Frederick William Hyatt Carter

Frederick W.H. Carter is counsel with Venable LLP in Washington, D.C., and represents creditors, debtors, creditors’ committees, asset-purchasers and trustees in business reorganization and business liquidation. His clients have included financial institutions, technology companies, a major international airport authority, energy-trading companies, health care providers, chapter 11 and 7 trustees, and liquidating agents appointed under chapter 11 plans. Mr. Carter represents plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of bankruptcy litigation in courts throughout the country. Prior to joining Venable, he practiced law in Texas and Colorado. He also served as a member of the standing panel of chapter 7 bankruptcy trustees in the District of Colorado. Mr. Carter is an at-large member of the board of the Maryland Bankruptcy Bar Association, and he frequently lectures on bankruptcy and creditors’ rights topics at seminars and bar association events. He is admitted to practice in Colorado, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Texs and Virginia. Mr. Carter received his B.A. in 1983 from Gustavus Adolphus College and his J.D.in 1987 from Southern Methodist University, where he served as notes editor of the Journal of Air Law and Commerce.