Mr. Brimmage’s recent representations include:

• acting as chief litigator with a team of bankruptcy counsel to successfully obtain plan confirmation of a multi-billion dollar plan over the other competing plan after extended confirmation hearing
• representing oil and gas debtors in a case of first impression before the Fifth Circuit and obtaining reversal of the district court's finding that a non-insider creditor's claims could not be recharacterized as equity and affirmation of the bankruptcy court's recharacterization decision
• representing a national rail carrier in a case seeking to rescind a transaction involving hundreds of millions of dollars and successfully obtaining a summary judgment regarding all claims
• defending debtor's counsel in post-confirmation litigation and obtaining complete dismissal with prejudice of contract, tort, fraud, and malpractice claims alleging more than $70 million in damages while securing more than $2 million in bankruptcy court sanctions against plaintiffs and plaintiffs' counsel
• acting as chief litigator with a team of bankruptcy counsel to prosecute claims of fraudulent transfers and preference payments in adversary proceedings
• representing plan administrator in the prosecution of claims in courts in both Texas and New York
• successfully representing debtor in a chapter 15 contested matter
• successfully preventing a national natural gas gathering company from obtaining injunctive relief in federal court
• after a two-week jury trial, obtaining a complete defense verdict and an award of attorneys' fees for a royalty owner in a title action
• obtaining an arbitration award granting plaintiff commercial landlord’s claims to enforce a long term fully net lease, denying all of defendant's claims and awarding a significant amount of attorneys' fees and expense to plaintiff
• obtaining judgment for plaintiff national drilling services company on breach of contract claims for full amount of damages and attorneys' fees and expenses incurred in prosecuting claims
• obtaining and collecting a judgment for plaintiff oil and gas company against the defendant seller of oil and gas drilling rigs
• successfully obtaining a summary judgment for plaintiff commercial development landowner on declaratory judgment claims and claims to quiet title against a national home builder and the lis pendens it filed regarding a contract for the purchase and development of approximately 200 acres
• successfully representing plaintiff national retail franchisor in termination of franchise agreements and securing appropriate injunctive relief to protect the franchisor's intellectual and proprietary property
• obtaining a complete summary judgment for defendant commercial landlord against a commercial tenant on various business tort and contract claims alleging damages of $2.75 million
• obtaining a defense summary judgment for defendant independent oil and gas company on contract claims and liens placed on defendant’s property
• obtaining early defense summary judgment (i.e., before any discovery) for a national retailer on multiple business tort and contract claims for alleged damages in excess of $40 million
• obtaining a defense summary judgment for a national services company in a shareholder derivative action alleging various business tort (breach of fiduciary duty and others) and contract claims
• successfully defending a national franchisor against multiple business tort and contract claims for alleged damages in excess of $30 million, obtaining a judgment against plaintiffs for the full amount of attorneys' fees and expenses incurred which were in excess of $2.5 million and defending that judgment through the court of appeals.