Howrey

About 60 attorneys departed from Howrey in the year before January 2011, including co-chairs of the firm’s antitrust and litigation practices.<ref name=”Crane’s Jan 25″>{{cite magazine|title=Winston & Strawn talks merger with Howrey, but opts for hiring away attorneys |author=Steven R. Strahler |url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20110125/NEWS04/110129905/winston-strawn-talks-merger-with-howrey-but-opts-for-hiring-away |magazine=[[Crain’s Chicago Business]] |date=Jan 25, 2011}}</ref> [[Winston & Strawn]] reportedly considered merger with Howrey in late January,<ref name=”Crane’s Jan 25″/> but instead offered to take most of Howrey’s partners.<ref>{{cite news|title=Winston Makes Offers to Most Howrey Partners |author=Petra Pasternak|url=http://www.law.com/jsp/ca/PubArticleCA.jsp?id=1202479913610 |publisher=The Recorder |date=Jan 31, 2011}}</ref> The firm continued to lose partners as a group of 11 attorneys from Howrey’s Chicago office moved to [[Morgan, Lewis & Bockius]], including the office’s managing partner and the class action defense practice leader.<ref>{{cite news| title=The Howrey Exodus Continues: 11 Lawyers Bolt to Morgan Lewis |author=Ashby Jones | url=https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2011/02/02/the-howrey-exodus-continues-11-lawyers-bolt-to-morgan-lewis/ |publisher=[[Wall Street Journal]] law blog| date=Feb 2, 2011}}</ref>

About 60 attorneys departed from Howrey in the year before January 2011, including co-chairs of the firm’s antitrust and litigation practices.<ref name=”Crane’s Jan 25″>{{cite magazine|title=Winston & Strawn talks merger with Howrey, but opts for hiring away attorneys |author=Steven R. Strahler |url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20110125/NEWS04/110129905/winston-strawn-talks-merger-with-howrey-but-opts-for-hiring-away |magazine=[[Crain’s Chicago Business]] |date=Jan 25, 2011}}</ref> [[Winston & Strawn]] reportedly considered merger with Howrey in late January,<ref name=”Crane’s Jan 25″/> but instead offered to take most of Howrey’s partners.<ref>{{cite news|title=Winston Makes Offers to Most Howrey Partners |author=Petra Pasternak|url=http://www.law.com/jsp/ca/PubArticleCA.jsp?id=1202479913610 |publisher=The Recorder |date=Jan 31, 2011}}</ref> The firm continued to lose partners as a group of 11 attorneys from Howrey’s Chicago office moved to [[Morgan, Lewis & Bockius]], including the office’s managing partner and the class action defense practice leader.<ref>{{cite news| title=The Howrey Exodus Continues: 11 Lawyers Bolt to Morgan Lewis |author=Ashby Jones | url=https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2011/02/02/the-howrey-exodus-continues-11-lawyers-bolt-to-morgan-lewis/ |publisher=[[Wall Street Journal]] law blog| date=Feb 2, 2011}}</ref>

