About Shari Heyen

Shari L. Heyen is Senior Vice President, Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Restructuring & Bankruptcy Practice, and Co-Regional Operating Shareholder of Texas. Shari has experience in complex restructuring, bankruptcy, insolvency and complex commercial litigation matters. She has represented numerous creditors’ committees, debtors, bank groups, acquirers and other significant constituencies in national Chapter 11 cases and workout proceedings, including complex oil, gas and energy cases. Shari has broad experience in the prosecution and defense of fiduciary litigation, real estate, oil and gas, health care, receiverships and alternative energy matters.

Credentials
Education
J.D., University of Oklahoma College of Law
B.S., magna cum laude, Oklahoma Christian University
University of Oxford, Oxford, England

Admissions
Supreme Court of the United States
Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Clerkships
Hon. Randolph F. Wheless, Jr., Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of Texas
Hon. Karen K. Brown, Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of Texas
Hon. Manuel D. Leal, Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of Texas