Kevin J. Barrett, Esq.
Bio
Kevin W. Barrett is an attorney with Bailey & Glasser LLP in Charleston, W.Va., and concentrates his practice in business reorganizations and bankruptcies. He has more than 15 years of experience representing debtors, creditors, stockholders and virtually every other type of interested party in some of the country’s largest and most complex business reorganizations and bankruptcies. His
practice involves complex commercial and bankruptcy litigation, corporate and banking transactions, and corporate governance, as well as general advice and planning in debtor/creditor relations, business reorganizations and bankruptcy cases. Prior to joining Bailey & Glasser, Mr. Barrett practiced law in New York at Weil, Gotshal & Manges and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he represented debtors in a wide variety of industries, including Texaco, Eastern Airlines, MCorp,
R.H. Macy’s, Best Products and Primary Health Systems. He also represented large secured credi-
tors such as Citibank, Toronto-Dominion Bank and General Electric Capital Corp. in the business
reorganizations and bankruptcy cases of, among others, Federated Department Stores, NVR/Ryan
Homes, Pandick Press and Van Dusen Airport Services, as well as unsecured creditors such as DC Comics. Mr. Barrett has represented banks and other financial institutions in initiating new loans, negotiating workouts on existing credits, and navigating chapter 11 bankruptcies. He has represented corporate acquirers and represented both plaintiffs and defendants in fraudulent-transfer and
other litigation arising out of bankruptcy cases and workouts. Of particular note, Mr. Barrett has overseen the firm’s representation of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and various other state agencies in the chapter 11 cases of, among others, Alpha Natural Resources, Patriot Coal, WP Steel, Freedom Industries, Appalachian Fuels and Trinity Coal. He is admitted to
practice before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Sixth and Ninth Circuits, as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of New York and the Eastern District of Michigan. Mr. Barrett received his B.A. in history in 1982 from the University of Colorado, his M.B.A. in 1986, Beta Gamma Sigma, from Washington University Graduate School of Business, and his J.D. cum laude in 1987 from Washington University School of Law, where he served as managing editor of the Washington University Law Quarterly.
practice involves complex commercial and bankruptcy litigation, corporate and banking transactions, and corporate governance, as well as general advice and planning in debtor/creditor relations, business reorganizations and bankruptcy cases. Prior to joining Bailey & Glasser, Mr. Barrett practiced law in New York at Weil, Gotshal & Manges and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he represented debtors in a wide variety of industries, including Texaco, Eastern Airlines, MCorp,
R.H. Macy’s, Best Products and Primary Health Systems. He also represented large secured credi-
tors such as Citibank, Toronto-Dominion Bank and General Electric Capital Corp. in the business
reorganizations and bankruptcy cases of, among others, Federated Department Stores, NVR/Ryan
Homes, Pandick Press and Van Dusen Airport Services, as well as unsecured creditors such as DC Comics. Mr. Barrett has represented banks and other financial institutions in initiating new loans, negotiating workouts on existing credits, and navigating chapter 11 bankruptcies. He has represented corporate acquirers and represented both plaintiffs and defendants in fraudulent-transfer and
other litigation arising out of bankruptcy cases and workouts. Of particular note, Mr. Barrett has overseen the firm’s representation of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and various other state agencies in the chapter 11 cases of, among others, Alpha Natural Resources, Patriot Coal, WP Steel, Freedom Industries, Appalachian Fuels and Trinity Coal. He is admitted to
practice before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Sixth and Ninth Circuits, as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of New York and the Eastern District of Michigan. Mr. Barrett received his B.A. in history in 1982 from the University of Colorado, his M.B.A. in 1986, Beta Gamma Sigma, from Washington University Graduate School of Business, and his J.D. cum laude in 1987 from Washington University School of Law, where he served as managing editor of the Washington University Law Quarterly.