Herbert J. Gilles advises businesses, including those that are small, middle market, and larger publicly traded, concerning bankruptcy law, creditor’s rights, commercial collections, and commercial business litigation. He also litigates property and casualty claims for the trucking and transportation industry.
Education
J.D., cum laude, Michigan State University College of Law, East Lansing, Michigan, 1981
B.A., cum laude, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 1977
Recognitions
AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale Hubbell
Memberships
Dallas Bar Association, Transportation Lawyers Association, American Bankruptcy Institute
State Bar Licenses
Texas, Michigan
Experience
Retail
- Manage a litigation docket and contracts/transactions for a Texas-based national online pet supply retailer.
- Formerly managed a national docket for a Dallas, Texas-based large door and window manufacturer/retailer concerning its property and casualty trucking claims, product liability, warranty and construction defect claims, and commercial collections and bankruptcy matters.
- Managed Texas general liability docket for a Gulf Coast-based sporting goods retailer.
- Managed a national labor and employment docket for a large national credit card processing and clearinghouse company.
- Managed a docket for a regional restaurant chain concerning premises liability, real estate and corporate matters.
- Manage an IP, litigation, and real estate docket for a national window, door and hardware wholesaler.
- Represent an online retailer in IP and trademark related matters.
- Represent national building materials company on commercial litigation and trucking related matters.
Hospitality
- Represent a large international third-party hotel property management company across various sectors in multiple litigation proceedings.
- Handled creditors rights related litigation and bankruptcy matters for two national casino hotels.
- Managed a national eviction and premises liability docket for a large Irving, Texas-based hotel/motel chain.
Business Reorganization & Bankruptcy
- Successfully obtained outright dismissal for client of clawback suit by liquidating trustee in New York bankruptcy adversary proceeding that involved over 2,000 claimants.
- Successfully handled several Chapter 5 voidable transfer actions brought in bankruptcy courts in Texas, including fraudulent transfer and preference litigation, as well as various contested matters in bankruptcy court for companies.
- Managed large collection matters for banks, governmental taxing authorities, and private equity firms.
- Represented panel trustees in Chapter 7 proceedings in the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas, involving small businesses and individuals.
- Defended a large national residential real estate company and its agents/ brokers against various E&O related claims in state courts in Texas.
- Represent oil and gas services company on defense of commercial collection matters.
- Represent a telecom retailer in defense of avoidable preference action in bankruptcy court.
- Represented a digital marketing company on avoidable preference action in bankruptcy proceedings.