Aaron H. Stulman is a creative problem-solver offering legally sound and practical advice who focuses his practice on all aspects of corporate restructuring and creditors’ rights. He regularly represents debtors, official and ad hoc committees, secured lenders, liquidation trusts, asset purchasers, individual creditors, and other significant stakeholders in chapter 11, chapter 7, and chapter 15 bankruptcy proceedings before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. He also has extensive experience litigating in bankruptcy court, including prosecuting, defending, and mediating avoidance actions under chapter 5 of the Bankruptcy Code.
Before joining private practice, he served a one-year term as law clerk for the Honorable Brendan Linehan Shannon, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Delaware. During law school, he interned with the Honorable Mary F. Walrath of the Delaware Bankruptcy Court as well as then-Vice Chancellor Donald F. Parsons, Jr. of Delaware’s Court of Chancery. He also served as managing editor for the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law.
Representative Matters
Debtor Representations
- Counsel to the debtors, Taronis Fuels, Inc., et al., Case No. 22-11121-BLS
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Co-counsel to the debtors, Clarus Therapeutics Holdings, Inc., et al., Case No. 22-10845 (MFW)
- Co-counsel to the debtors, Packable Holdings, LLC f/k/a Entourage Commerce, LLC, et al., Case No. 22-10797 (JTD)
- Co-counsel to the debtors, Lighthouse Resources Inc., et al., Case No. 20-13056 (JTD)
- Co-counsel to the debtor, Proteus Digital Health, Inc., Case No. 20-11580 (BLS)
- Co-counsel to the debtors, Blackhawk Mining LLC, et al., Case No. 19-11595 (LSS)
Committee Representations
- Co-counsel to the official committee of unsecured creditors, Independent Pet Partners Holdings, LLC, et al., Case No. 23-10153 (LSS)
- Co-counsel to the official committee of unsecured creditors, Clovis Oncology, Inc., et al., Case No. 22-11292 (JKS)
- Co-counsel to the official committee of unsecured creditors, BHCosmetics Holdings, LLC, et al., Case No. 22-10050 (CSS)
- Co-counsel to the official committee of unsecured creditors, Furniture Factory Ultimate Holding, L.P., et al., Case No. 20-12816 (JKS)
- Co-counsel to the official committee of unsecured creditors, Rubio’s Restaurants, Inc., et al., Case No. 20-12688 (MFW)
- Co-counsel to the official committee of unsecured creditors, Exide Holdings, Inc., et al., Case No. 20-11157 (CSS)
- Co-counsel to the official committee of unsecured creditors, TP RemainCo, LLC, Case No. 20-11049 (LSS) (Techniplas, LLC, et al.)
- Co-counsel to the official committee of unsecured creditors, Emerge Energy Services LP, et al., Case No. 19-11563 (KBO)
Liquidating Fiduciary Representations
- Co-Counsel to GUC trustee, Exide Holdings, Inc., et al., Case No. 20-11157 (CSS)
- Counsel to liquidation trustee, SFP Franchise Corporation, et al., Case No. 20-10134 (JTD)
- Counsel to the liquidating trustee, VG Liquidation, Inc., et al., Case No. 18-11120 (JTD) (Videology, Inc., et al.)
Other Significant Representations
- Co-counsel to certain prepetition lenders, Salem Harbor Power Development LP (f/k/a Footprint Power Salem Harbor Development LP), et al., Case No. 22-10239 (MFW)
- Co-counsel to certain prepetition lenders, Mallinckrodt PLC, et al., Case No. 20-12522 (JTD)
- Co-counsel to significant asset purchaser, Ravn Air Group, Inc., et al., Case No. 20-10755 (BLS)
Publications
- ABI Journal, May 2020
- Contributing Editor, Delaware Bankruptcy Insider (2014-2017)
- Stub Rent Under Section 365(d)(3): A Call For A Unified Approach, 36 DEL. J. CORP. L. 655 (2011)
News
- January 3, 2023
- August 18, 2022
- May 25, 2022
- August 19, 2021
- July 12, 2021
- August 20, 2020
- May 28, 2020
- July 29, 2019
- May 14, 2019
- Christopher M. Samis and L. Katherine Good Join Leading Delaware Law Firm as Partners, Aaron H. Stulman as AssociateApril 8, 2019
Events & Speaking Engagements
- Delaware Bankruptcy American Inn of Court, February 2020 ("Tempnology and its Effects on the Bankruptcy and IP Communities")
- Delaware Bankruptcy American Inn of Court, February 2018 (“Individual Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Cases”)
- Delaware Bankruptcy American Inn of Court, April 2017 (“Bankruptcy Appeals”)
- Delaware Bankruptcy American Inn of Court, April 2015 (“Dealing with Difficult Clients”)
Education
Widener University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude
Franklin and Marshall College, B.A.
Bar & Court Admissions
- Delaware
- New York
- U.S. District Court, District of Delaware
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Professional Activities and Honors
- Listed in Delaware Super Lawyers as a Rising Star, 2018-present
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2023
- Listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Litigation – Bankruptcy and Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2021-2022)
- Participant in the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, NextGen Program, 2017
- Selected in the Delaware Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, Bankruptcy Trial Practice Seminar, 2017
- Vice Chair, Bankruptcy Litigation Subcommittee, ABA Business Law Section
- Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
- Barrister, Delaware Bankruptcy Inn of Court
- Member, Turnaround Management Association
- Member, Delaware State Bar Association
- Board Member, Congregation Beth Shalom