About Robert W. Hamilton
Practice Areas
- Business Law
- Debtor & Creditor
- Corporate Law
Education
- Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984J.D.
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Northwestern University, 1981B.S.
- Major: Speech
- Honors: With Distinction
- Honors: Newton Minow Scholar
Representative Cases
- AEP receives $263 million settlement after prevailing on breach of 20-year power contract claim (2009)
- AHERF creditors' committee pursues claims against certain officers and trustees of health care system (2009)
- Allegheny Health, nation's largest nonprofit healthcare company, files chapter 11 cases (2009)
- Boscov's Department Stores completes successful going concern sale (2009)
- Cardinal Industries files for chapter 11 (2009)
- Cardinal Industries obtains expansion of automatic stay
- Chrysler sold to Fiat-led "New Chrysler" after historic court proceedings (2009)
- Colorado Capital Bank settles claims by bankruptcy 1031 Tax Group and obtains third-party release of claims (2010)
- Dana Corporation successfully reorganizes in U.S. and U.K. in "Deal of the Year" (2009)
- Federated Department Stores and affiliates reorganize in chapter 11 (2009)
- Financial Guaranty Insurance Company completes reinsurance transaction with MBIA Insurance (2009)
- FLYi Inc. and Independence Air file for bankruptcy with $455 million in debt (2009)
- Hostess Brands commences bankruptcy proceedings (2012)
- HQ Global Holdings and its affiliates file for chapter 11 involving more than $500 million in debt (2009)
- Kmart Creditor Trust obtains settlements from former Kmart officers and auditors (2009)
- Lehman Brothers Holdings seeks recovery of undisclosed asset value transferred in bankruptcy sale of broker dealer (2010)
- Loewen Group International and 870 affiliated entities file for chapter 11 (2009)
- Metaldyne files for bankruptcy protection (2009)
- National Century Financial Enterprises files for bankruptcy with over $3 billion in debt (2009)
- National Century Financial Enterprises litigates chapter 11 issues (2009)
- Nextel and Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association successfully challenge Bankruptcy Court rulings regarding PCS licenses auctioned by FCC
- NRP Financial sells business to LPL Financial Corporation
- Official Creditors Committee of AHERF seeks judicial declaration that D&O insurance policies not subject to rescission by carriers (2009)
- ProMedica resolves dispute over interest in Lima Memorial Hospital (2009)
- Riverside acquires business unit of Baldor Electric Company (2009)
- Spansion Japan represented as cross-border debtor and also as largest creditor in chapter 11 case of parent (2010)
- Spansion Japan settles claims against former parent (2010)
- Tower Automotive retired employees reach settlement with company (2009)
- World Kitchen goes into bankruptcy
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Ohio
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
- District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio
Office Info
Other Colleagues
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- Of Counsel
- Of Counsel
- Partner
Nearby Lawyers
- Business Law
- Debtor & Creditor
- Corporate Law
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