Tuminaro, Dominick J.

Bradley R. Kruse is an attorney of Brown Winick with over 20 years of experience in the area of bankruptcy law and corporate restructuring. Brad has represented corporate, partnership and individual debtors and creditors, as well as creditors' committees, in numerous aspects of bankruptcy proceedings, including case initiation, authority to use cash collateral, obtaining post-petition financing, the hiring of professionals, the negotiation and drafting of plans of reorganization and the plan approval process, the filing and defense of claims and interests, recovery of estate property, and the prosecution and defense of various adversary proceedings involving: lifting the automatic stay; the nature, extent and priority of liens; preferences and fraudulent conveyances; setoff; the subordination of claims and interests; assumption of executory contracts; turnover of estate property; dischargeability of debts and adequate protection.

Brad represented creditors in two of the ten largest bankruptcies in U.S history, Worldcom, Inc. and Global Crossing Ltd. Additionally, Brad has represented several Committees of Unsecured Creditors, two of which representations resulted in 100 percent payment of general unsecured claims.

Brad has lectured and/or drafted seminar materials in the area of bankruptcy and creditors rights for numerous seminars.

Brad also practices in the areas of public utilities, energy, and telecommunications law, including related regulatory compliance, litigation, corporate transactions and governmental relations matters. Prior to joining BrownWinick, Brad served as Associate General Counsel at McLeodUSA Telecommunications and as Assistant General Counsel for Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield. He has appeared before a variety of state public utility boards in numerous hearings on telecommunications and energy issues and has had numerous dealings with the Iowa Insurance Division on a variety of matters.

Brad received his B.A, with honors, from Stanford University in 1985 and his J.D. in 1989 from the University of Iowa, where he was an Associate Editor of The Iowa Law Review. Brad is licensed in both Iowa (2003) and Illinois (1989) and is admitted to practice before all state courts in Iowa and Illinois, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa, the Northern District of Illinois (including Trial Bar), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Circuits and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Brad is a member of the Iowa State Bar Association and the American Bankruptcy Institute.