Donald J. Rafferty - Cincinnati, OH

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Cincinnati College of Law, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1989
    J.D.
    Law Review: U.C. Law Review, Student Articles Editor

• Non Legal Education

  • Kalamazoo College, 1984
    B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Member

Classes and Seminars

• Section 363(F) - What Does "Free and Clear" Really Mean?" Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar, 2004
  
• "Chapter 11 Plan & Disclosure Statement Issues," Fundamentals of Commercial Bankruptcy, Lorman Education Services Seminar, 2003

Representative Cases

• Counsel for successful purchaser of minor league sports franchise in a 363 sale from a Chapter 11 debtor.
• Counsel for capital goods manufacturer with domestic and international operations in successful out of court restructuring that involved recapitalization of company, refinance of senior debt, and restructuring of mezzanine and trade debt. The post-restructuring company realized revenue and operating margin growth, while enhancing its competitive market position.
• Counsel for owners of both the “Fee Interest” and “Leasehold Interest” in a complex tenants-in-common ownership structure that went into foreclosure, receivership, and restructuring proceedings involving a CBD office building with over $115 Million in debt.
• Counsel for group of construction and development companies in debt restructurings with multiple lenders and debt totaling more than $90 Million.
• Counsel for seller in sale of dredge manufacturer with domestic and international operations.
• Counsel for “high net worth” individual debtor in successful confirmed Chapter 11 case.
• Counsel for investors in multiple acquisitions of debt related to distressed real estate developments, shopping centers, commercial office projects, apartment buildings, and residential communities.
• Counsel for private equity investor in acquisition of distressed real estate opportunities in the Midwest and Texas.
• Counsel for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustee in numerous fraudulent transfer and preference actions arising from multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme.
• Counsel for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Trustee in multi-million dollar fraudulent transfer and improper stock redemption adversary proceeding in Chapter 11 case.
• Co-counsel for publicly held flavor and fragrance manufacturer in a highly successful Chapter 11 reorganization.
• Counsel for inventors in multiple patent infringement lawsuits involving, among other things, juvenile furniture, children’s products, and explosives technologies.
• Achieved favorable resolutions for copyright owner, both in litigation and through negotiation, in numerous infringement disputes involving advertising copy and illustrations, product packaging designs, photography, technical drawings, and toys.

Bar Admissions

• Ohio, 1989
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
• U.S. District Court District of Arizona

Other Affiliations

• Cincinnati Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Tri-State Association for Corporate Renewal