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Holly Hamm Attorney

Holly C. Hamm Shareholder

Beaumont, Houston
  • t: 409-951-7762
  • HollyHamm@MehaffyWeber.com

Holly Hamm is an experienced attorney in the various facets of commercial creditors’ rights, from perfecting a client’s lien rights, to enforcement of those rights in litigation and/or business reorganization and bankruptcy. Holly conducts basic title searches and reviews property records relating to ownership of interests and lien priority issues. Ms. Hamm’s litigation experience extends to prosecution and defense of contract and tort claims both in connection with creditor’s rights and separately.  Additionally, she has experience defending preference claims in bankruptcy.

Holly has experience representing similarly situated creditors in various bankruptcy cases.  She prepares and files proofs of claim and represents clients to maximize their recovery in the bankruptcy process.

Holly also assists her clients in various business transactions, to include negotiating and drafting master agreements, asset purchase agreements, lease agreements, and loan documents.  In this role, she also prepares business formation documents.

During her legal career, Holly has represented various companies, including but not limited to, both major and smaller oil and gas service companies in the energy industry.

Prior to legal career, Holly as a teacher in DeRidder, Louisiana and later her high school alma matter in Midland, Texas, teaching English, U.S. and World History, and U.S. Government.

Education
  • Texas Tech School of Law, cum laude, J.D.
    • Jurisprudence Award in Income Taxation, Cali Award, Wills and Trusts
    • Member of the Board of Barristers
  • Texas A&M University, B.A. in Political Science
    • T Camp Counselor
  • State of Texas
  • State of New Mexico
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • Texas Bar Association
  • New Mexico Bar Association
  • Houston Bar Association
  • Texas Lien Claim—Chapters 53 and 56. National Association of Credit Managers, 2015
  • Case No. 19-12269 (CSS) styled as In re MTE Holdings LLC, et al. (jointly administered) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (representation of major creditors in case, prepared and filed liens and claims in the case, resulted in negotiated confirmed bankruptcy plan, release of bankruptcy claims against clients, and meaningful distribution to creditors).
  • Case No. 19-35133 (MI) styled as In re Alta Mesa Resources, Inc. (jointly administered) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas Houston Division (prepared analysis of mortgage liens against debtor’s interests in leased mineral acreage).
  • Case No. 09-35228 (BJH) styled as In re Cornerstone E&P Company, L.P. etal. in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas Dallas Division (representation of major creditor group in (i) perfecting clients’ mineral liens; (ii) litigating lien priority issues in adversary against debtor’s mortgage lender concerning application of Texas and Oklahoma law).
  • Case No. 06-20804 styled as In re Reichmann Petroleum Corp. in the United States Bankruptcy Court for Southern District of Texas, Corpus Christi Division (representation of major creditor group in (i) perfecting clients’ mineral liens; (ii) plan administration and treatment of valid mineral lien creditors against debtor’s interests in various producing leaseholds; and (iii) worked with post confirmation mineral lien agent to administer numerous settlement agreements for significant recoveries for mineral lien creditors against working interest owners without recorded assignments, or late recorded assignments,  in various producing leaseholds).
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