Clayton D. Ketter

Director

Clayton D. Ketter is a Director and the Firm's Litigation Practice Group Leader. Clay's practice involves a wide range of business litigation in both federal and state court, including extensive experience in financial restructurings and bankruptcy matters.

Contact

Clayton D. Ketter
Director

cdketter@phillipsmurrah.com

Oklahoma City
405.235.4100 Main
405.606.4792 Direct
405.235.4133 Fax

Dallas
214.434.1919 Main
214.434.1370 Fax

Practice Areas

Bankruptcy and Restructuring
Commercial Litigation
Healthcare Law
Financial Institutions Litigation

Profile

BIOGRAPHY

Clayton D. Ketter is a Director and the Firm's Litigation Practice Group Leader. Clay represents individuals and companies in a wide range of commercial matters with an emphasis on financial restructuring for a variety of industries.

Clayton has extensive experience in financial restructuring and bankruptcy matters, representing debtors, creditors, Chapter 7 trustees and official and informal creditors’ committees in all aspects of the bankruptcy process.

His practice also focuses on complex state and federal litigation involving a variety of claims. Clayton handles complex commercial trial work, including representation of numerous banks and financial institutions. He has particular experience prosecuting and defending claims related to the foreclosure process.

He received his B.B.A. magna cum laude in finance in 2004 from the University of Oklahoma and his J.D. magna cum laude in 2007 from Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law. While in law school, he was an associate editor of SMU Law Review and a member of Order of the Coif.

Clayton is the former chair of the Bankruptcy Section of the Oklahoma County Bar Association.

A native Oklahoman, Clayton was raised in El Reno and now resides in Oklahoma City. Prior to joining the firm in 2011, he practiced law in the Dallas office of a large, international law firm.

EDUCATION

University of Oklahoma (B.B.A. Finance magna cum laude, 2004)
Southern Methodist University (J.D. magna cum laude, 2007)

ADMISSIONS

2007, Texas
2008, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
2011, Oklahoma
2011, U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma
2013, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Oklahoma
2013, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
2015, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma
2015, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Oklahoma Bar Association
Oklahoma County Bar Association (Young Lawyers Division, Board Member)
American Bar Association

Experience

EXPERIENCE

Successfully guided multiple businesses through the Chapter 11 process, allowing them to reorganize burdensome liabilities and emerge as viable concerns
Represented creditors in numerous bankruptcy cases, protecting their interests and working to maximize the return on their claims
Prosecuted and defended fraudulent transfer, preference, and other avoidance actions
Obtained numerous judgments in favor of banking and financial institutions enforcing loan documents and defeating counterclaims raised by the borrowers
Represented multinational, regional and local companies in litigation involving a wide-array of claims and issues

EXPERTISE

Representation of numerous debtors in Chapter 11 reorganizations in industries, including: Oil & Gas, Restaurant, Hotel/Hospitality, & Real Estate
Represented creditors in a wide range of reorganization issues including claim prosecution and defense of preference, fraudulent transfer and avoidance actions
Representation of debtors and creditors in successful sales of assets through the bankruptcy process
Representation of formal and informal committees of unsecured creditors in numerous large Chapter 11 cases
Acted as special counsel to Chapter 7 trustees in prosecution of fraudulent transfer, preference and other avoidance actions
Representation of banks and other financial institutions in a wide range of contested litigation matters, including extensive experience prosecuting foreclosure matters and defending claims stemming therefrom
Representation of companies and individuals in contractual disputes

Recognition

RECOGNITION

Best Lawyers®: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2019-present)
Best Lawyers®: , Commercial Litigation (2019-present)
Best Lawyers®: Litigation - Bankruptcy (2020-present)
Best Lawyers®: Financial Services Regulation Law (2021)
Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters: Rising Star (2012)

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Clayton D. Ketter

Director

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