Background
Given, Thomas C. was born on November 19, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Given, Thomas C. was born on November 19, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Northwestern University and Stanford University (Bachelor of Arts, 1971). Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (Juris Doctor, 1974).
Worked at Murphy, Weir & Butler, A Professional Corporation (San Francisco, California) specializing in Business Workouts, Bankruptcy Reorganizations, Creditors Remedies. Admitted to the bar, 1974, California. 1975, Texas.
Author: "Sale or Lease," Chapter 11 Theory and Practice (LRP Publications, 1994).
"Not-So-Innocents Abroad: Rules of the Road for Doing Business Overseas," 4 Turnarounds & Workouts (April 15, 1994).
"What to Do When Chapter 11 Threatens," J. of Accountancy 82, May 1993. "The Long Arm of the Law--Bramlea Tests the Limits of Jurisdiction in Multi-National Insolvencies," 12 American
Bankr. Institute. J. 28, March 1993.
"Halfway HomeAn American View of Australian Insolvency," 23 Bankruptcy Court December Weekly News, Number.
19, November 1992. "Global Reach: Overseas Collateral and United States.
Lenders," 3 Banking L. Review 31, Summer, 1990; "Protecting Swap Agreements From Bankruptcy Risks," 2 Bankr.
L. Review 31, Spring, 1991. "Trading in Financial Commodities Under FIRREA," 3 Banking L. Review
30, Spring, 1990. "Lenders Gunned Down in Gangland Killing - Preferences After Deprizio," 1 Bankr.
L. Review 53, Winter, 1990. "Debtor Versus Creditor in Bankruptcy Court," Negotiating Business Transactions, J. Wiley & Sons, 1988. "Take the Money and Run: A Banker"s Guide to Preferences," 1 Banking L. Review
47, Winter, 1988.
"Protecting Your Loan Portfolio From Client Bankruptcy," 1 Lending for the Commander Banker 40, Winter, 1987. "Tax The Lender," 2 Lending for the Commander
Banker 80, Summer, 1987.
"Comity Revisited: Multinational Bankruptcy Transactions Under Section 304 of the Bankruptcy Code," Arizona Saint L. J. 325, 1983. Company-Author with L. Philipps: "Equality in the Eye of the Beholder - Classification of Claims and Interests in Chapter 11 Reorganizations," 43 Ohio South. L. J. 735, 1982.
Company-Author with C. Gilliland: "Picking Up the Pieces of the Busted LBO," 2 Bankr. L. Review 30, Spring, 1990.
Company-Author with R. Rogers: "How You Gonna Keep "em Down on the Farm: An Overview of the Family Farmer Bankruptcy Acting," 2 Lending for the Commander
Banker 83, Spring, 1987. Editor, 1986 and 1988 Supplement to California Commercial Law III. 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Supplements to Secured Transactions on California Commercial Law Practice, California Continuing Education of the Bar.
Lecturer, Los Angeles County Bar Association, American Law Institute-American Bar Association. Member, Board of Editors, California Bankruptcy Journal, 1994.
Member: American Bankruptcy Institute (Company-Chair, International Committee, 1992).
Member, Board of Editors, California Bankruptcy Journal, 1994. Member: American Bankruptcy Institute (Company-Chair, International Committee, 1992).