Profile
Mr. Meyers has been Of Counsel to Burch & Cracchiolo, P.A. since 1993. His principal areas of practice are commercial bankruptcy, corporate reorganization, non-bankruptcy financial and real estate workouts, sophisticated debtor-creditor litigation in state and federal courts and appeals. Mr. Meyers represents a large complement of trade and secured creditors and real and personal property lessors in cases under Chapters 7, 11, 12 and 13 of the Bankruptcy Code. Mr. Meyers has also represented bankruptcy trustees, committees and debtors and debtors-in-possession in successfully concluded Chapter 11 reorganizations. Major personal engagements in which Mr. Meyers has represented clients have included, but are not limited to, the following: (A) Representation of the purchaser in the single largest acquisition of assets from the Resolution Trust Corporation which included a major master planned community and multiple interests in real estate joint ventures and a substantial pool of secured real estate loans; (B) Representation of the secured creditor in the foreclosure of a grocery store chain with 70 operating stores with a credit bid in excess of $144,000,000; (C) Representation of the purchaser of twenty chain stores on a going concern basis from a Chapter 11 reorganization estate; (D) The restructuring of multiple land development and investment joint ventures by and between developers and institutional investors. (E) Representation of the petitioning trade creditors in an involuntary bankruptcy proceeding which stopped diversion of assets, secured appointment of a trustee and effected major creditor recovery. BAR AND PROFESSIONAL DATA: Admitted 1977 to State Bar of Arizona; Board Certified Business Bankruptcy Specialist, American Board of Certification; Board Certified Creditors’ Rights Specialist, American Board of Certification; Certified Bankruptcy Specialist, Arizona Board of Legal Specialization (State Bar of Arizona); Member, Maricopa County Bar Association; Member, American Bankruptcy Institute; Member, Commercial Law League of America; Member, Bankruptcy Section of State Bar of Arizona. Bar Committees: Member, Subcommittee on Partnership Bankruptcy, American Bankruptcy Institute, 1994-1995. Member, Creditor/Debtor's Rights Committee, State Bar of Arizona, 1982-1985, 1995-Present. Member, Fee Arbitration Committee, State Bar of Arizona, 1993 - 1994. Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, Maricopa County Bar Association, 1999-2000. EDUCATION: B.A. Arizona State University College of Liberal Arts - 1974; J.D. Arizona State University College of Law - 1977.
About Howard Meyers
Admitted: 1977, Arizona
Professional Webpage: www.bcattorneys.com/professionals/detail/howard-c-meyers
Special Licenses/Certifications:
- Certified Bankruptcy Law Specialist, State Bar of Arizona Board of Legal Specialization
- Certified Creditors' Rights Specialist, American Board of Certification
- Certfied Business Bankruptcy Law Specialist, American Board of Certification
Bar/Professional Activity:
- American Bar Association
- Commercial Law League of America
- American Bankruptcy Institute