Travis Powers

Prior to joining the firm, Travis served as an associate in the restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy practice groups at two national law firms.

Prior to the practice of law, Travis served in the United States Marine Corps as a Marine One Presidential Helicopter Guard for former United States President Bill Clinton. Also during his Marine Corps service, Travis served as a military policeman stationed in Okinawa, Japan, where he acted as liaison between local police and military personnel on several military installations located throughout the region.

Travis is recognized in the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Commercial Litigation. He is the 2018 M&A Advisor Turnaround Award Winner: Healthcare/Life Sciences Deal of the Year. He was also a 2017 National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges Next Generation participant.

• American Bankruptcy Institute, 2010-Present
• American Legion, 2014-Present
• Tulsa Journal of Comparative & International Law, Editor-in-Chief
• Turnaround Management Association, 2015-Present
• Turnaround Management Association Programming Committee, 2018-Present

• “Creating Consistency: The Supreme Court’s Decision in Mission Products Holding, Inc. vs. Tempnology, LLC,” Franchise Law Journal, 2019
• “First Circuit Court of Appeals Clarifies Previous Guidance in Circuit on Committee Rights to Intervene in Adversary Proceedings,” Client Alert, December 7, 2017
• “3rd Circ. Ruling Gives 363 Asset Purchasers More Security,” Law360, March 7, 2014
• “H.R. Bill 100 Seeks to Amend Title 11 to protect Employee Benefits and Curb Excessive Executive Compensation,” ABI Labor and Employment Committee Newsletter, Vol. 9, No. 2, May 2013
• “Post-Petition Exercise of a Trade Vendor’s UCC Rights to Stop Delivery and Demand Cash Payments,” ABI Unsecured Trade Creditor’s Committee Newsletter, Vol. 11, No. 1, February 2013
• “Inadequate Shorthand: The Circuit Courts are Split as to whether there is a ‘Remains Unpaid’ Requirement in the New Value Exception to Preference Liability,” 22 J. Bankr. L. & Prac. 4 Art. 5, 2013
• “In Pari Delicto Not a Bar to a Bankruptcy Trustee’s Recovery,” The Bankruptcy Strategist, Vol. 30, No. 8, 2013
• “Strong Arming Chapter 11: The (In)Validity of ‘Gifting’ in Corporate Reorganization from SPM to DBSD, 2005 Norton Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law 9, 2011
• “Ninth Circuit Finds No General Alter-Ego Cause of Action under California Law,” 30-Mar Am. Bankr. Inst. J. 22, 2011
• “Fraudulent transfer Liability under the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act: For Statute of Limitations Purposes, is Such Liability Grounded in Fraud of Created by Statute?,” 20 Norton J. Bankr. L & Prac. 4 Art. 5, 2011