Glenn A. Portman

Location:

Dallas, Texas

Phone:

(214) 691-1776 (Ext. 207)
(214) 762-9774 (Cell)

Fax:

(214) 393-4007

E-mail:

E-mail Me

Areas of Practice

Bankruptcy
Commercial Transactions
Business Law
Commercial Real Estate

Bar Admissions

Texas, 1975
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit

Education

Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas
- J.D. - 1975
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- Honors: Delta Theta Phi
- Law Journal: Southwestern Law Journal, Assistant Editor-in-Chief, 1973 - 1974
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
- B.A. - 1972
- Honors: Graduated Dean's List
- Major: History
- Minor: Accounting

Published Works

Author of Note: A Problem for the School Systems: Are Mandatory Maternity Leave Rules Enforceable?, 27 Sw. L.J. 541, 1973
Comment: Using A "Dummy" Corporate Borrower Creates Usury and Tax Difficulties, 28 Sw. L.J. 437, 1974
Comment: Using A "Dummy" Corporate Borrower Creates Usury and Tax Difficulties, Republished, 24 Law Review Digest No. 5, July-August, 1974
Employment and Compensation of Attorneys in a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Case, (Co-Author), State Bar of Texas Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Seminar, September, 1989
Unexpired Leases Under the Bankruptcy Code: So You Thought You Had a Contract - Some Things Have Changed, Dallas Bar Association Real Property Section, Luncheon Speech Outline, 1983
General Bankruptcy Outline and Issues for Beginning Attorneys, Internal Firm Outline for Summer Clerk Programs, 1998
Waiver of the Attorney-Client Privilege by Trustee in Bankruptcy-Can Weintraub Case be Expanded to Individuals or Partnerships?, Advanced Bankruptcy Institute, 1989
Speaker, North Texas Bankruptcy Institute, Capital University, Spring, 1999
Repossessions, Creditors Rights Seminar, Stromar Professional Development Program, April, 2000

Representative Cases

In re Accident & Injury Pain Centers, Inc., Debtor (Judge Hale) (2005)
In re Teligent, Inc. et al. (New York, New York) (2003)
In re Probex Corp., Debtor (Judge Hale) (2003)
In re Legend Airlines, Inc. (Judge Hauser) (2002)
In re TIC Corporation (Judge Abramson) (2002)
In re Service Merchandise Company, Inc. et al. (Nashville, TN) (2003)
Medical Select Management, Debtor (Judge Hauser) (2003)
T.R. Miller Orchards, Inc. and Dr. Theodore R. Miller (2002)
Stoneoaks, L.P., Debtor (Judge Hauser) (2002)
San Jacinto Holdings, Inc. (Judge Abramson) (2001)
Bedrock Bowling LLC, Debtor (Judge Felsenthal) (2000)
Corporate Services Telecom, Inc., Debtor (Judge Rosenthal, D. Mass.) (2001)
Physician Resource Group, Inc. and EyeCorp., Debtors (Judge McGuire) (2003)
Genesis Physician Practice Management, Debtor (Judge Felsenthal) (2003)
Boston Market LP, et al., Debtors (D. Arizona) (2002)
Gary J. Knostman, Trustee For MWM Enterprises, Inc., et al., Plaintiff vs.Claron Corporation, Glendon B. Adams, and Computerland Corporation, Defendants, Adversary No. 95-4863 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. Wheelis, J., 1996) (1996)
Just for Feet, Inc., Debtor (S.D.N.Y.) (2000)
Q-Entertainment, Inc., Debtor (Judge Abramson) (1999)
SA Telecommunications, Inc., Debtor (D. Del.) (2000)
Color Tile, Inc., Debtor (D. Del.) (1999)
W.J. Amis Trust, Debtor (Judge Abramson) (1993)
In re Archie Bennett, Jr., Debtor (Judge McGuire) (1994)
In re Orville and Beverly Moody, Debtors (Judge Sharp) (1996)
In re Healthcare Enterprises of North Texas, Ltd., Debtor (Judge Sharp) (1994)
In re Vantage Shoe Warehouse, Inc., Vantange Partners, Ltd. and Vantage Group, Ltd., Debtors (Judge Felsenthal) (1998)
In re H&R Bershire, Inc., Debtor (Judge McGuire) (1996)
Carl P. McCord d/b/a McCord's Trees vs. Compass Bank Dallas, District Court, Dallas County, Texas (1998)
Profile Technologies, Inc., Debtor (1994)
In Re Southmark Properties, Inc., Debtor (Judge Felsenthal) (1989)
In re William Dennis, Debtor (S.D. Tex.) (1987)
In Re CSH, Ltd., Debtor (Judge Abramson) (1990)
In Re Diamond Lumber, Debtor (Judge Abramson) (1986)
In the Matter of Kevin S. Wiley (Judge McGuire) (1988)
In re Lakeside Global II, Ltd., d/b/a Bankside Village Apartments and d/b/a Lakeside Country Apartments, 116 B.R. 499 (3 Tex. Bankr. Ct. 375) (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 1989)
Henry S. Miller Realty Trust v. Bobby McGees Conglomeration of Dallas, Inc., 582 S.W.2d 566 (Tex. Civ. App.-Dallas 1979)
In re San Felipe at Voss, Ltd, Debtor, Metropolitan Life Insurance v. San Felipe at Voss, Ltd., 115 B.R. 526 (S.D. Tex. ) (1990)
In re Roy Miliken, Debtor (Judge Felsenthal), The Cadle Company v. Wanda Millican et al., 12 Tex. Bankr. Ct. 313, 1998 WL 267949 (N.D. Texas 1988)

