Peter C. Blain is a shareholder and chair of the firm's Business Reorganization Practice. Pete also served as a vice president and director of the firm from 1992 to 2005. Pete is a noted author and speaker on bankruptcy topics and is a lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Business at the undergraduate and graduate levels. In 2007, at the request of the U.S. Ambassador and the American Chamber of Commerce, Pete led a team, which included a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge and a crisis manager, to Prague, Czech Republic, to instruct Czech bankruptcy judges and lawyers about the dynamics of reorganization proceedings prior to the effective date of that country's newly enacted bankruptcy statute.

Representative Matters and Experience

• Represents financial institutions, creditors, debtors, creditors' committees, trustees and others in bankruptcy proceedings, receiverships and workouts
• Uses the skills and expertise acquired in more than 33 years of practice to achieve uniquely successful results for his clients in complex business and commercial matters 
• Has successfully mediated complex commercial disputes

Accolades

• Elected a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy
• Best Lawyers in America, Since 1987 (Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
• Best Lawyers’ 2011 Milwaukee Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Lawyer of the Year
• Selected for inclusion in Wisconsin Super Lawyers since 2005
• Selected for inclusion in Top 50 Wisconsin Super Lawyers (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010)
• Received the Hon. Dale E. Ihlenfeldt Bankruptcy Award from the Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association
• Wisconsin Top Rated Lawyer Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated
• Who's Who in American Law
• Who's Who in America
• Who's Who in the World
• Who's Who Legal USA:  Insolvency and Restructuring 2006; 2010

Notable Publications

• Author, Members Beware! LLC Members Will Be Insiders for Bankruptcy Preference Purposes, The Real Estate Finance Journal, Spring 2012
• Author, The 7th Circuit Considers the Indubitable Equivalent Standard- Again!, Corporate LiveWire (Mar.15, 2012)
• Co-author, Recent Issues in Creditor Rights, in Creditors Rights in Chapter 11 Cases (Aspatore Books, Inside the Minds Series 2012)
• Author, Bankruptcy 2011: A Brave New World, in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and Restructuring Strategies (Aspatore Books, Inside the Minds Series 2011)
• Author, " 'Recovery' Looks a Lot Like Recession," The Journal of Corporate Renewal (October 2011) 
• Co-author, "State Law Offers an Alternative to Chapter 11," National Law Journal: (Special Report) (Nov. 29, 2010)
• Co-author, Security Agreements Line by Line: A Detailed Look at Security Agreements and How to Change Them to Meet Your Needs (Aspatore Books 2010).
• Author, Let's Make a Deal: Sale of Distressed Businesses in Insolvency Proceedings, in Buying and Selling Distressed Businesses (Aspatore Books, Inside the Minds Series 2010)
• Author, Forbearance Agreements Line By Line: A Detailed Look at Forbearance Agreements and How to Change Them to Meet Your Needs (Aspatore Books 2009)
• Co-author, Overview of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Today, in Creditors' Rights in Chapter 11 Cases (Aspatore Book, Inside the Minds Series 2009)
• Author, Financial Restructurings: A Lawyer's View of the Process, Challenges, and Opportunities, in Bankruptcy Restructuring Strategies (Aspatore Books, Inside the Minds Series 2008)
• Author, Reorganization Cases in a Volatile Marketplace, in Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Law 2008   (Aspatore Books, Aspatore Thought Leadership Series 2008)
• Author, The Growth of Prepackaged Chapter 11s and the Alternatives, in The Increase in Prepackaged Chapter 11s, Aspatore Special Report,  (Aspatore Books 2008)
• Author, Steps to Helping the Client Define and Achieve Their Objectives, in Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Settlements and Negotiations  (Aspatore Books, Inside the Minds Series 2006)

• Co-author, "Creditors' Committees Under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code: Creation, Composition, Powers and Duties," 73 Marquette Law Review 581 (1990)