Brooks K. Barker
Counsel
bbarker@akingump.com
Areas of Focus
- Financial Restructuring
- Private Capital
Biography
Brooks Barker focuses on debtors' and creditors' rights and corporate restructurings. He represents debtors, creditors, official and unofficial committees, bondholders and third parties in both in-court and out-of-court proceedings.
Prior to joining Akin, Brooks was an associate at a leading international law firm.
Brooks received his J.D. from The University of Chicago Law School and his B.A. from the University of West Florida.
Representative Work
- Rite Aid: Counsel to the Official Committee of Tort Claimants in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Rite Aid Corporation, a Fortune 500 public company and one of America's largest drugstore chains.
- Purdue Pharma: Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 cases of Purdue Pharma and its affiliates, the privately held pharmaceutical company and maker of OxyContin, involving over a trillion dollars of asserted claims.
- Alex Jones: Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, on a pro bono basis, in the chapter 11 case of right-wing media personality Alex Jones, which was commenced following the entry of more than $1.5 billion in state court judgments against Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems, as a result of Jones’s defamatory comments regarding the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
- Endo International: Counsel to the Official Committee of Opioid Claimants in the chapter 11 cases of Endo International and its affiliates, an American-Irish generics and specialty branded pharmaceutical company, involving hundreds of billions of dollars of asserted claims.
- Mallinckrodt: Counsel to the Official Committee of Opioid Related Claimants in the chapter 11 cases of Mallinckrodt and its affiliates, an American-Irish pharmaceuticals company, involving hundreds of billions of dollars of asserted claims. Restructuring of the Year (The Deal)
EducationJ.D., University of Chicago Law School, 2017
B.A., University of West Florida, 2010
J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 2017
B.A., University of West Florida, 2010
Bar AdmissionsNew York
New York
