William B. Chaney
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1601 Elm Street, Suite 4600
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Bill has a diverse litigation and general corporate/business practice. In addition to litigating complex matters in state and federal courts in Texas and other states, Bill has also represented debtors, creditors, and trustees in bankruptcy cases and adversary proceedings, and has represented companies seeking to resolve creditor disputes without the necessity of filing bankruptcy proceedings. In addition, Bill has represented a number of investors in establishing new ventures and pursuing general business transactions.
Area of Practice
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Representative Experience
Commercial Litigation/Bankruptcy
Represented rice farmers, mills and exporters in litigation involving contamination of United States long grain rice supplies with genetically modified rice variety developed by international chemical and agricultural company; court appointed member of Federal Court, Multi-District Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee in litigation involving that contamination
Represented trustee in claims in accounting and related disputes brought by purported, but disputed, trust beneficiary
Represented clients in litigation involving cutting edge electronic discovery issues.
Represented realty owner in dispute over ownership of oil and gas mineral rights.
Represented defendant in action for theft of proprietary information and breach of confidentiality agreement.
Represented real estate investment partnerships in litigation with tenant.
General representation of debtors and creditors, bankruptcy proceedings and avoidance adversary proceedings.
Represented bankruptcy trustee in pursuit of equitable subordination claim against equity/debt holders.
Securities
Represented plaintiffs in obtaining $75 Million class action securities settlement relating to fraud in real estate limited partnership offerings.
Defended international investment banking firm in complex litigation involving fraud in securitized commercial mortgage transactions where claims exceeded $40,000,000.
Represented investors in securities fraud and breach of fiduciary duty claims against promoters of oil and gas drilling ventures
Represented securities clients of brokerage firm in multi-million dollar arbitration for unauthorized trading.
Represented bank customer in claims against bank and securities trading affiliate.
Aviation
Represented aircraft maintenance and repair firm in litigation with former director over alleged oral indemnification agreement.
Represented aircraft owner in bankruptcy of lessee/freight company.
Represented various investors in purchases of assets from bankruptcy proceedings, including patents and aircraft maintenance and repair facilities.
Business/Transactional
Counsel to non-profit corporation on a variety of litigation and non-litigation business negotiation matters.
Represented investors in aviation and related investments.
Professional Activities, Memberships & Affiliations
State Bar of Texas.
U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts (Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western District of Texas).
United States Tax Court.
United States Court of Appeals (Fifth Circuit).
American Bar Association.
Dallas Bar Association.
American Bar Foundation.
Dallas Bar Foundation.
Education
1974 - B.A., Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas
1977 - J.D., Southern Methodist University School of Law
