Evan is a partner at Kerkman and Dunn. He focuses his practice on the litigation needs of business owners in and out of Chapter 11 reorganization, including contract law, employment law, and other areas along with bankruptcy-related litigation.. Through his experience, Evan has participated in every stage of civil litigation: investigation, pleading, discovery, pre-trial, trial, settlement and appeal.
- Litigation & Bankruptcy Experience
- Objections to Creditors Filed Proofs of Claims
- Preparation of Debtors Schedules and Statement of Financial Affairs
- Preferential and Fraudulent Transfers
- Assumption and Rejection of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases
- Breach of Fiduciary Duty
- Aiding & Abetting Breach
- Fraud
- Breach of Contract
- Employment Agreements
- Unjust Enrichment
- Quantum Meruit
- Environmental
Selected Cases
Betram Communications, LLC v. Netwurx, Inc., (E.D. Wis. 2010) On appeal to District Court, successfully prevented creditor with competing plan from obtaining injunction to Debtor’s confirmed plan and obtained order upholding Bankruptcy Court’s decision to deny creditor’s claim and ultimately dismissing creditor’s appeal of confirmation order.
In re Pro-Pac, Inc, 456 B.R. 894 (Bankr. E.D. Wis. 2011) Assisted in litigating claims against debtor’s former employee for breach of fiduciary duty and against co-defendant who aided and abetted the breach. The court awarded the debtor actual and punitive damages from both defendants.
In re Triad Group, case no. 12-31923,Bankr. E.D. Wis.: Counsel for the debtor, successfully obtained temporary injunction that prevented creditors from pursuing claims against principals and transfer order for over twenty personal injury claims across the nation. Mediated and negotiated positive resolutions with difficult opposing counsel resolving $112.4 million in personal injury claims.
In re Great Lakes Quick Lube, LP, case no. 12-24163, Bankr. E.D. Wis.: Counsel for the committee of unsecured creditors, investigated and oversaw claims litigation process resulting in disallowance of $6 million in unsecured claims against the estate and recovery of $135,000 in estate assets.
Tulsidas Narsinghani and Prem Narsinghani v. GSD Petroleum LLC, case no. 12-0639, Wis. Cir. Ozaukee County: Counsel for the defendant, land contract vendor, in dispute with land contract vendees. Prevailed on motions to dismiss and summary judgment, defendant was awarded $400,000 of principal and interest plus attorney’s fees on counterclaims for breach of contract and specific performance.
Areas of Practice
- Bankruptcy
- Bankruptcy and Appellate Litigation
- Litigation Outside of Bankruptcy
- Bankruptcy – Chapter 11
Bar Admissions
- Wisconsin, 2008
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2009
- U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin, 2010
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 2012
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2012
Education
Marquette University Law School; Milwaukee, Wisconsin
J.D. – 2008
Wabash College; Crawfordsville, Indiana
B.A. – 2005
Published Works
- Sports Condominiums, For the Record, Vol. 18, Number 4, Oct-Dec, 2007
Honors and Awards
- Graduation Speaker (elected), 2008 – Present
- Member, Marquette Sports Law Review
- Professional Associations and Memberships
- Milwaukee Bar Association, Inc, Member, 2009 – Present
- Milwaukee Young Lawyers Association , Member, 2008 – Present
- American Association for Justices , Member, 2011 – Present
Past Employment Positions
- GE Healthcare , Contract Attorney
- Racine County District Attorney’s office, Contract Attorney
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