Overview
Coleman Torrans represents all types of stakeholders in bankruptcy and commercial litigation contexts, including debtors in possession; official committees; secured and unsecured creditors; and Chapter 7, Chapter 11 and post-confirmation trustees. Although he is based in Lugenbuhl’s New Orleans office, Coleman’s practice is both local and national. He represents clients in Louisiana and in high-traffic venues for multimillion dollar bankruptcy cases, including the Southern District of Texas, the District of Delaware and the Southern District of California, as well as various district and appellate courts. In addition to “complex” Chapter 11 cases, Coleman’s practice is focused on representing clients in bankruptcy “spin off” proceedings, including preference actions, claim disputes and directors and officers litigation.
Coleman gained valuable experience in the course of the following judicial clerkships:
- Law Clerk, the Hon. Carl J. Barbier (E.D. La.)
- Extern, the Hon. Fredericka H. Wicker (La. App. 5 Cir.)
- Extern, the Hon. Lance M. Africk (E.D. La.)
Coleman is extremely responsive to enquiries, and he presents and delivers a remarkable level of sophistication.
Bankruptcy/Restructuring Client – Chambers
Outside the Office
Outside of work, Coleman enjoys spending time with his wife and young son outdoors and searching for vinyl in New Orleans’ many used record stores.
- Bouchard Transportation (DIP lender)
- Burkhalter Rigging (official creditors’ committee, liquidation trustee)
- COPsync (liquidation trustee)
- Fieldwood Energy (secured creditor)
- MTE Holdings (statutory lien claimants group)
- Neiman Marcus Group (indenture trustee)
- Seadrill Partners (debtors)
- Whistler Energy II (litigation trustee)
Professional
- Federal Bar Association
- Young Lawyer Division of F.B.A.N.O., Board Member
- Judge Jerry A. Brown Louisiana Bankruptcy & Tulane Inns of Court
- Louisiana State and New Orleans Bar Associations
- Tulane Law Review Alumni Association
Community
- Ecole Bilingue De La Nouvelle-Orléans
- Best Lawyers: One’s to Watch (2024)
- Super Lawyers: Rising Stars (2023-2024)
- Chambers USA: Associates to Watch (2023-2024)
- New Orleans Magazine’s “Top Lawyers” (2023)
- Inside New Orleans Reader’s Favorite “Elite Lawyers” (2022-2023)
Presentations
- “Late Show with David Jones,” Federal Bar Association CLE (July 24, 2023) (Moderator)
- “Bankruptcy Law for Non-Bankruptcy Practitioners,” 1st Annual Judge Jerry A. Brown Bankruptcy Symposium (Sept. 8, 2022) (Co-Panelist)
Publications
- Comment, How Did They Know That? Cell Site Simulators and the Secret Invasion of Privacy, 92 TUL. L. REV. 519 (2017) (winner, Robert E. Friedman & Law360 Distinguished Writing Awards)
