Patel, Rakhee V.

Ms. Patel is a partner/shareholder in the firm of Pronske & Patel, P.C. and specializes in business bankruptcy, reorganization and restructuring. Ms. Patel has represented debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, landlords, equity holders, trustees and committees in chapter 11 reorganizations and chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings, in addition to representing various parties in out-of-court restructurings and/or liquidations and serving as counsel in bankruptcy related litigation, including preference, fraudulent transfer, discharge, dischargeability and state law based actions.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Prior to co-founding Pronske & Patel, Ms. Patel worked the Dallas office of a large, international law firm. She was a law clerk for the Honorable Harlin D. "Cooter" Hale, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Texas, from November 2002 to July 2003 and also for the Honorable Robert C. McGuire, former Chief Judge for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, from August 2001 to October 2002.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS

Speaker, Emerging Plan Issues, 22nd Annual Advanced Business Bankruptcy Course, Houston, Texas, May 6-7, 2004; Small Business Enters The Big Time: Small Business Bankruptcies Under The BAPCPA, 24th Annual Advanced Business Bankruptcy Course, Austin, Texas, May 11-12, 2006; Other Circuits – Case Law Under BAPCPA, 25th Annual Advanced Business Bankruptcy Course, Dallas, Texas, February 22-23, 2007; Plans and Disclosure Statements, 26th Annual Advanced Business Bankruptcy Course: Nuts and Bolts, Austin, Texas, April 31, 2008.

Speaker, Litigation in Bankruptcy Court: Preferences, Fraudulent Transfers, and Turnover, 2nd Annual Federal Bankruptcy Practice Seminar, Dallas, Texas, September 8, 2005; Recent Developments Under The BAPCPA: What's Happened In The First Year, 3rd Annual Federal Bankruptcy Practice Seminar, Dallas, Texas, October 12, 2006.

Speaker, Developing Issues with Section 363 Sales, 2010 Northern District of Texas Bankruptcy Bench/Bar Conference, Dallas, Texas, May 14, 2010.

Speaker, What’s the Plan?, Starting Out Right, Dallas, Texas, December 12, 2008.

Co-Author, From Solicitation to Confirmation: The Final Thirty Days, presented at Advanced Business Bankruptcy Course 2003, San Antonio, Texas, May 22-23, 2003.

Co-Author, Toto, I’ve A Feeling We’re Not in Kansas Anymore: Bankruptcy Sales Outside the Ordinary Course, The Federal Lawyer, February 2010.