Paul J. Hammer

Paul Hammer is senior counsel with Barron & Newburger, P.C. and leads its Houston office. He practices primarily with the firm’s Bankruptcy and Reorganization Group. Prior to joining Barron & New-burger, Mr. Hammer worked in the litigation and bankruptcy sections of large national law firms. Among his responsibilities was to serve as outside general counsel for an international energy company. Mr.Hammer has experience in handling bankruptcy and reorganization proceedings in a number of economic sectors, including energy, health care and retail. His clients have included trustees, equity holders,executives, insurers, financial institutions and committees. Mr. Hammer handles complex matters in the areas of bankruptcy and reorganization, commercial litigation, corporate governance, strategic business planning, dispute-resolution and risk-management. He also has been intimately involved in one of the largest debt-restructuring proceedings in history. Early in his legal career, Mr. Hammer completed clerkships for a federal district court judge and a bankruptcy judge. He is admitted to practice in Texas,Louisiana and Puerto Rico. Mr. Hammer received his B.A. from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and his J.D. from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law.