Gary D. Underdahl, Esq.

Gary D. Underdahl is a partner at ASK LLP in Eagan, Minn., and has been representing trustees, creditors’ committees and debtors in possession in preference analysis and the litigation of avoidance actions for almost 20 years. He has managed large avoidance action portfolios and successfully litigated, mediated and resolved thousands of preference and fraudulent-transfer matters, including multimillion dollar matters, in multiple jurisdictions throughout the country. Mr. Underdahl’s representative matters include the prosecution of avoidance actions in large bankruptcies such as SearsHoldings Corp., J&M Sales, Inc., hhgregg, Inc., Deans Foods Company, Fred’s, Inc., WP Steel Venture LLC, RS Legacy Corp. (fka RadioShack), Hechinger’s, Montgomery Wards, Quebecor World(USA), Inc., Ultimate Acquisition Partners, LP (Ultimate Electronics, Inc.) and TALT (fka TowerAutomotive, Inc.). He also serves as a bankruptcy mediator and is a certified mediator included on the register of mediators for U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Prior to joiningASK LLP, Mr. Underdahl was a litigation associate at Larson King, LLP in St. Paul, Minn., where he represented Fortune 500 companies in product-liability and insurance-defense matters. Prior to his employment at Larson King, he clerked for Chief Judge Edward J. Toussaint of the MinnesotaState Court of Appeals. Mr. Underdahl received his B.A. in 1993 from Pacific Lutheran University and his J.D. in 1999 from Mitchell Hamline School of Law.