Jermaine Watson – Cantey Hanger LLP (2024)

Mr. Watson has participated in chapter 11 and chapter 7 proceedings in bankruptcy courts throughout Texas, and also in the Northern District of Ohio, Western District of Arkansas, District of Delaware and the Southern District of New York. Mr. Watson has assisted chapter 7 and chapter 11 business debtor clients and creditors in the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas. He has confirmed chapter 11 plans for e-commerce, healthcare, energy, and construction companies in chapter 11 bankruptcy cases in the Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas. He has also handled distressed transactions for debtor entities outside of bankruptcy.

He has also successfully assisted entrepreneurs and companies with filing business chapter 7 cases in bankruptcy courts in the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas. Mr. Watson has also represented trustees and liquidating trustees in bankruptcy proceedings. Aside from representing distressed companies and trustees, Mr. Watson has represented lending institutions, a regulator, trade creditors, and ad hoc committees in chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. Most recently, Mr. Watson served as counsel for the ad hoc board members in the National Rifle Association chapter 11 bankruptcy case seeking the appointment of an examiner. He has also handled adversary proceedings in bankruptcy cases as well as commercial litigation in state and federal courts.

Mr. Watson served as a council member of the State Bar of Texas, Bankruptcy Section for eight years prior to stepping down in 2021. Mr. Watson is also a member of the Dallas Bar Association, J. L. Turner Legal Association, Tarrant County Bar Association, American Bankruptcy Institute and the Dallas Business Club. Besides his professional affiliations, Mr. Watson serves as a board member of the Metropolitan YMCA of Fort Worth. He is also an active member of Scouts B.S.A. (formerly Boy Scouts of America) where he serves as an adult leader. Mr. Watson is a member of the Arlington/Grand Prairie Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. and the Arlington Seventh-Day Adventist Church.

• State Bar of Texas, Bankruptcy Section, Business Law Section
• Missouri Bar
• Tarrant County Bar Association
• Dallas Bar Association
• J.L. Turner Legal Association
• U.S. Federal District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas
• U.S. Federal District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas
• Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
• Federal Circuit Court of Appeals

• The YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth, Board Member
• The University of Tennessee Dallas-Fort Worth Alumni Chapter, Board Member
• Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated, Arlington-Grand Prairie Graduate Chapter
• Scouts B.S.A. (formerly Boy Scouts of America), Assistant Scoutmaster for Boys’ Troop 498
• Leadership Fort Worth, Leader Prime Class of 2021
• Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce
• The Dallas Business Club

• University of Tennessee at Knoxville, J.D., 2003
• University of Tennessee at Knoxville, M.B.A. (in Finance), 2003
• Elon University (NC), B.A., 1999

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