Charles A. Beckham, Jr.

Charles A. Beckham Jr. is a partner with Haynes and Boone, LLP in Houston and has more than 30 years of experience helping a broad spectrum of clients with bankruptcy and insolvency problems. After graduating from law school, he clerked for U.S. District Judge Halbert O. Woodward in Lubbock, Texas, and was a partner at Kemp, Smith, Duncan and Hammond, LLP in El Paso, Texas,<br>for almost 20 years before joining Haynes and Boone in 1999. Mr. Beckham has represented numerous debtors, creditors, purchasers and other parties-in-interest in energy related cases over the years, including recent involvement in Sanchez Energy, Bristow Helicopters, Linn Petroleum, Harvey Gulf and Erin Petroleum. He has also represented parties in mining cases including ASARCO,LLC and Trinity Coal Corp. In addition, he was appointed the fee examiner by the Southern District of Texas Bankruptcy Court in the iHeart Media, Inc. and for the Seadrill, Ltd. bankruptcy cases, in which he reviewed more than $100 million in professional fees. He is also very active in cases<br>with cross-border bankruptcy and insolvency issues in Mexico, Canada, the U.K. and Nigeria. Mr. Beckham is board certified in business bankruptcy law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and the American Board of Certification. He is the former chair of the State Bar of Texas Bankruptcy Law Exam Commission, and in 2010, he was named the 2010 St. Mary’s University School<br>of Law Distinguished Graduate. Mr. Beckham is a Fellow and the former Fifth Circuit Regent of the American College of Bankruptcy, former chair of the Bankruptcy Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, former president of the Moller/Foltz Bankruptcy American Inn of Court and former<br>co-chair of the United States-Mexico Bar Association. In 1991-1992, he served as president of the 20,000-member Texas Young Lawyers Association. In 2012, he was recognized as the Go-To Lawyer for Bankruptcy in Texas by the Texas Lawyer. Mr. Beckham is a frequent author and speaker on bankruptcy and insolvency topics, including serving as a guest lecturer at the University of Texas<br>School of Law, Southern Methodist University School of Law, Texas Tech University School of Law, South Texas College of Law and the London Business School. He is listed in the Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Business Lawyers and in The Best Lawyers in America. Mr.<br>Beckham received his B.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin and his J.D. from St. Mary’s University School of Law.