Focus:

Expertise is in:

• Commercial bankruptcy
• Consumer bankruptcy
• Mediation

Represents:

Brent has represented both consumer and commercial debtors as well as creditors in bankruptcy proceedings for more than twenty years.  He has developed a broad base of knowledge handling cases involving:

• Business reorganization and asset sales
• Subchapter V bankruptcy cases
• Individual chapter 11 filings
• Secured creditor rights actions
• Commercial litigation

Background:

• Allegheny College (B.A. Environmental Studies, 1997)
• University of Oregon (J.D., 2000)

Admissions:

• Admitted to the bar of Pennsylvania
• Admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Middle, and Western Districts of Pennsylvania;  and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals

Affiliations and Memberships:

• Mediation Panel for the Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
• Certified Mediator
• Allegheny County Bar Association
• Middle District Bankruptcy Bar Association

Community Involvement:

• Served as Vice President of the North Allegheny Rowing Association

Notable Casework:

• Successfully reorganized natural gas marketing firm
• Negotiated sale of local microbrewery under chapter 11
• Confirmed chapter 11 plan for home health care company