Received a demand to return a payment or been named in a bankruptcy lawsuit? AlignX Law focuses on defending businesses and individuals facing preference claims, fraudulent-transfer allegations, and challenges to discharge or dischargeability. We help you understand the claim, assess your exposure, and build a response grounded in the evidence and the economics of your case.
A lawsuit within the bankruptcy case
An adversary proceeding is a separate lawsuit connected to a bankruptcy case. Being involved in the main case does not resolve the complaint. We assess the parties, allegations, response deadlines, available evidence, and the relief being sought before recommending a course of action.
Defending preference claims
A business may receive a demand to return payments it accepted before its customer filed bankruptcy. The demand is not the end of the analysis. We review invoices, payment history, the course of dealing, subsequent value provided, and the asserted legal basis to evaluate defenses, exposure, and settlement options.
Defending fraudulent-transfer claims
A transfer may be challenged based on alleged intent or on financial circumstances and the value exchanged. We analyze transaction records, consideration, relationships among the parties, and the financial condition at the relevant time. For defendants, we examine the asserted basis for liability, the evidence supporting it, and available defenses. We then discuss how to contest the claim or pursue a negotiated resolution.
Protecting your discharge and defending dischargeability claims
An objection to discharge concerns a debtor’s broader entitlement to a bankruptcy discharge. A dischargeability dispute concerns whether a particular debt survives. For a debtor facing either challenge, the consequences can be personal and significant. We evaluate the allegations and records, develop the defense, and explain what the claim could mean for the relief you are seeking.
A commercial approach to litigation
We discuss what success would mean before choosing tactics: defeating an unsupported claim, limiting exposure, protecting payments you received, defending a discharge, or reaching a practical settlement. Case assessment, pleadings, discovery, motion practice, and trial preparation should support that objective. Settlement is evaluated alongside the costs and risks of proceeding.
Received a complaint or demand?
Bring the full complaint or demand, how and when it was received, the bankruptcy case information, and the underlying agreements and payment records. Preserve relevant communications and documents. Tell us about any stated deadline so the response requirements can be evaluated promptly.