Bradley R. Duncan

Bar Admissions

• Washington

Court Admissions

• Supreme Court of Washington
• United States District Court, Eastern District of Washington
• United States District Court, Western District of Washington

Education

• Cornell Law School (J.D.)
  • Cornell Law Review, Articles Editor
  • Law Review, Vol. 87, Rieff Prize, Outstanding Student Note
• University of Puget Sound (B.A., summa cum laude)

Awards & Recognition

• The Best Lawyers in America®
  • Bankruptcy Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization (2014-2025)
  • Commercial Litigation (2024-2025)
• Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business®, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (2020, 2023-2024)
• Top Lawyer, The Washingtonian (2002-2005)

Representative Experience

• Lead counsel in Northwest Wholesale v. Pac Organic Fruit LLC, in which the Supreme Court of Washington held for the first time at the state level that a member’s bankruptcy results in a dissociation that does not violate the ipso facto provisions of the Bankruptcy Code
• Represented major West Coast shipbuilder in Jones Act dispute arising from construction of a $70 million fishing trawler
• Represented major Pacific Northwest stockyard in Section 363 bidding for assets of large bankrupt farming operation in Eastern Washington
• Represented Silicon Valley venture fund in providing DIP and exit financing under confirmed Chapter 11 plan of Seattle-based biotech firm
• Represented group of creditors in commencement of involuntary Chapter 11 proceeding against Seattle-based developer of high-end industrial battery technology
• Lead counsel for Chapter 7 trustee in major bankruptcy proceeding related to a private members’ community, including financial investigations and the assertion of complex claims in multiple adversary proceedings in a number of jurisdictions
• Represented international technology company in connection with licensing and debt issues in bankruptcy proceeding of major game developer
• Represented international wireless carrier in bankruptcy proceeding of major wireless access reseller
• Represented prominent regional lender in a variety of matters, including complex litigation from failure of major propane supplier; investigation and litigation in bankruptcy involving failed development of large apartment project; and complex litigation arising out of lender’s financing and acquisition of large Pacific Northwest-based equipment lease portfolio
• Represented New York-based independent system operator in bankruptcy proceedings around the country in connection with creditor and other issues arising from administration of system operator’s markets
• Represented large national lender in bankruptcy proceeding of 20-store restaurant chain for which client had provided senior secured financing
• Represented major national lender in restructuring of senior secured financing of large mid-Atlantic restaurant chain
• Represented committee of potentially responsible creditors in asserting hundreds of millions of dollars in claims and litigated complex claim treatment and recovery issues in bankruptcy of property owner in Missouri
• Represented debtor through confirmed plan of reorganization in bankruptcy case involving $100 million in secured debt and sale of assets at seven steel manufacturing and fabrication facilities around the country
• Represented debtor through confirmed plan of reorganization in bankruptcy case involving apartment building located in the Pacific Northwest
• Represented receiver of insolvent Pacific Northwest-based cancer research organization, including sale of intellectual property out of receivership proceeding

Previous Professional Experience

• Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson, Partner (2015-2022) (Seattle)
• Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Partner (2005-2015) (Seattle)
• Hunton & Williams, Partner (1992-2005) (Washington, DC and McLean, Virginia)
• Etensity, Inc., General Counsel (1999-2000)
• Arnold & Porter, Associate (1987-1988, 1990-1992)
• United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Law Clerk to the Honorable Charles R. Richey (1988-1989)

Professional Memberships and Activities

• Turnaround Management Association
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Washington State Bar Association
  • Disciplinary Hearing Officer

Representative Presentations and Publications

• “Opportunities in Distressed Real Estate Investing,” Presenter, HCMP Bankruptcy & Insolvency Webinar (May 27, 2020)
• Bankruptcy and Workout Issues,” Presenter, HCMP Lender Services Seminar (March 27, 2018)