Philip E Beard

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Stonecipher Law Firm's attorneys specialize in practice areas including corporate law, bankruptcy, oil & gas and litigation. Located in Pittsburgh, PA, and also known as Stonecipher, Cunningham, Beard & Schmitt, the Stonecipher Law Firm prides itself on an individualized approach, ensuring clients get the legal expertise they are seeking without the endless layers of many large firms.

Philip E Beard
Stonecipher Law Firm
125 1st Ave
Pittsburgh PA 15222
Tel: 412 391-8510
Fax: 412 391-8522

Certified Specialist in Business Bankruptcy - American Board of Certification

Bankruptcy, Reorganization and Insolvency Matters

Stonecipher plays a preeminent role in many of the region’s largest bankruptcy and restructuring matters. The firm is known for its depth of expertise in all aspects of debtors’ rights, creditors’ rights, and workouts and represents both business and individual debtors, creditors, creditors’ committees, trustees, and investors in bankruptcy and out-of-court restructurings. Litigation often plays a major role in bankruptcy and the firm has prosecuted and defended sizeable fraudulent transfer and preference actions, and litigates other adversary proceedings often with millions of dollars at risk.

Stonecipher lawyers have been recognized as leading bankruptcy practitioners in national publications such as Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers and certified as both business and consumer bankruptcy specialists by the American Board of Certification. The firm’s lawyers routinely serve as speakers and panelists at continuing legal education seminars, and actively participate in bar association bankruptcy committees. Throughout the firm’s history, Stonecipher lawyers have been inducted into the American College of Bankruptcy, chaired the Bankruptcy Section of the Allegheny County Bar Association, and served as members of the board of directors of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association.

The firm regularly represents the following types of clients in bankruptcy and insolvency-related matters:
* Business debtors and creditors in both out-of-court workouts and restructurings as well as State and Federal Court receiverships and bankruptcy cases, particularly Chapters 7 and 11;
* Individual consumer debtors in out-of-court workouts as well as bankruptcy cases, with an emphasis on complex cases that require attention to unique and novel legal issues;
* Creditors' Committees;
* Plaintiffs and defendants in all aspects of bankruptcy litigation, including without limitation, preference and other avoidance actions, and claims objections;
* Trustees in bankruptcy; and
* Investors in both out-of-court and bankruptcy acquisitions.