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J. Michael Booe

Partner
Charlotte
+1.704.331.7556
Fax +1..704.353.3256

Primary Practice

Secondary Practices

Education

  • J.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Law School, 1971
  • B.A., Davidson College, 1967

Admissions

  • Bar of North Carolina
  • Biography Overview
  • Additional Background
  • Representative Work
Mr. Booe is a partner in the Charlotte office and focuses his practice primarily on single lender and syndicated commercial financing transactions, both in the structuring and documenting of new transactions and in the workout and recovery of non-performing credit facilities. Mr. Booe has extensive Chapter 11 bankruptcy experience, representing primarily lenders, equipment lessors, and creditors' committees.

Mr. Booe is certified as a Specialist in Bankruptcy Law by the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization. He has presented numerous seminars and manuscripts on Chapter 11 bankruptcy and insolvency practice issues for the North Carolina Bar Association and the Turnaround Management Association.

Achievements

  • Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law,
    1998 – 2011
  • North Carolina Super Lawyers, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights,
    2007 – 2011
  • Legal Elite Hall of Fame, Business North Carolina Magazine, Bankruptcy Law, 2002 – 2011
  • Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, 2005 – 2011

Professional/Civic Activities

  • American College of Bankruptcy (Fellow, XXI)
  • American Bankruptcy Institute
  • American Bar Association Business Law Section, Business Bankruptcy Committee
  • North Carolina Bar Association Bankruptcy Section, Section Council 1980 – 1983; Business Section
  • North Carolina State Bar, Counselor, 1998 – 2006
  • North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization, Bankruptcy Specialty Committee, Chairman, 1984 – 1990
  • North Carolina State Bar Board of Paralegal Certification, Chair, 2004 – 2008
  • Disciplinary Hearing Commission, Member 2008 – 2011; Vice Chair July 2010 – 2011
  • Turnaround Management Association

Speaking Engagements

  • Numerous seminar presentations and manuscripts on Chapter 11 bankruptcy and insolvency practice issues for the North Carolina Bar Association and the Turnaround Management Association
  • "Acquisitions of Bankruptcy Entities," CLE presentation with Jo Ann Brighton and Joe Kluttz, May 2007
  • Served as counsel to the agent for a syndicate of lenders in the North Carolina Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of a multi-store retail chain.
  • Served as counsel to agent for a syndicate of lenders in the Delaware Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of a world wide manufacturer of electronic components.
  • Served as counsel to a fleet lessor of a rolling stock in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case in Atlanta, Salt Lake City and Kansas City of nationwide common carriers.
  • Served as special counsel to the steering committee for a syndicate of lenders to a nationwide service company in the restructure and refinance of its revolving credit facility.
  • Served as counsel to the official committee of unsecured creditors in the North Carolina Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of an upholstery manufacturer, and in the Mississippi Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of a furniture manufacturer.
  • Served as counsel for an owner participant in leveraged aircraft lease transaction in Chapter 11 cases in New York of two major airlines.
  • Served as counsel for rolling stock lessor in Chapter 11 case in Kansas City of a national bakery.
  • Serve as counsel to secured lender in Chapter 11 cases in Portland, OR and Baltimore, MD of regional home builders.
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