GWG Holdings, Inc.
Case Number:
4:22-bk-90032
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Firms
- Akerman LLP
- Akin Gump
- A&O Shearman
- Blank Rome
- Bonds Ellis
- Bracewell LLP
- Cleary Gottlieb
- Cravath Swaine
- Davis Polk
- Erez Law
- Faegre Drinker
- Girard Sharp
- Goodman & Nekvasil
- Gordon Rees
- Gray Reed
- Greenberg Traurig
- Holland & Hart
- Holland & Knight
- Hughes Watters
- Jackson Walker LLP
- Kane Russell
- Katten Muchin
- King & Spalding
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Latham & Watkins
- Law Office of Liz Freeman
- Law Offices of Joshua B. Kons
- Mayer Brown
- Norton Rose
- Okin Adams
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Porter Hedges
- Proskauer Rose
- Quinn Emanuel
- Reid Collins
- Sarachek Law Firm
- Schlichter Bogard
- Sonn Law Group
- Tran Singh
- Vogel Law Firm
- Walker and Patterson
- White & Case
- Wiley Rein
- Willkie Farr
- Winston & Strawn
Companies
- Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE
- Ankura Consulting Group LLC
- Bank of Utah
- Berkshire Hathaway Energy GT&S
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
- Centaurus Financial Inc.
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Fifth Season Investments LLC
- Grant Thornton LLP
- Liberty Mutual Insurance Group
- Obra Capital Inc.
- Province LLC
- Stretto Inc.
- U.S. Bancorp
- Wells Fargo & Co.
Government Agencies
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August 26, 2025
GWG Wind-Down Trustee Fights Ethics Scandal Removal Bid
A Texas bankruptcy lawyer hit back at efforts to oust her as the wind-down trustee for GWG Holdings, saying her involvement in a judicial ethics and romance scandal is unrelated to her work for the former life insurance bond seller.
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August 04, 2025
GWG Bondholders Seek Trustee Removal Over Ethics Scandal
Bondholders of former life insurance bond seller GWG Holdings Inc. on Monday said the lawyer winding down the company and a bankruptcy judge must step down from the Chapter 11 case over their connections to a romance scandal in Southern District of Texas' bankruptcy court.
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June 13, 2025
GWG Can Settle With Mayer Brown, Ex-Execs In $91.3M Deals
Failed life insurance-backed bond seller GWG Holdings Inc. won a Texas bankruptcy judge's approval Friday of four settlements totaling $91.3 million with parties including Mayer Brown LLP and the company's former directors, ending a slew of litigation nearly two years after the debtor confirmed a Chapter 11 plan.
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June 06, 2025
What's Happening In Bankruptcy Court This Coming Week
Bankruptcy judges will hear arguments on approving the Chapter 11 plans of nursing facility operator Petersen Health Care and investment group The Aztec Fund, decide if satellite communications company Ligado Networks can send out its plan for a creditor vote, and determine if life insurance bond seller GWG Holdings can settle claims against directors for allegedly diverting company funds.
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March 03, 2025
Holland & Knight Accused Of Assisting GWG Fraud
The estate trustee for bankrupt life insurance bond seller GWG Holdings Inc. has filed a suit accusing Holland & Knight LLP and its attorney William "Bill" Banowsky of helping GWG's ex-chairman run a "fraudulent looting scheme" that cost the company $100 million.
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October 01, 2024
Foley & Lardner Accused Of Malpractice In GWG Transactions
Foley & Lardner LLP did not heed the fiduciary duty it owed to GWG Holdings when it facilitated loans and other transactions unfair to the life insurance-backed bond seller and, instead, enriched a group of "corrupt" shareholders, according to a lengthy adversary lawsuit filed in Texas bankruptcy court.
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October 27, 2023
$1.3M Jackson Walker Award Delayed By Judge Jones Fallout
A federal bankruptcy watchdog has convinced a Houston judge to delay payment of $1.3 million in fees and expenses to Jackson Walker LLP following revelations of U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David R. Jones' cohabitation with a bankruptcy lawyer who until recently worked at the Texas firm.
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March 31, 2023
GWG Needs Two Weeks For Additional Ch. 11 Disclosures
Attorneys for life insurance-backed bond seller GWG Holdings told a Texas bankruptcy judge Friday that it would need two additional weeks to provide additional disclosures about creditor recoveries requested by the court.
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March 28, 2023
GWG Has Too Little Info In Ch. 11 Plan Disclosure, Judge Says
A Texas bankruptcy judge told life-insurance-backed bond seller GWG Holdings Inc. Tuesday that it needs to provide bondholders more information about their potential recoveries before he can approve sending its Chapter 11 plan out for a vote.
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March 20, 2023
GWG Says It Will Have Ch. 11 Plan For Court In Days
Life-insurance-backed bond seller GWG Holdings Inc. told a Texas bankruptcy judge Monday it is days away from filing a liquidating plan after reaching a deal with bondholders on how to resolve its Chapter 11 case.