Phillip A. Martin

Phil represents creditors in bankruptcy-related matters and litigation across the country with a focus on health care matters. He serves as national bankruptcy counsel for several clients — representing them in adversary proceedings, in pursuing claims, and on creditors’ committees from California to Delaware. This experience comes into play when defendants threaten bankruptcy as a means to forestall litigation, and he has drafted workout and forbearance agreements to resolve disputes and avoid bankruptcy. Phil has successfully defended clients involuntarily brought into the bankruptcy courts, and has litigated preference actions, fraudulent conveyance actions, and other bankruptcy adversary proceedings. He has also represented individual owners faced with the issues arising from a failed corporate business.

Phil has also participated in all phases of the civil litigation process, and has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in litigation across the country. He has represented clients in contract/commercial disputes, insurance coverage disputes, personal injury matters, consumer protection claims, and property disputes. He has pursued aggressive discovery, taken and defended depositions, handled substantive legal arguments in court, brought cases to trial, and authored appellate briefs in these varied contexts.

Phil is also experienced in dealing with the issues surrounding arbitration. He has argued both for and against the enforcement of agreements to arbitrate in both state and federal court and has taken an active role in arbitration proceedings. He has also successfully represented clients seeking to enforce arbitration awards, and is currently involved in several actions seeking to vacate flawed arbitration awards.