Laurence Frazen’s practice involves representation of debtors, creditors, creditors committees and other interested parties in bankruptcy proceedings locally and across the country. He has significant experience in representing secured lenders and purchasers of assets under §363 of the Bankruptcy Code. He also has extensive experience with debtor-in-possession financing and the trading of distressed debt. He also specializes in commercial workouts and out-of-court restructurings as well as other proceedings, including many single-asset real estate cases.
Mr. Frazen has lectured on bankruptcy and reorganization topics for the American Bar Association, American Bankruptcy Institute, the Missouri Bar Association, the Kansas City and St. Louis Bar Associations, National Business Institute and other financial, professional and trade organizations.
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Debtor Representations:
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Atchison Casting, Inc.
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Compuspeak, Inc.
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Farmland Industries, Inc., largest Chapter 11 proceeding ever filed in the Western District of Missouri
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Food Barn Stores, Inc.
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Gateway Ethanol, LLC
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Houlihan's Restaurants, Inc.
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National Airlines, Inc.
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Trism, Inc.
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Valley Foods, Inc.
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Weld Wheel, LLC
Secured Lender Representation, including numerous single asset cases:
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Apex Oil Inc.
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Arizona Biltmore
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Brook Insurance Companies
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Crescent Oil, Inc.
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DBSI
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HMC/CAH Health Care
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Ideal Electric, Inc.
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Payless Cashways, Inc.
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Vanguard Airlines, Inc.
Representation of Debtor-In-Possession Lender:
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Arrow Speed Warehouse
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Asarco
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Interstate Bakeries, Inc.
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Baptist Foundation
Representation of purchasers of assets pursuant to §363 of Bankruptcy Code:
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E3 Biofuels
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Professional Veterinary Products, Inc.
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USF&G, Inc.
Representation of Lessors and other contract parties:
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A123 Systems, Inc.
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Grubb & Ellis
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MF Global
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Mid-America Waffle, Inc.
Bar and Court Admissions
Missouri, 1983
Illinois, 1984
United States District Courts for the Southern District of Illinois and Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri
United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Kansas
Education
Washington University, J.D., with honors, 1983
Tufts University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1980
Publications
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Missouri CLE Bankruptcy Desk Book and "Chapter 8: The Automatic Stay in the Chapter 11 Case" in Advanced Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Practice published by John Wiley & Sons in April 1994
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Washington University, editor, Urban Law Annual
Civic Involvement and Honors
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American College of Bankruptcy, Fellow
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American Bankruptcy Institute, member
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Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri, chairman of the Ad Hoc Advisory Committee
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Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Bankruptcy Board of Certification, board of directors and certified in 1993