Representative Clients

Hilton Hotels Corporation
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Henry S. Miller Real Estate Investment Trust
South Central Petroleum, Inc.
Miller County Oil L.P.
Southwest Union Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church

Classes/Seminars

Speaker, "Waiver of Attorney Client Privilege", Attorneys Fees in Chapter 7, South Texas Advanced Bankruptcy Institute, July, 1989
Speaker, Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Seminar, State Bar of Texas, 1989
"Unexpired Leases Under the Bankruptcy Code", Dallas Bar Association, 1983
"Repossessions", Creditors Rights Seminar, 2000
State Bar of Texas Planning Committees for State Bar of Texas Troubled Lending Institutions: A Sign of the Times, 1988
State Bar of Texas Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Course, 1989
State Bar of Texas Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Course, 1990
Speaker, State Bar of Texas
Speaker, South Texas College of Law
Speaker, Dallas Bar Association

Honors and Awards

Listed in Who's Who in America
Member: 500, Inc, Dallas, Texas
The Assemblage and First Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas
Treasurer Lake Highlands Square Homeowners, 1992 - 1997

Professional Associations and Memberships

American Bar Association, Sections of Business Law, Probate and Real Property, Antitrust, Member
American Bankruptcy Institute, Member, 1988 - Present
Dallas Bar Association, Real Estate and Bankruptcy Sections, Member
State Bar of Texas, Member
Dallas Bar Association, Real Property Section of Dallas Bar Association, Member, 1976 - 1988
Dallas Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section of Dallas Bar Association, Member, 1987 - Present
Turnaround Management Association, Member, 1996 - Present
Pro Hac Vice Appearances in the U.S. District Courts of Eastern Arkansas, Western Arkansas, Central/Eastern/Northern/Southern California, Massachusetts, Eastern/Northern/Southern/Western New York,, Northern Mississippi and Southern Mississippi
Executive Board of Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
Chair of the Class Agent Program and the Alumni Counsel, Annual Fund Chairman, 1979 - 2001
Executive Board of the College of Arts & Sciences of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 1998 - 2006

Past Employment Positions

Physician's Regional Hospital Incorporated, Wylie, Collin County, Texas, Chairman of the Board of Directors, 1994 - 1997
Johnson, Bromberg & Leeds LLP, Partner, 1980 - 1992
Arter, Hadden, Johnson & Bromberg, Partner, 1992 - 2003

Fraternities/Sororities

Delta Theta Phi