Timothy F. Nixon

Timothy F. Nixon is a shareholder with Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. in Green Bay, Wis., and is the lead attor- ney for the firm's Business Finance, Bankruptcy & Restructuring Practice Group. He is also a member of its Business and Litigation Practice Groups. Mr. Nixon is a frequent lecturer and speaker on matters involving commercial litigation, the Uniform Commercial Code and bankruptcy law. He has spoken before ABI, the State Bar of Wisconsin, the Turnaround Management Association and the Chicago Bar Association. He is also a commentator on bankruptcy issues for newspaper, radio and television and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Mr. Nixon has written numer- ous articles and co-authored books on insolvency issues. He has represented clients in cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and the Courts of Appeals, as well as in bankruptcy courts throughout the U.S., including some of the largest bankruptcies filed in the U.S. He is counsel to the fee examiner in the Gen- eral Motors bankruptcy and, as part of his practice group, counsel to the fee committee in the Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. bankruptcy. Mr. Nixon's practice has included advising, among others, Dutch, Russian and Australian clients on American bankruptcy law, as well as advising American clients on foreign insolvency issues and practice. He also represented a British bankruptcy trustee in administering assets in the U.S., filed one of the only chapter 15 cases outside of New York and Delaware represent- ing a Canadian receiver and represented a bank holding company through a chapter 11 reorganization. Mr. Nixon's clients include retail companies, manufacturing companies, construction companies, food processors, agribusiness entities, banks, financial institutions, and other manufacturing and service busi- nesses. Moreover, he represents clients in all aspects of bankruptcy including debtors, secured creditors, creditor committees, asset-purchasers, receivers and trustees. He is one of a handful of lawyers with substantial experience in Wisconsin Chapter 128 Receiverships, as well as Wisconsin's unique wage lien law in Chapter 109. He also has held a number of positions in municipal government and is a fre- quent speaker on those issues, as part of his practice involves special assignments for municipalities. Mr. Nixon received his A.S. in maritime science with high honors from the Great Lakes Maritime Academy at Northwestern Michigan College, his B.S. cum laude in public and environmental administration in 1987 from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, his M.A. in public policy and administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Robert M. LaFollette Institute of Public Affairs in 1990, and his J.D. cum laude in 1990 from the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif.