Mr. Robert J. Keach

Robert J. Keach is a shareholder at Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson in Portland, Maine, where he practices in the area of bankruptcy, reorganization and workouts. He focuses on the representation of various parties in workouts and bankruptcy cases, including debtors, creditors, creditors? committees, lessors and third parties acquiring troubled companies and/or their assets. Mr. Keach has appeared as a panelist on national bankruptcy, lender liability and creditors rights programs, and he is the author of several articles on bankruptcy and creditors? rights appearing in the ABI Law Review, Commercial Law Journal and ABI Journal, among other publications. He also is a contributing author to Collier Guide to Chapter 11: Key Topics and Selected Industries (2011 Ed.). Mr. Keach is recognized as a ?Star Individual? in Corporate M&A/Bankruptcy in Chambers USA, in The Best Lawyers in America (Ten-Year Certificate), and by New England Super Lawyers (Bankruptcy and Top 100 Lawyers in New England regardless of specialty). He is Board Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification. Mr. Keach is the estate representative (and former chapter 11 trustee) in the cross-border railroad reorganization of Montreal Maine & Atlantic Railway, Ltd. He also is currently the fee examiner for a post-confirmation trust in a mass tort chapter 11 case. Mr. Keach has, inter alia, represented ad hoc committees in the Homebanc Mortgage, New Century TRS Holdings and Nortel Networks cases in Delaware, as well as a public utilities commission in the FairPoint Communications case in the Southern District of New York. He is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and a past president (2009-10) of ABI. Mr. Keach received ABI?s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021 and co-chaired ABI?s Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11. He received his J.D. in 1980 from the University of Maine.

Robert J. Keach