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Paul M. Hoffman Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP At a Glance Paul, who is Chair of the firm's Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights Practice Division, has over 22 years of experience in bankruptcy and creditors' rights matters. His experience includes representing debtors, creditors, committees, trustees, buyers, landlords, franchisors and various other parties in bankruptcy, workout and collection matters. He has chaired various local bar association committees, written numerous seminar papers, and is a regular speaker at various continuing education seminars. He also is active in the community, most recently serving as Chair for the Commercial and Bankruptcy Law Committee of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association and past President of the Alumni Group of the Centurions Leadership Development Program of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce. Practice Emphasis Bankruptcy Creditors' Rights Commercial Lending Banking Litigation Education University of Michigan, J.D., 1982 University of Nebraska at Omaha, B.S.B.A., summa cum laude, 1979 Relevant Representation Debtor clients Paul has represented include Interstate Bakeries Corporation, the TWA Post-Confirmation Estate, Dickinson Theatres, Inc., Petroleum Production Marketing, Inc., Oread, Inc., Answer Kansas City, Inc., and Collet Ventures, Inc. Creditor clients Paul has represented include Bank Midwest, The CIT Group/Business Credit, Commerce Bank, Community National Bank, Chemical Bank, Gold Bank, Bank of America, HSBC Business Loans and General Electric Franchise Capital Finance. Committee clients include the patronage refund certificate committee of Affiliated Foods, Inc., the unsecured creditors committees of CompuSpeak, Inc., Stoico Restaurant Group, Inc., Albert Tamm Lumber Company and Barry Gann Lumber Company, and individual members of unsecured creditors committees in Houlihan’s Restaurants, Inc., Wehrenberg Theatres, Inc. (St. Louis), and Mr. Gasket Company (Los Angeles). Of Note Paul has been continuously certified by the American Board of Certification in Business Bankruptcy Law since 1992. Dickinson Theatres, Inc. was the first movie exhibition company to emerge from bankruptcy, completing its case in less than 4 months. Oread was a leading pharmaceutical testing company that ended up developing a first-time protocol for preservation and transfer of drug testing information. Paul was lead counsel for the TWA Inc. Post-Confirmation Estate in pursuing over 450 preference actions and hundreds of claims objections in Delaware. He is currently representing Interstate Bakeries Corporation and seven affiliates in reorganization cases pending in the Western District of Missouri. Paul is also an Adjunct Professor of Secured Transactions at the University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law. Bar Admissions Missouri, 1982 Kansas Federal District Court Community Involvement Centurions Leadership Development Program, Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce,Graduate Winterset Park Homeowners Association, Vice President United Way, Volunteer Professional Affiliations & Activities American Bar Association, Business Law Section Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association Lawyers Association of Kansas City