David Trausch
David Trausch is a bankruptcy litigator with experience representing debtors, secured creditors, unsecured creditors, trade claimants, critical vendors, landlords, franchisors, mineral owners, contract counterparties, joint venture parties, independent directors, and other parties in interest in bankruptcy cases and adversary proceedings. He has litigated various contested matters ranging from stay relief to conversion of Chapter 11 cases to Chapter 7. David also has experience prosecuting and defending adversary proceedings. When reasonable attempts to resolve disputes outside of the courtroom fail, David is prepared to be a zealous advocate in the courtroom. David is well-versed in taking depositions and Rule 2004 examinations and drafting and arguing motions to dismiss and motions for summary judgment. David seeks to identify and understand the client’s needs and goals to craft a practical strategy for satisfying those needs and achieving those goals.
- Represented VBI Vaccines as Foreign Representative in its Chapter 15 cases in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
- Represented Instant Brands and certain of its subsidiaries in their Chapter 11 cases in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
- Represented contract and lease counterparty in assumption disputes in the Chapter 11 cases for Endo International and certain of its affiliates in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
- Represented Orbital Infrastructure Group, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries in their Chapter 11 cases in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
- Represented Heritage Power and certain of its subsidiaries in their Chapter 11 cases in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
- Represented independent director of Envision Healthcare in connection with independent investigation prior to and during the Chapter 11 cases in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
- Represented contract and lease counterparty in assumption disputes in the Chapter 11 cases for Genesis Care and certain of its affiliates in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
- Represented contract counterparty and critical vendor in various disputes in the Chapter 11 cases for Armstrong Flooring and its affiliates in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
- Represented non-debtor joint venture party in Chapter 11 cases for Compute North and certain of its affiliates in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
- Represented secured lender in Chapter 7 and multiple related adversary proceedings in the Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas.
- United Way Young Leaders
- National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, NextGen Class of 2024
- Turnaround Management Association
- Houston Young Lawyers Association (HYLA)
Education
J.D., South Texas College of Law Houston, 2018, summa cum laude; valedictorian; South Texas Law Review
B.S., Sam Houston State University, 2012, summa cum laude
Clerkships
Law Clerk to the Honorable Jeff Bohm, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Southern District of Texas, 2019
Admissions
Texas
Court Admissions
U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Southern District of Texas
U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern District of Texas
U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Western District of Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Haynes and Boone, LLP Associates Re’Necia Sherald and David Trausch both attended this year’s National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (NCBJ) in Seattle, where Sherald was selected as a 2024 Blackshear Presidential Fellow and Trausch participated in the conference’s NextGen program. The NCBJ Blackshear Presidential Fellowship Program, named after the Honorable Cornelius Blackshear, recognizes mino [...]
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