotiated Chapter 11 reorganization cases
in Delware.
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Counsel in
claims-resolution process following confirmation of
liquidation plan of debtors.
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Acquisition of a majority stake in
large corporation through a prepackaged Chapter 11
reorganization in the Northern District of Texas.
Representative
Non-Bankruptcy Engagements:
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Representation of numerous
clients on recoveries of thousands of dollars on accounts
receivable and breaches of contract.
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Defense of both individuals
and corporations against lawsuits, alleging fraud,
defalcation of dutym breaches of fiduciary duty, breach of
contract, tortious interference, and conversion.
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Defense of various individuals against disgorgement judgments previously obtained by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and defense against SEC Receiver actions.
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Defense of national crafts
retailer against hundreds of thousands of dollars demanded
in copyright-infringement lawsuit.
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Defense of national insurer
resulting in a take-nothing judgment and appeal in a $2.5
million suit related to disputed workers's compensation,
disability, and related insurance coverage and
demands.
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