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Steven T. Hoort
Partner
Ropes & Gray
One International Place
Boston, MA 02110-2624
T + 1-617-951-7470
F + 1-617-235-0054
+ 1-617-854-2051 secretary
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Practice
Steven Hoort is co-head of the Bankruptcy & Business Restructuring Department and has been a partner at Ropes & Gray since 1984.
Professional Experience
Steven has a national practice serving many industries in the bankruptcy context. He represents debtors, creditors, creditor committees, DIP lenders and boards of directors. Steven also regularly represents acquirors of businesses and assets including recently representing Bain Capital in its role as stalking horse bidder on the proposed $2.15 billion purchase of the investment management division of Lehman Brothers, in the latter's chapter 11 cases in the Southern District of New York, and Harvard Management Company in a potential $500MM+ acquisition of 210 acres of California redwood forests in the Scotia Pacific chapter 11 cases in Corpus Christi. Steven also regularly conducts complex litigation in the insolvency context.
Steven is a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy.
Honors & Awards
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The Best Lawyers in America (1997-2010)
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Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2006-2009)
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Massachusetts Super Lawyers (2004-2009)
Professional & Civic Activities
Steven has been an adjunct professor at Northeastern University School of Law and on the faculty of the American Bankruptcy Institute and a number of continuing legal education programs.
Memberships & Affiliations
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- Boston Bar Association (Steering Committee of the Bankruptcy Section)
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts, 1978
- Michigan, 1977
Courts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Clerkships
- Honorable James Harvey, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (1975 - 1978)
Education
- 1975,
J.D., magna cum laude, The University of Michigan Law School; Order of the Coif
- 1972,
B.A. (Philosophy), High Honors, Grand Valley State University
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