John Mitchell

With a practice devoted to all facets of commercial restructuring and reorganization, John E. Mitchell has significant experience with complex bankruptcies, out-of-court workouts and sales, voluntary liquidations, asset sales, and general insolvency related litigation.

He represents lenders, creditors, debtors, trustees, and committees across the United States in receiverships, assignments for the benefit of creditors, and asset sales.

John advises clients in the energy, oil and gas, power, food service, retail, commercial and consumer finance, shipping, and vehicles and heavy equipment sectors. Ranked in multiple leading industry publications, Chambers USA notes that John is “excellent, good with clients and has a good knowledge of bankruptcy law.”

Educations :

• J.D., Texas Tech University School of Law, 1996, magna cum laude
• B.B.A., Texas A&M University, 1988, Distinguished Military Graduate; Texas A&M Corp of Cadets

Bar Admissions : Texas

Court Admissions :

• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas

Professional Experience :

• United States Army, Lieutenant, 1988-1992, PATRIOT Launcher Platoon Leader and Tactical Control Officer, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Provide Comfort (Kurdish Refugee Relief Effort); Parachutist Badge; Southwest Asia Service Medal; Humanitarian Service Medal

Affiliations :

• American Bankruptcy Institute, Member
• Turnaround Management Association, Member
• State Bar of Texas, Bankruptcy Section, Member
• Dallas Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section, Member
• Texas Aggie Bar Association, President
• Texas A&M Corps of Cadets Association, Member
• Master: Honorable John C. Ford American Inn of Court, Member
• Dallas A&M Club, Member
• Texas Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation, Director