Eric Walker focuses his practice on all aspects of commercial litigation, financial restructuring and bankruptcy, including experience representing debtors, creditors, asset purchasers, examiners and trustees in bankruptcy proceedings throughout the country. Eric has significant experience in the healthcare industry, representing stalking horse bidders, asset purchasers, landlords and other constituents in out-of-court restructuring negotiations, bankruptcy and litigation. His successful representation of the asset purchaser in the contentious In re Health Diagnostic Laboratories, Inc. bankruptcy case was awarded the 2016 Restructuring Deal of the Year (Under $100M) by M&A Advisors. Eric also has particular depth of counsel in the hotel and hospitality industry, regularly representing hotel owners, developers, operators, lenders and major hotel brands in transactions, state and federal litigation and bankruptcy. Eric represented the petitioners before the U.S. Supreme Court in RadLAX Gateway Hotel, LLC, et al. v. Amalgamated Bank (Case No. 11-166), a high-profile hotel bankruptcy case involving secured creditor cram down. Recently, Eric was named on the American Bankruptcy Institute's inaugural “40 Under 40” list of leading restructuring professionals. Eric was also selected as a member of the 2013 Next Generation Class at the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, designed to identify “leaders of the next generation of bankruptcy practitioners.” He is the current co-chair and former education director of the real estate committee of the American Bankruptcy Institute and sits on the advisory board for the Annual ABI Central States Conference. Eric served as faculty member and author for the PLI 17th Annual Commercial Real Estate Institute and frequently writes and speaks on issues of bankruptcy, hospitality and healthcare law.