Background
Phelan, Robin Eric was born on December 28, 1945 in Steubenville, Ohio, United States. Son of Edward John and Dorothy (Borkowski) Phelan.
Phelan, Robin Eric was born on December 28, 1945 in Steubenville, Ohio, United States. Son of Edward John and Dorothy (Borkowski) Phelan.
The Ohio State University (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, 1967. Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1970). Beta Alpha Psi. Member, The Ohio State University Law Journal, 1969-1970.
Adjunct Professor, Creditors Rights, Southern Methodist University School of Law, since 1978.
Worked at Haynes and Boone, Limited liability partnership Admitted to the bar, 1970, Michigan. 1971, Texas.
Beta Alpha Psi.
Member, The Ohio State University Law Journal, 1969-1970. Adjunct Professor, Creditors Rights, Southern Methodist University School of Law, 1978.
Author: "Is the Fox Guarding the Henhouse?" Corporate Governance Issues for the Financially Troubled Company," 2 Partito Liberale Italiano (Italian Liberal Party) Advanced Bankruptcy Workshop 1992 (Course Handbook Series Number.
602). "The Effect of Bankruptcy Tax Planning on Internal Revenue Service Collection Tactics -- Loop and Other Holes," State Bar of Texas Advanced Business Bankruptcy Course, 5/7/92. "Prepackaged Bankruptcy Plans Offer a Big Gulp to Bondholders," Application Binary Interface Annual Spring Meeting, 5/16/92.
"Original Issue Discount Turns Out to be Number Bargain for Debtors," 11 Application Binary Interface Newsletter 17 (May, 1992).
"Employer/Employee Problems in Bankruptcy Cases," Partito Liberale Italiano (Italian Liberal Party) Advanced Bankruptcy Workshop 1993 (Course Handbook Series Number. 649); "Dancing the Toxic Two-Step: Corporate Environmental Liability Under Superfund and Environmental Problems in Bankruptcy Cases," 1 Partito Liberale Italiano (Italian Liberal Party) Advanced Bankruptcy Workshop 1993 (Course Handbook Series Number. 649); "Solomon"s Condensed: Current Developments Regarding the Section 362 Automatic Stay," 2 Partito Liberale Italiano (Italian Liberal Party) Advanced Bankruptcy Workshop 1993 (Course Handbook Series Number.
650).
"I"ll Make You an Offer You Can"t Refuse: Coercive Plan Tactics," 2 Partito Liberale Italiano (Italian Liberal Party) Advanced Bankruptcy Workshop 1993 (Course Handbook Series Number. 650); "Bankruptcy Lawyers Can Too Spell Tax -- They Just Can"t Spell lieutenant Very Well?" 1993 Texas Certified Public Accountants Convention. "Your Case or Mine? Real Parties in Interest in Partnership and Franchise Bankruptcies," State Bar of Texas Advanced Bankruptcy Strategies and Tactics Course, 8/12/93.
"The Tirekicker"s Guide to Buying and Selling Assets from Financially Distressed Companies," Partito Liberale Italiano (Italian Liberal Party) Advanced Bankruptcy Workshop, 1994 (Course Handbook Series 683).
"Dealing with the Devil: Financing of the Debtor in Possession," American Bankruptcy Institute Northeast Conference (7/21-24/94). Two chapters in the book UNDERSTABNDING THE BANKRUPTCY REFORM ACT OF 1994: Amendments to Section 365(h) of the Bankruptcy Reform Acting Clarifying Rights of Leasees and Postpetition Interest on Unsecured Claims Under Hassaram Rijhumal 5116 (LRP PUBLICATIONS 1994).
The Only Things Certain in Life are Death and Taxes.Unless You"re in Bankruptcy -- A Practitioners Guide to Taxes in Bankruptcy, Alabama Bar Institute Bankruptcy Law Seminar, 12/8/94. How Much is that Doggie in the Window: Valuation Issues in Bankruptcy Cases, Partito Liberale Italiano (Italian Liberal Party) Advanced Bankruptcy Workshop 1995 (Course Handbook Series Number.
A-709); 1994 Consumer Bankruptcy Developments: The Bankruptcy Reform Acting of 1994 50 BUSINESS LAWYER 1993 (May 1995).
Clowns to the Left of Maine, Jokers to the Right, Here I Am, Stuck in the Middle with You -- Special Problems to be Addressed by the Bankruptcy Review Commission, 16th Annual Bankruptcy Litigation and Reorganization Institute (March 1996). The American Bankruptcy Institute Considers Important Insolvency Issues, 24 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAWYER 243 (May 1996). Who Gets to Drive the Broken Business -- Corporate Governance Issues for the Financially Troubled Company, International Business Alliance"s Third Biennial Seminar on International Insolvency and Creditors" Rights.
Member: Dallas (Chairman, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section, 1976) and American (Chairman, Tax Subcommittee of the Business Bankruptcy Committee, Section of Business Law, 1976-1989.
Chairman, Bankruptcy Litigation Subcommittee, 1990-1996) Bar Associations. State Bar of Texas (Chairman, Bankruptcy Law Committee, Section of Business Law, 1989-1991).
American College of Bankruptcy. College of the State Bar of Texas.
American Bankruptcy Institute (President, 1994).
Member American Bar Association (chairman bankruptcy litigation subcommittee 1990-1995, chairman unconventional bankruptcy issues), State Bar Texas (chairman bankruptcy law committee section business law 1989-1991), Dallas Bar Association.
Married Melinda Jo Ricketts, May 27, 1995. Children: Travis McCoy, Tiffany Marie, Trevor Monroe.