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Scott J. Bogucki

Scott Bogucki’s practice currently involves commercial bankruptcy litigation, focusing on matters related to Baker Hostetler’s role as counsel to the court-appointed SIPA Trustee in the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC.

Mr. Bogucki is experienced in various aspects of insolvency and reorganization. He has represented official creditors’ committees, individual secured and unsecured creditors, trustees and examiners in out-of-court workouts, bankruptcy cases and post-confirmation matters. He is experienced in cross-border insolvency cases, having been involved in cases in various countries, including Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom.

Mr. Bogucki’s bankruptcy representations include the following:

Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in Reorganization Proceedings

• Hoop Holdings, LLC (d/b/a The Disney Store North America)
• Linens Holding Co. (d/b/a Linens ’n Things)
• Buffets Holdings Inc.
• Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. (including post-effective date oversight committee)
• Arclin US Holdings Inc. (including post-effective date oversight committee)
• BI-LO LLC
• Journal Register Co. (including post-effective date unsecured claim distribution agent)
• The Penn Traffic Co.
• Mark IV Industries Inc.

Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in Liquidation Proceedings

• ATA Airlines (including post-effective date oversight committee)
• Value City Department Stores (including post-effective date plan administrator)
• Tweeter OpCo

Mr. Bogucki has also served as counsel to the court-appointed auditor of Capital One Bank (USA), N.A., in an action commenced by the United States Trustee against Capital One Bank in In re Galley, as well as counsel to the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC) in its capacity as receiver of Downey Bank in In re Downey Financial Corporation.

Mr. Bogucki is a co-author of the whitepaper, “Update: Recent Amendments to the New York State Disciplinary Rules and the Solicitation of Potential and Actual Creditors’ Committee Members for the Position of Committee Counsel,” which has been used as supplemental material for various bankruptcy-related seminars and presentations.

Mr. Bogucki is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the American Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association.