Brandon Lira
Brandon Lira is an attorney in the firm's Lexington office and a member of the Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy Service Group, where his practice focuses on representing institutional interests in bankruptcy proceedings and commercial litigation.
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Bankruptcy Case Law Update
Contributing Author, 46th Annual Barbara Everly Bankruptcy Seminar (Hon. Katherine Constantine, Hon. Lee Jackwig)
2016 Case Law Update and Bankruptcy Trends
Contributing Author, 2016 Bankruptcy Institute Manual (Hon. Katherine Constantine, Hon. Michael Ridgway)
University of Minnesota Law School
summa cum laude
Florida Atlantic University
Prior to joining the firm, Brandon worked for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois as a law clerk for Judge Thomas M. Lynch and Judge Donald R. Cassling. In between these clerkships, he also served the Northern District as a staff attorney.
Even in Lockup, Creditors are Entitled to “Adequate” Committee Representation
You Have a Voice: The Supreme Court Rules Everyone Except for “Truly Peripheral Parties” May Participate in Chapter 11 Proceedings
Learning that a bankruptcy which may impact you has been filed can be disconcerting. Bankruptcy navigates a complicated statutory framework that strikes a delicate balance between a debtor’s interest in financial rehabilitation and the creditors’ interest in maximizing their recoveries. Compounding this complexity is §1109(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, which governs the rights of “parties in interest” to participate in Chapter 11 restructurings. But are you a party with a voice in the case? In Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Gypsum Co., Inc. et al., the Supreme Court has brought some clarity to this issue.
Stites & Harbison Welcomes Seven Attorneys to Multiple Offices
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC announces the addition of seven attorneys to the firm. Four attorneys join the Lexington, Ky., office: Harlee Havens, Brandon Lira, John Paul Stilz and Conner Wehrle. Alexandra Dunn, Lucy McIntire and Haley Duncan join the firm in Jeffersonville, Ind., Louisville, Ky. and Nashville, Tenn., respectively.