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Jason S. Brookner
Partner
jasonbrookner@andrewskurth.com
1717 Main Street
Suite 3700
Dallas TX 75201
P: 214.659.4457
F: 214.659.4829
Suite 3700
Dallas TX 75201
P: 214.659.4457
F: 214.659.4829
Jason's practice includes participation in a wide variety of transactional, restructuring and litigation matters, both in and out of Chapter 11 cases, including the representation of debtors, trustees, committees, individual creditors and sellers/purchasers of assets. Recent cases Jason has worked on include Kitty Hawk, Inc., Mirant Corporation, Senior Living Properties, Earth Care Corporation, ProMedCo Management Company, Physicians Resource Group, NextWave Personal Communications Inc., General Wireless, Inc. (n/k/a MetroPCS) and Romacorp (Tony Roma's).
Articles / Publications
- "Fraudulent Conveyances: Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York Adopts Third Circuit’s 'Public Markets' Test" ABI Commercial Fraud Task Force Committee Newsletter (January 2008)
- "Law Limits Executive Compensation," Executive Legal Advisor (May/June 2006)
- "Primer on Debtor Direct Payments in Chapter 12 Cases," American Bankrutpcy Institute Law Journal 26 (November 1996)
- "Environmental Claims in Bankruptcy: An Overview," 112 Banking Law Journal 124 (February 1995)
Co-Author
- "The Rejectability of Arbitration Clauses," American Bankruptcy Institute Journal (April 2007)
- "The Rejectability of Arbitration Clauses; Part II," American Bankruptcy Institute Journal (June 2007)
- "The FCC as Creditor: Attempts to Legislate Out of the Bankruptcy Court," Pricewaterhouse Coopers Business Recovery Symposium, Vail, Colorado (February 1999)
- "Equipment Leasing Issues in Bankruptcy,” The New York Law Journal, (May 1998)
Briefings, Seminars & Speeches
Speaker
- "Bankruptcy, What's New?", co-presented with Monica Blacker to the North Texas Paralegal Association, Belo Mansion (March 13, 2008)
- "Section 365 Assumption and Rejection Issues: Selective Rejection," 25th Annual National CLE Conference, Law Education Institute, Vail, Colorado (January 2008)
- "Developing and Pleading Effective Causes of Action in Bankruptcy Cases," sponsored by the University of Texas School of Law (January 2005)
- "Bankruptcy: A Creditor's Perspective in Texas," (October 2, 2001)
- "Agricultural Bankruptcies and Debtor Direct Payments: A Primer," Monthly CLE Program, Milwaukee Bar Association Bankruptcy Section (April 12, 1996)
- "The Bankruptcy Code and Related Provisions, An Overview - A Closer Look at Chapter 13," Eastern District of Wisconsin Annual Law Clerk CLE Program (July 22, 1995)
Professional / Civic Affiliations
Member
- Dallas Bar Association, Former Chair, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section (2007)
- American Bankruptcy Institute
Recognition
- Profiled as one of the leading bankruptcy lawyers in Texas, Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2005, 2006 and 2007)
Listed
- Madison Who's Who 2007/2008 registry
Headline News
- Andrews Kurth Receives High Rankings in Chambers USA Guide (June 25, 2007)
- Andrews Kurth Adds to its 2005 Chambers USA Ranking (June 16, 2005)
- Andrews & Kurth Announces New Partners (December 26, 2002)
Industries
Practice Areas
Education
- JD, 1994, Hofstra University School of Law, Hofstra Property Law Journal, Articles Editor (1993-1994)
- BA, 1991, State University of New York at Binghamton
Admitted
- Texas 2001
- Wisconsin 1996
- New York 1995
- US District Courts for the Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas
- US District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
- US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- US Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Seventh Circuits

