Eric is a partner practicing in the Financial Services Group. His practice involves representation of debtors, creditors, committees, trustees and other interested parties in bankruptcy, workout, and collection matters.
In addition to being a frequent speaker on Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights topics, Eric is currently serving as president of the Kansas City Bankruptcy Bar Association and currently serves as a member on the Midwestern Bankruptcy Institute’s Advisory Board. Eric has also previously served on the Bench Bar Committee for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Kansas.
Since 2010, Eric has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law and Bankruptcy Litigation and in the Kansas City Business Journal’s “Best of the Bar” as well as being listed as a Missouri and Kansas Rising Star for 2009 and 2011 by Super Lawyers.
Eric received his bachelor's degree in political science, with highest honors, from the University of Northern Iowa. Eric earned his law degree, with distinction, from the University of Iowa College of Law. While in law school, Eric was an Articles Editor for The Journal of Corporation Law and authored “Waste Not, Want Not: An Analysis of Stock Option Plans, Executive Compensation, and the Proper Standard of Waste” that was published in The Journal of Corporation Law’s Fall 2000 edition.
Eric is licensed to practice law in Missouri and Kansas, the federal district courts in Kansas, Nebraska, and the Western and Eastern Districts of Missouri, as well as the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Areas of Emphasis
- Secured and Unsecured Creditor Representation in Bankruptcy and Receiverships
- Bankruptcy and Reorganization for Businesses and Individuals (non-consumer)
- Bankruptcy Trustee Representation
- Unsecured Creditors' Committee Representation
- Bankruptcy Litigation
- Out of Court Workouts
- Collections and Foreclosure
- Lender Liability
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- Kansas City Bankruptcy Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Kansas Bar Association
- Missouri Bar Association
Presentations and Speaking Engagements
- Preferences and Fraudulent Transfers, Top 9 Complications in Bankruptcy, National Business Institute (Dec. 2011)
- Ethical Considerations, Top 9 Complications in Bankruptcy, National Business Institute (Dec. 2011)
- Leaves of Automatic Stay, Top 9 Complications in Bankruptcy, National Business Institute (Dec. 2011)
- Silence is Not Necessarily Golden: Disclosure Issues in Bankruptcy, Panel on Selected Ethical Issues in Bankruptcy, Kansas City Bankruptcy Bar Association (June 2011).
- Ethical Issues that Every Debtor’s Counsel Should Know, Panel on Selected Ethical Issues in Bankruptcy, Kansas City Bankruptcy Bar Association (June 2011).
- The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Collection Law from Start to Finish, National Business Institute (June 2011).
- Collecting the Judgment, Collection Law from Start to Finish, National Business Institute (June 2011).
- Creditor Remedies Available in Bankruptcy, Collections: Seeking and Collecting a Judgment, National Business Institute (Mar. 2011).
- Asset Searches and the Judgment Debtor Exam, Collections: Seeking and Collecting a Judgment, National Business Institute (Mar. 2011).
- Identifying Fraudulent Conveyances, Collections: Seeking and Collecting a Judgment, National Business Institute (Mar. 2011).
- Specialized Chapter 11s: Small Businesses & Single Asset Cases, 2011 MoBar Annual Bankruptcy Institute (Feb. and Mar. 2011).
- The Great Debates – Resolved: The Till Rate of Interest is Applicable in Chapter 11 Cases, 30th Annual Midwestern Bankruptcy Institute (Oct. 2010).
- Overview of Creditors’ Rights Under Each Chapter, Protecting the Creditor's Rights During Bankruptcy, National Bankruptcy Institute (Sept. 2010)
- Automatic Stay, Protecting the Creditor's Rights During Bankruptcy, National Business Institute (Sept. 2010)
- Ethical Representation During Bankruptcy, Protecting the Creditor's Rights During Bankruptcy, National Business Institute (Sept. 2010)
- Bankruptcy and the Commercial Lease, National Business Institute (August 2010)
- Introduction to the Bankruptcy Code and Rules, Nuts and Bolts of Bankruptcy, National Business Institute (June 2010)
- Automatic Stay Litigation in a Nutshell, Nuts and Bolts of Bankruptcy, National Business Institute (June 2010)
- The Financially Troubled Commercial Borrower: Selected Issues in Lender Liability (Spring 2010)
- Collecting the Judgment, Collection Law from Start to Finish, National Business Institute (Mar. 2010)
- Impact of Bankruptcy on Collections, Collection Law from Start to Finish, National Business Institute (Mar. 2010)
- Preferences and Fraudulent Transfers, Top 9 Complications in Bankruptcy, National Business Institute (Jan. 2010)
- Ethical Considerations, Top 9 Complications in Bankruptcy, National Business Institute (Jan. 2010)
- Leaves of Automatic Stay, Top 9 Complications in Bankruptcy, National Business Institute (Jan. 2010)
- Introduction to Bankruptcy Code and Rules, Kansas City Bankruptcy Clerk’s Office (Jan. 2010)
- Issues, Trends and Perspectives in Commercial Law: “The Chrysler and General Motors Bankruptcies: A Reaffirmance of the Section 363(b) Sale Process and the Sale of Assets Outside a Plan of Reorganization”, Missouri Bar Association (Aug. 2009).
- Introduction to the Bankruptcy Code and Rules, Nuts and Bolts of Bankruptcy, National Business Institute (May 2009)
- Introduction to Chapter 7, Nuts and Bolts of Bankruptcy, National Business Institute (May 2009)
- KBA Lending Conference, Panel on Bankruptcy and Foreclosure, Kansas Bankers Association (Feb. 2008)
- Setoff in Bankruptcy: An Overlooked Concept, Kansas City Bankruptcy Bar Association (April 2007)
- “Punch List for Debtor’s Counsel Under the Bankruptcy Abuse, Prevention and Consumer Protection Action of 2005,” Kansas Bar Association Bankruptcy Update (June 2005)
- “Reclamation Rights, Accord and Satisfaction, and Setoff,” Missouri Bar Association CLE Program (May 2004)
- “The New Challenge of Titling and Possession of Titled Property”, 9th Annual Legal Issues Conference, Missouri Bankers Association (2002)