On March 9, 2011, the Executive Committee of Howrey LLP announced that, pursuant to a vote by the firm’s partnership, it would dissolve the existing Howrey partnership, effective March 15, 2011 and commence an orderly wind down of its affairs. On March 31, 2011 Howrey LLP closed its doors laying off all of its employees. In April 2011, Trepel McGrane Greenfield LLP, a law firm headquartered in San Jose, California, representing a group of alleged creditors of Howrey LLP, filed an involuntary [[Chapter 7, Title 11, United States Code|Chapter 7]] bankruptcy petition against the law firm with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California. That involuntary Chapter 7 case was converted to a [[Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code|Chapter 11]] bankruptcy case in June 2011 at the request of the law firm.<ref>{{cite news| title=Howrey LLP Involuntary Bankruptcy Converted to Chapter 11; Venue Transfer To Be Considered Later This Month | url=http://blog.ch11cases.com/2011/06/howrey-llp-involuntary-bankruptcy.html |publisher=Bankruptcy News & Analysis Law Blog| date=June 8, 2011}}</ref> On July 6, 2011, Howrey filed schedules of assets and liabilities with the bankruptcy court which listed assets of $138.7 million and liabilities of $107 million.<ref>{{cite news| title=Howrey LLP Files First Monthly Operating Report, Assets Decrease by Almost $85 Million (or 61%) From Schedules | url=http://blog.ch11cases.com/2011/07/howrey-llp-files-first-monthly.html |publisher=Bankruptcy News & Analysis Law Blog| date=July 28, 2011}}</ref> On a motion by Howrey the case was converted to a Chapter 7 case effective December 1, 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Salvatore |first1=Cara |title=Howrey Bankruptcy Case Converted To Ch. 7 |url=https://www.law360.com/articles/727288/howrey-bankruptcy-case-converted-to-ch-7 |access-date=27 December 2023 |work=[[Law360]] |issue=November 16, 2015 |publisher=Portfolio Media, Inc.}}</ref><ref name=docket>{{cite web |title=California Northern Bankruptcy Court Case number: 3:11-bk-31376 – Howrey LLP |url=https://www.inforuptcy.com/browse-filings/california-northern-bankruptcy-court/3:11-bk-31376/bankruptcy-case-howrey-llp |website=inforuptcy.com |publisher=Inforuptcy |access-date=27 December 2023}}</ref> A motion for the sale of property filed by the trustee was scheduled for hearing on December 29, 2023.<ref name=docket/> Litigation over rights to bankruptcy assets occurred,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cutler |first1=Joyce E.|date=February 19, 2020|title=Law Firm Unfinished Business Doctrine ‘Finished’ |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/california-law-firm-unfinished-business-doctrine-finished |website=bloomberglaw.com |publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.]] |access-date=8 February 2026 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> and the case remained pending in February 2026.

On March 9, 2011, the Executive Committee of Howrey LLP announced that, pursuant to a vote by the firm’s partnership, it would dissolve the existing Howrey partnership, effective March 15, 2011 and commence an orderly wind down of its affairs. On March 31, 2011 Howrey LLP closed its doors laying off all of its employees. In April 2011, Trepel McGrane Greenfield LLP, a law firm headquartered in San Jose, California, representing a group of alleged creditors of Howrey LLP, filed an involuntary [[Chapter 7, Title 11, United States Code|Chapter 7]] bankruptcy petition against the law firm with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California. That involuntary Chapter 7 case was converted to a [[Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code|Chapter 11]] bankruptcy case in June 2011 at the request of the law firm.<ref>{{cite news| title=Howrey LLP Involuntary Bankruptcy Converted to Chapter 11; Venue Transfer To Be Considered Later This Month | url=http://blog.ch11cases.com/2011/06/howrey-llp-involuntary-bankruptcy.html |publisher=Bankruptcy News & Analysis Law Blog| date=June 8, 2011}}</ref> On July 6, 2011, Howrey filed schedules of assets and liabilities with the bankruptcy court which listed assets of $138.7 million and liabilities of $107 million.<ref>{{cite news| title=Howrey LLP Files First Monthly Operating Report, Assets Decrease by Almost $85 Million (or 61%) From Schedules | url=http://blog.ch11cases.com/2011/07/howrey-llp-files-first-monthly.html |publisher=Bankruptcy News & Analysis Law Blog| date=July 28, 2011}}</ref> On a motion by Howrey the case was converted to a Chapter 7 case effective December 1, 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Salvatore |first1=Cara |title=Howrey Bankruptcy Case Converted To Ch. 7 |url=https://www.law360.com/articles/727288/howrey-bankruptcy-case-converted-to-ch-7 |access-date=27 December 2023 |work=[[Law360]] |issue=November 16, 2015 |publisher=Portfolio Media, Inc.}}</ref><ref name=docket>{{cite web |title=California Northern Bankruptcy Court Case number: 3:11-bk-31376 – Howrey LLP |url=https://www.inforuptcy.com/browse-filings/california-northern-bankruptcy-court/3:11-bk-31376/bankruptcy-case-howrey-llp |website=inforuptcy.com |publisher=Inforuptcy |access-date=27 December 2023}}</ref> A motion for the sale of property filed by the trustee was scheduled for hearing on December 29, 2023.<ref name=docket/> Litigation over rights to bankruptcy assets occurred,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cutler |first1=Joyce E.|date=February 19, 2020|title=Law Firm Unfinished Business Doctrine ‘Finished’ |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/california-law-firm-unfinished-business-doctrine-finished |website=bloomberglaw.com |publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.]] |access-date=8 February 2026 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> and the case remained pending in February 2026.

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