Stewart F Peck

Practice Areas

Stewart Peck has more than 45 years of experience in multiple legal areas including bankruptcy, restructuring, and creditors’ rights; admiralty and maritime; marine finance and vessel documentation; asset-based finance; litigation, corporate, and commercial law; and oil and gas. He has handled complex Chapter 11 reorganizations, either as lead debtor’s counsel or UCC counsel. He has handled major business transactions, and complex Chapter 11 reorganizations, either as lead debtors’ counsel or UCC counsel.

Career

Peck has been lead trial and appellate counsel in over 80 reported cases in the federal and state courts. He has participated in oral argument before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 19 times, as well as before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the Louisiana Supreme Court, and the Louisiana Courts of Appeal. Mr. Peck has handled substantial mergers and acquisitions. He is also presently acting or has previously acted as debtor’s lead counsel or creditors’ counsel in a number of Chapter 11 bankruptcies involving companies operating in and outside of the Gulf Coast region. These cases include a number of relatively large reorganizations, including Torch Offshore, Inc., Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc., Gulf Fleet Holdings, Inc., Trico Marine Services, Inc., Force Energy, Inc., and Borders Group, Inc. He acts as general counsel to a number of regional businesses in providing counsel and his legal expertise.

Publications

- Stewart F. Peck, "When is Involuntary Bankruptcy an Option?" Blog, October 12, 2015

- Stewart F. Peck and David B. Sharpe, "What is a Vessel?: Implications for Marine

Finance, Marine Insurance, and Admiralty Jurisdiction," 89 Tul. L. Rev. 1103 (June 2015)

- Stewart F. Peck, “Navigating the Murky Waters of Admiralty and Bankruptcy Law,” 87 Tul. L. Rev. 955 (June 2013)

- “Taking Advantage of the Louisiana Oil Well Lien Act (LOWLA),” July 10, 2009

- “Recent Developments in Bankruptcy: An Analysis of Bankruptcy Issues in 2008,” December 30, 2008

- “Chapter 11: Dangers, Defenses, and Strategies for Creditors,” April 2, 2003

- “Bankruptcy: A Creditor’s Perspective in Louisiana,” April 23, 2002