Gordon Silver Attorneys and Counselors at Law






PRACTICE AREAS
Business Restructuring and Bankruptcy

Gordon Silver’s Business Restructuring and Bankruptcy Practice Group is home to Nevada’s largest restructuring and bankruptcy department and is one of the largest departments in the Pacific Southwest. Members of the Group represent a diverse clientele in local, regional and national bankruptcy proceedings and have extensive experience in Chapter 11 cases representing debtors in possession, creditors and committees.

Consistent with the Firm’s wide-range of expertise, members of the Business Restructuring and Bankruptcy Practice Group routinely involve lawyers in the Firm’s other practice areas to assist in negotiations, litigation, gaming licensing, taxation, complex business transactions, securities and other specialized areas.

The strength of Gordon Silver’s Business Restructuring and Bankruptcy Practice Group is best represented by the cases in which the Firm has assumed a principal role. Clients include large public corporations, closely held companies, financial institutions, insurance companies and other smaller businesses and individuals. Among the most noteworthy of our cases are the following:

Debtor Representation
  • Herbst Gaming
  • Aladdin Hotel and Casino
  • Fitzgeralds Gaming Corporation
  • Santa Fe Gaming Corporation
  • PurchasePro.com
  • Pioneer Hotel and Casino
  • Pegasus International Gold Corporation
  • Carson Wayne Newton
  • Stratosphere Hotel and Casino
  • Riviera Hotel and Casino
  • Landmark Hotel and Casino
  • Maxim Hotel and Casino
Committee Representation
  • USA Commercial Mortgage
  • Four Queens Hotel and Casino
  • Bally’s Grand
Creditor Representation
  • Fontainebleu ($125 million mechanics' lien holders)
  • Lake Las Vegas (Credit Suisse)
  • National Airlines, Inc. (Harrah’s Entertainment)
  • Baby Grand Corporation
  • Vacation Village, Inc. (Wells Fargo/Foothill Capital Corporation)
  • Enron Corporation (Harrah’s Entertainment)
  • MaxJet (aircraft lessor)
Chapter 11 Trustee Representation
  • 21st Century Technologies, Inc.
  • USA Investment Partners, LLC.
  • Mega-C Corporation
Seth A. Bayles Thomas H. Fell Gregory E. Garman Talitha B. Gray Teresa M. Krpata Brigid M. Higgins Thomas E. Littler Robert C. Warnicke William M. Noall Gerald M. Gordon Matthew C. Zirzow Candace C. Clark John P. Witucki Gabrielle A. Hamm Alan A. Lanis, Jr.