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William C. Heuer
Partner
Duane Morris LLP
1540 Broadway
New York, NY 10036-4086
USA

Phone: +1 212 692 1070
Fax: +1 212 208 4521
Email: wheuer@duanemorris.com

William C. Heuer practices in the areas of business and financial restructuring, bankruptcy law and creditors' rights litigation. Mr. Heuer represents creditors and debtors alike and has significant experience representing secured creditors and agents of secured lending facilities. Mr. Heuer also has considerable bankruptcy appellate experience, and has been involved in a number of landmark bankruptcy cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Mr. Heuer is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and the American Bar Association. He has authored numerous articles on bankruptcy law, and is an adjunct professor of law in the LL.M. in bankruptcy program at the St. John's University School of Law. Mr. Heuer also devotes substantial time to pro bono matters, including matters before the U.S. Supreme Court, and has earned recognition by the New York State Bar Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York for his efforts.

Mr. Heuer is a 1997 graduate of St. John's University School of Law, where he was articles editor of the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review, and a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Areas of Practice

• Business and Financial Restructuring
• Creditors' Rights
• Bankruptcy Law

Professional Activities

• American Bankruptcy Institute
• American Bar Association
  - Business Law Section
• New York Bar Association

Admissions

• New York
• Connecticut
• U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Education

• St. John's University School of Law, J.D., 1997
  - Articles Editor and Staff Member, American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review
• State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A., 1991

Experience

• Duane Morris LLP
  - Partner, 2010-present
  - Special Counsel, 2009

Civic and Charitable Activities

• St. John's University School of Law
  - Adjunct Professor of Law

Honors and Awards

• Pro Bono Society, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 2004
• Empire State Counsel Award, New York State Bar Association, 2007, 2008 and 2009

Selected Publications

• Co-Author, "Cross-Border Insolvencies and Chapter 15: Recent U.S. Case Law Determining Whether a Foreign Proceeding is Main, Nonmain or Neither," presented at Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors Restructuring and Investing Conference, Shanghai, China, September 2008 (reprinted in Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law & Practice, 17 J. Bankr. L & Prac. 5, p. 651, August 2008)
• Co-Author, "New Adventures in Fee Collection: Drafting and Enforcing Attorneys' Fee Clauses after Travelers," State Bar of California Business Law News, Issue 1, 2008
• Co-Author, "Emerging Case Law Under Chapter 15," presented at Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors Restructuring and Investing Conference, Shanghai, China, October 2007
• "Qmect Inc.: Picking Up Where Travelers Left Off," American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, August 2007
• "Marrama v. Citizens Bank of Massachusetts: Bad Faith Forfeits Right to Convert to Chapter 13," American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, April 2007