Oren Buchanan Haker
Experience
Oren Haker practices in the Corporate group of the firm focusing on financial
restructuring and business reorganizations, as well as complex commercial disputes.
He represents secured lenders, bondholders and trade creditors in both in-court and
out-of-court restructurings, strategic investors in distressed companies, chapter 11
debtors, unsecured creditors' committees, acquirers of assets in chapter 11
proceedings and liquidating trustees. Oren's experience includes all aspects of the
bankruptcy process including cash collateral disputes, intercreditor disputes, section
363 asset sales, reclamation and section 503(b)(9) issues, section 524(g) asbestos
trusts, chapter 11 plan and post-effective date trust formulation, contested plan
confirmation, claims resolution, and fraudulent conveyance and preference litigation.
He has also advised officers and directors on fiduciary duties and zone of insolvency
issues.
Partner
Oren has represented clients in the agricultural, automotive, airline, health care,
Portland, OR
energy, gaming, telecommunications, media, banking, financial services and real
(503) 294-9338 direct
estate industries.
(503) 220-2480 fax
Prior to joining the firm, Oren practiced law in the financial restructuring
departments at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP,
and with the corporate insolvency group at Milberg LLP.
(917) 697-8603 mobile
oren.haker@stoel.com
Education
Representative Work
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Creditor Representations
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Columbia Law Review, 2001-2003
Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 2001-2003
Senior secured agricultural lender in contested chapter 11 case in United States
Judicial Externship, Hon. Robert
Bankruptcy Court (Oregon).
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the Second Circuit, 2003
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Rice University, B.A., history and
economics, 1996
Wineries in involuntary bankruptcy case of distributor in United States
Bankruptcy Court (Western District of Washington).
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Katzmann, U.S. Court of Appeals for
Senior secured lender in two single-asset real estate cases in the United States
Bankruptcy Court (Western District of Washington).
Columbia Law School, J.D., 2003
Admissions
U.S. Treasury Department Presidential Auto Task Force in the Delphi Corporation
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Oregon
chapter 11 case and in connection with the General Motors chapter 11 case.
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New York
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Bear Stearns in connection with the Securities Investor Protection Act.
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Washington
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Bank steering committee in the Truvo (World Directories) chapter 11 case.
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Bank steering committee in the Owens Corning chapter 11 case, including filing
an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit that reversed the
district court's ruling on substantive consolidation.
Oren Buchanan Haker
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Bondholders committee in the Trump Atlantic City Casinos restructuring.
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Official committee of unsecured creditors in the Champion Homes chapter 11 case.
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Official committee of unsecured creditors in the Boston Generating chapter 11 case, and trustee to the post-effective date
liquidating trust.
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Pharmaceutical service provider as the largest unsecured trade creditor in three nursing home/assisted living chapter 11 case s.
Debtor Representations – Chapter 11
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LyondellBasell Industries
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Bear Stearns (in its preparation for a chapter 11 filing)
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Northwest Airlines
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Adelphia Business Solutions
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Saint Vincent Medical Center
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G-1 Holdings
Professional Honors and Activities
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Listed among Rising Stars (Bankruptcy: Business), Oregon Super Lawyers®, 2014
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Under Pressure: Fiscal and Regional Difficulties Facing Local Governments, Willamette University School of Law
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Teaching Assistant, "Corporate Reorganization and Bankruptcy," Columbia Law School
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Adjunct Professor of Law in Bankruptcy at the University of Washington School of Law
Presentations
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Presenter, "Bankruptcy in the Oil and Gas Industry," 33rd Annual West Coast Landmen's Institute, Marina del Rey,
California, Sept. 2015
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Panelist, "Top 10 Changes to Asset Sales Under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code," 23rd Annual Southwest Bankruptcy
Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, Sept. 2015
Publications
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"Lawyers React To High Court's Limiting Of Debt Plan Appeals," Law360, May 5, 2015
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"The Fallout from Fisker on Secondary Lenders and Loan-to-Own," Business Law, a publication of the Business Law Section of the
Washington State Bar Association, Summer 2014
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"Detroit's Eligibility Opinion on the Constitutionality of Michigan Law and Legal Nature of Pension Debt," Oregon Debtor-Creditor
Newsletter, Winter 2014
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"Could Detroit Happen Here? Guest Opinion," The Oregonian, Aug. 4, 2013
Oren Buchanan Haker
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"Volatile Commodity Markets: Are Customers Protected?" New York Law Journal, Oct. 15, 2008
Civic Activities
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Legal Election Monitor, Philadelphia, People for the American Way Foundation, 2006
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Legal Election Monitor, Philadelphia, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 2004
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Oregon State Bar Debtor-Creditor CLE/Annual Meeting Planning Committee
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Oregon State Bar Debtor-Creditor Newsletter Editorial Board