• April 11, 2016 | New York Law Journal

    New Bankruptcy Judge

    Mary Kay Vyskocil was inducted as a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York on April 7, at a ceremony at the Thurgood Marshall Courthouse in Foley Square. Administering t

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  • March 23, 2016 | New York Law Journal

    Simpson Partner Chosen as Bankruptcy Judge

    Mary Kay Vyskocil, a senior litigation partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, has been chosen as the newest bankruptcy judge in the Southern District, according to court sources.p c

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  • January 22, 2015 | New York Law Journal

    Circuit Holds Parties to $1.5 Billion Filing Error

    A filing mistake by attorneys that rendered a secured loan from JP Morgan to General Motors unsecured has left a group of creditors free to pursue a clawback of some $1.5 billion in the GM b

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  • January 22, 2015 | New York Law Journal

    Circuit Holds Parties to $1.5 Billion Filing Error

    The Second Circuit held that it did not matter that neither GM, nor its counsel at Mayer Brown, nor JP Morgan or its counsel at Simpson Thacher, intended a filing mistake that rendered a secured loan unsecured, the error will allow a group of creditors to pursue a clawback of some $1.5 billion in the GM bankruptcy case.

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  • In re: Motors Liquidation Company, f/k/a General Motors Corporation, et al., Debtors, 09-50026

    Publication Date: 2013-03-05
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    Court: Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
    Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Robert Gerber
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Motors Liquidation Company by: Barry N. Seidel, Esq., Eric B. Fisher, Esq. (argued), Katie L. Cooperman, Esq., Dickstein Shapiro LLP., New York, NY.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. by: John M. Callagy, Esq. (argued), Nicholas J. Panarella, Esq., Martin A. Krolewski, Esq., Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 09-50026

    Cite as: In re: Motors Liquidation Co., 09-50026, NYLJ 1202590979467, at *1 (Bankruptcy, Ct., SDNY, Decided March 1, 2013)Bankruptcy Judge Robert Ger

  • August 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Big Suits

    CHRYSLER CHAPTER 11 On June 10, after a 42-day trip through U.S. bankruptcy court, Chrysler LLC sold itself to Fiat S

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