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Greg Wilkes joined Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. in 2005 as an associate in the Firm's Bankruptcy, Reorganization and Creditors' Rights Department in the Dallas location. He has experience in out-of-court restructuring and bankruptcy proceedings, bankruptcy litigation, as well as debtor-in-possession financing. He has assisted with the purchase and sale of assets in such industries as telecommunications and agriculture.
Prior to joining Fulbright Greg served for one year as law clerk for the Honorable Robert L. Jones, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Texas.
- Obtained summary judgment sitting first chair in nondischargeability action in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- Obtained order granting motion to lift the automatic stay, representing the secured lender in $40 million single asset real estate involuntary bankruptcy in the Southern District of Texas
- Assistant counsel to secured lender of a telephone, cable and newspaper operator involving over $500 million in debt, and with issues related to foreclosure, involuntary bankruptcy petitions, venue and related party jurisdiction and appointment of a Chapter 11 Trustee
- Counsel to numerous secured lien holders in single asset real estate bankruptcies in the Southern and Western Districts of Texas
- Assisted with the representation of Chapter 11 debtor specialty restaurant chain, which ultimately resulted in the successful reorganization of the debtor's business
- The State Bar of Texas
- Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce - Ambassadors Committee, Co-Chair
- Dallas Bar Association
- Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
- Dallas Association of Young Bankruptcy Lawyers
- Dallas Young Professionals
- "Texas Rising Star," Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights, Texas Monthly (2008 - 2011)
- "Involuntary Bankruptcies from the Creditor Perspective," Bankruptcy Litigation, Volume 15, Number 2, Spring 2009 (An American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Journal of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Committee publication)
- Co-Author with Lou Strubeck, Michael Anglin, Ryan Manns and Kristian Gluck, "Recognizing and Fulfilling Fiduciary Duties in the Bankruptcy Zone," 2008 Jay L. Westbrook Bankruptcy Conference, November 13-14, 2008
- Co-Author with Lou Strubeck, Ryan Manns and Kristian Gluck, "A Post-BAPCPA Look At Lease Assumption And Rejection, Key Employee Incentive Plans, And Reclamation," State Bar Of Texas, 25th Annual Advanced Business Bankruptcy Course, February 22 - 23, 2007
2004 - J.D., cum laude, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
2000 - B.A., cum laude, The University of Texas at Austin
Greg was admitted to practice law in Texas in 2004. In addition, he is admitted to practice in the United States District Courts and Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Western and Southern Districts of Texas, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
- Second Wind Foundation, member of the Board of Directors
- Former attorney ad litem for one of the children removed from the YFZ Ranch in El Dorado, Texas
- The Open Doors Foundation, former member of Board of Directors
- A World for Children, Volunteer
- Martin Luther King Center Pro Bono Clinic, Volunteer
