Brad T. Summers, a partner at Ball Janik, was selected as 2015 Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights Insolvency and Reorganization Law in Portland, OR. This is Summers’ third time being selected as Lawyer of the Year. Summers was also listed in the 2015 Best Lawyers in America for Litigation – Bankruptcy.

Summers joined Ball Janik in 1991 and is a partner in the Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights group. His principal areas of practice are bankruptcy and debtor-creditor law, workouts and business transactions. He has represented numerous DIP, trustees, creditors’ committees, and secured creditors in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. He also represents parties seeking to make acquisitions from distressed businesses.