Overview
Chuck Kunz has served as a bankruptcy and creditors’ rights attorney for over 25 years. He is an experienced attorney with a reputation for providing clients with tenacious and skilled representation.
Chuck represents secured and unsecured creditors, asset purchasers, insurance companies, intellectual property licensors and licensees, lenders, debtors, and creditors’ committees in complex bankruptcy, restructuring, and creditors' rights matters. He also handles bankruptcy-related preference and fraudulent conveyance litigation and assists creditors seeking to enforce rights against non-bankrupt debtors.
Over the years, Chuck has tried jury and bench trials in all Delaware Courts, where he has represented parties in contract and commercial disputes and defended commercial tort cases.
Both colleagues and clients commend Chuck for his extreme competence and steady, calm demeanor under pressure. Described as very no-nonsense, Chuck gets the job done promptly and effectively. He is known for being quick, effective, professional, and intelligent in his approach to legal challenges.
Professional Affiliations
Delaware State Bar Association
Delaware Bankruptcy Inn of Court
American Bar Association
American Bankruptcy Institute
Recent Matters
ATOPTECH, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Co-counsel to successful purchaser of assets.
American Hospice Management Holdings, LLC (Wilmington, DE)
Co-counsel to DIP lender and successful purchaser of Hospice facilities.
Boy Scouts of America (Wilmington, DE)
Bankruptcy counsel for certain insurance companies providing policies to the Boy Scouts of America
USA Gymnastics (Indianapolis, IN)
Lead bankruptcy counsel for USAG’s largest general liability insurer.
Surefunding LLC
Successfully defended expedited litigation against the Debtor that allowed the Debtor to continue to administer the case and ultimately confirm a Chapter 11 plan.
Publications
News & Events
Community
Community
Pro Bono attorney working with the Delaware Office of the Child Advocate
American Alpine Club
Appalachian Mountain Club
Recognition
Honors
Best Lawyers, Bankruptcy Business, 2013 - Present
Chambers USA, 2008 - Present
Delaware Today Top Lawyer, Bankruptcy Business, 2018 - Present
Fellow of the American Bar Foundation
The Christopher W. White Distinguished Access to Justice Achievement Award: “For exemplary recent contribution to Access to Justice services and standing as a role model to other attorneys,” 2012 Recipient
PDFPractice areas
Admissions
Delaware, 1993
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware
U.S. District Court, District of Delaware
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
Education
Widener University Delaware Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1993
University of New Hampshire, B.A., 1988
