About Mark A. Cody
Practice Areas
- Business Law
- Bankruptcy
- Debtor & Creditor
- Financial
- Mergers & Acquisitions
Education
- St. Johns University Law School, 1996J.D.
- Honors: cum laude
- Dartmouth College, 1992A.B.
Representative Cases
- Board of Performance Transportation Services, second largest U.S. automobile hauler, reviews fiduciary duties to creditors and other constituents, stalking horse bids, and governance issues related to bankruptcy filings (2009)
- Chrysler sold to Fiat-led "New Chrysler" after historic court proceedings (2009)
- Edison Brothers creditors' committee reorganizes nationwide retailer under chapter 11
- FLYi Inc. and Independence Air file for bankruptcy with $455 million in debt (2009)
- Imperial Home Décor Group and five affiliated entities are restructured under chapter 11
- Laidlaw and five affiliates file for chapter 11
- Loewen Group International and 870 affiliated entities file for chapter 11 (2009)
- Mercury Finance files prepack plan
- Metaldyne completes $65 million tender offer to purchase outstanding 10% Senior Notes and 11% Senior Subordinated Notes (2009)
- Metaldyne files for bankruptcy protection
- MobileMedia creditors' committee formed
- Montgomery Ward files $5 billion bankruptcy case
- National Century Financial Enterprises files for bankruptcy with over $3 billion in debt
- National Century Financial Enterprises is creditor in multiple bankruptcies
- National Century Financial Enterprises litigates chapter 11 issues (2009)
- NationsRent, Inc. and its subsidiaries file for chapter 11 in $1.2 billion reorganization of company
- Purina Mills files for chapter 11
- Slater Steel U.S. and Canadian affiliates file for chapter 11
- Tower Automotive retired employees reach settlement with company
- Tultex Corporation liquidates its sporting business
- USG Corporation in second restructuring
- USG Corporation wins landmark settlement (2009)
- Wachovia Bank holds first lien debt of Hotel 71
- Wachovia provides $500 million exit financing for National Equipment Services (2009)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Illinois
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
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- Bankruptcy
- Debtor & Creditor
- Financial
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