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John T. Richer

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320 South Boston Avenue
Suite 200
Tulsa, OK 74103-3706
918-594-0612
Fax 918-594-0505

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John T. Richer

Mr. Richer began his career with Hall Estill and has developed a dynamic and diverse practice representing clients in bankruptcy, general and commercial litigation matters throughout Oklahoma and the United States. Mr. Richer’s bankruptcy practice includes representation of creditors and equity security holders in all facets of chapter 7 and 11 bankruptcy. This includes extensive experience representing creditors in prosecution or defense of preferential and fraudulent transfer lawsuits. Hall Estill’s bankruptcy group has considerable expertise in this area having achieved countless favorable settlements and outcomes in bankruptcy courts throughout the United States.

Aside from bankruptcy, Mr. Richer has developed a successful litigation practice representing individuals, small businesses and corporations in numerous types of business disputes and industries. Mr. Richer’s general philosophy is to work with clients to develop a strategy tailored towards specific needs, cost-effective outcomes and desired results without resort to litigation, either through informal dispute resolution or mediation. However, where litigation is required Mr. Richer and the litigators at Hall Estill have the skills, resources and experience needed to aggressively pursue their clients’ interests in obtaining successful court judgments and jury verdicts. Mr. Richer’s experience in this area includes tort, breach of contract, landlord/tenant, water rights, lender liability, collection and lien enforcement matters. Mr. Richer has a formidable background assisting secured creditors with issues arising under Oklahoma’s mortgage foreclosure law, the Uniform Commercial Code, Oklahoma’s hospital and physician’s lien statutes and its storage, mechanic’s and materialman’s lien statutes.

Mr. Richer also has a significant practice representing several Oklahoma homeowner’s associations in all areas, including collection, lien enforcement and review and enforcement of restrictive covenants. Finally, Mr. Richer has developed an appellate practice involving all areas of the law, having successfully prosecuted and defended appeals on behalf of Hall Estill clients in both federal and state courts at the highest level resulting in several published opinions.

While in law school, Mr. Richer was a member of the Kansas Law Review and participated in the school’s regional and national moot court teams. Prior to joining Hall Estill, Mr. Richer clerked for the Honorable James A. Pusateri, Chief Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Kansas.

Mr. Richer is a frequent speaker regarding bankruptcy and collection issues and devotes a fair amount of his time to assisting individual chapter 7 debtors on a pro bono basis. In his free time, Mr. Richer is actively involved with his church serving as small group leader and serves on several not-for-profit boards, including the Community Service Council of Tulsa.

Classification

Shareholder

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Education

University of Kansas School of Law (J.D., 2002)
University of Tulsa (B.A. in History and International Studies, cum laude, 1995)

Admissions

Oklahoma, 2002
Texas, 2009
United States Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Northern, and Western Districts of Oklahoma
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas
U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Community Involvement

Board Member, Community Service Council (CSC) of Tulsa
Board Member, SOS - Serving Our Servicemembers
Past Board Member, Preston Woods Homeowner's Association
Tulsa Junior Board, Sooner Chapter, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 2007-2010
Organizing Committee, 2008 Tulsa Arthritis Foundation Walk
Member, Leadership Tulsa, Class 46
Board Member, Tulsa School of Arts & Sciences, Foundation for Academic Excellence

Legal Experience

2002 - Present Hall Estill
2001 - 2002 Law Clerk to the Honorable James A. Pusateri, Chief Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Kansas

Professional Involvement

Oklahoma Bar Association
Texas Bar Association
American Inns of Court
American Bankruptcy Insitute
Member, Turnaround Management Association

Teaching/Lecture Experience

Speaker: National Business Institute, "Consumer Banktruptcy: The Basics of Chapter 7 and 13." - March 2010
Author: "Comment, When Controlling Shareholders Squeeze Out Minority Shareholders by Reverse Stock Split in Close Corporations - A Proposal For Kansas Courts," 50 U. Kan. L. Rev. 545 (2002).