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J. Machir Stull

J. Machir Stull

Senior Counsel, Dallas
214.953.6039
mstull@jw.com
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Areas of Focus Practice Experience Publications & Speeches Community Involvement Areas of Focus

Practice Areas

  • Bankruptcy, Restructuring, & Recovery
  • Corporate & Securities
  • Trial & Appellate Litigation

Experience

  • Corporate & Securities Litigation
  • Distressed Asset Buyers & Sellers Representation
  • Mergers, Acquisitions, & Divestitures
  • Secured Creditor Representation

Biography

Machir Stull is a business lawyer in the Bankruptcy, Restructuring, & Recovery practice in Dallas with experience representing businesses and executives from the boardroom to the courtroom. Machir has represented nearly every constituency in a bankruptcy, from debtors and committees to trustees and landlords.

Education

B.S., University of Virginia
J.D., cum laude, SMU Dedman School of Law

  • International Law Review Association
  • Patton Boggs Public Policy Fellowship

Bar Admissions

Texas, 2009

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Northern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas

Areas of Focus Practice Experience Publications & Speeches Community Involvement Areas of Focus
Bankruptcy and Restructuring
  • Corporate restructurings
  • Distressed businesses
  • 363 sales
  • Creditors’ rights
Litigation
  • Business divorces
  • Partnership disputes
General Corporate Work
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Structuring operating agreements
  • Drafting and negotiating stock option plans
  • Venture financings
  • Corporate contracts and other agreements
  • Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests

Machir serves clients across a broad range of industries, including healthcare, energy, insurance, fitness, nonprofits, and food manufacturing. His bankruptcy and restructuring work includes the following:

  • Counsel for debtors in Edge Petroleum bankruptcy
  • Counsel for debtors in Barnes Bay bankruptcy
  • Counsel for debtors in Downright Disposal bankruptcy
  • Special counsel for debtor in Energy & Exploration Partners bankruptcy
  • Counsel for investors in Life Partners bankruptcy
  • Counsel for equity committee in Seahawk Drilling bankruptcy
  • Counsel for noteholders committee in R.E. Loans bankruptcy
  • Counsel for senior lender in 1701 Commerce bankruptcy
  • Counsel for directors in Saratoga Resources bankruptcy
  • Counsel for landlord in Taco Bueno Restaurants bankruptcy
  • Counsel for post-confirmation trustee in The Picture People bankruptcy
  • Counsel for equity holders in successfully forming official committee of equity security holders in PHI, Inc. bankruptcy
Publications
  • Co-Author, “Bankruptcy Changes in the CARES Act,” Fort Worth Business Press (May 2020)
  • Co-Author, “The Supreme Court of Texas Affirms the Freedom of Contract,” Texas Lawyer (April 2020)
Speaking Engagements
  • “Intersections Between Bankruptcy and Real Estate,” Tarrant County Bar Association Brown Bag Seminar Series (November 2020)
  • “Real Estate and Bankruptcy: Issues That May Arise in Light of COVID-19,” Tarrant County Bar Association Real Estate Section (June 2020)
  • “Legal Issues in the Age of the Coronavirus: Navigating the Waters of Business Bankruptcy in the Wake of the Coronavirus Pandemic,” Texas A&M Law webinar (May 2020)
  • “Bankruptcy 101: An Overview for Corporate Counsel,” TCBA Corporate Counsel Section Luncheon (February 2020)
  • “Rising Corporate Debt and Zombie Companies,” Fort Worth Chapter of Financial Executives International (FEI) (December 2018)
  • Fellow, Tarrant County Bar Foundation, 2018
  • Dallas Bar Association Bankruptcy Section
  • Dallas World Affairs Council
  • Church of the Incarnation
  • Lakewood Neighborhood Association
Bankruptcy and Restructuring
  • Corporate restructurings
  • Distressed businesses
  • 363 sales
  • Creditors’ rights
Litigation
  • Business divorces
  • Partnership disputes
General Corporate Work
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Structuring operating agreements
  • Drafting and negotiating stock option plans
  • Venture financings
  • Corporate contracts and other agreements
  • Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests

Practice Experience

Machir serves clients across a broad range of industries, including healthcare, energy, insurance, fitness, nonprofits, and food manufacturing. His bankruptcy and restructuring work includes the following:

  • Counsel for debtors in Edge Petroleum bankruptcy
  • Counsel for debtors in Barnes Bay bankruptcy
  • Counsel for debtors in Downright Disposal bankruptcy
  • Special counsel for debtor in Energy & Exploration Partners bankruptcy
  • Counsel for investors in Life Partners bankruptcy
  • Counsel for equity committee in Seahawk Drilling bankruptcy
  • Counsel for noteholders committee in R.E. Loans bankruptcy
  • Counsel for senior lender in 1701 Commerce bankruptcy
  • Counsel for directors in Saratoga Resources bankruptcy
  • Counsel for landlord in Taco Bueno Restaurants bankruptcy
  • Counsel for post-confirmation trustee in The Picture People bankruptcy
  • Counsel for equity holders in successfully forming official committee of equity security holders in PHI, Inc. bankruptcy

Publications & Speeches

Publications
  • Co-Author, “Bankruptcy Changes in the CARES Act,” Fort Worth Business Press (May 2020)
  • Co-Author, “The Supreme Court of Texas Affirms the Freedom of Contract,” Texas Lawyer (April 2020)
Speaking Engagements
  • “Intersections Between Bankruptcy and Real Estate,” Tarrant County Bar Association Brown Bag Seminar Series (November 2020)
  • “Real Estate and Bankruptcy: Issues That May Arise in Light of COVID-19,” Tarrant County Bar Association Real Estate Section (June 2020)
  • “Legal Issues in the Age of the Coronavirus: Navigating the Waters of Business Bankruptcy in the Wake of the Coronavirus Pandemic,” Texas A&M Law webinar (May 2020)
  • “Bankruptcy 101: An Overview for Corporate Counsel,” TCBA Corporate Counsel Section Luncheon (February 2020)
  • “Rising Corporate Debt and Zombie Companies,” Fort Worth Chapter of Financial Executives International (FEI) (December 2018)

Community Involvement

  • Fellow, Tarrant County Bar Foundation, 2018
  • Dallas Bar Association Bankruptcy Section
  • Dallas World Affairs Council
  • Church of the Incarnation
  • Lakewood Neighborhood Association

Areas of Focus

Bankruptcy and Restructuring
  • Corporate restructurings
  • Distressed businesses
  • 363 sales
  • Creditors’ rights
Litigation
  • Business divorces
  • Partnership disputes
General Corporate Work
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Structuring operating agreements
  • Drafting and negotiating stock option plans
  • Venture financings
  • Corporate contracts and other agreements
  • Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests

Practice Areas

  • Bankruptcy, Restructuring, & Recovery
  • Corporate & Securities
  • Trial & Appellate Litigation

Experience

  • Corporate & Securities Litigation
  • Distressed Asset Buyers & Sellers Representation
  • Mergers, Acquisitions, & Divestitures
  • Secured Creditor Representation

News

  • Machir Stull Joins Jackson Walker’s Bankruptcy, Restructuring, & Recovery Practice in Dallas
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