Attorney Profiles

Glenn A. Portman
Dallas, Texas


phone	(214) 691-1776 (Ext. 207) (214) 762-9774 (Cell)
fax	(214) 393-4007
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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, 1975
J.D.
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, 1972
B.A.
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; CIT Corporation; CIT Leasing Corporation; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Henry S. Miller Real Estate Investment Trust; South Central Petroleum, Inc.; Miller County Oil L.P.

Classes/Seminars Taught:: 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, 1988 - Present; Member; Dallas Bar Association, Real Estate and Bankruptcy Sections; Member; State Bar of Texas; Member; Dallas Bar Association, Real Property Section of Dallas Bar Association, 1976 - 1988; Member; Dallas Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section of Dallas Bar Association, 1987 - Present; Member; Turnaround Management Association, 1996 - Present; Member; 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

Past Employment Positions:: 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.; Physician's Regional Hospital Incorporated, Wylie, Collin County, Texas, Chairman of the Board of Directors, 1994 - 1997

Fraternities/Sororities:: Delta Theta Phi

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