John C. Weitnauer

Kit Weitnauer is a retired partner and former chair of Alston & Birds Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring Group. His experience included representing clients with significant roles in the Lehman Brothers, Residential Capital, Enron, Taylor Bean & Whitaker, Spectrum Brands, and Indy Mac Bancorp bankruptcies. He served as plaintiffs trial counsel (along with local co-counsel) in a five-week jury trial in Oregon that resulted in a verdict that found over $965 million in transfers were made with the actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud his client and that awarded $350 million in punitive damages to his client. Kit is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy. In 2014, he was named the Atlanta Bankruptcy Litigation Lawyer of the Year by The Best Lawyers in America . Kit also appeared in Chambers USA: Americas Leading Lawyers for Business in the field of Bankruptcy/Restructuring. He is the author of The Bankruptcy Courts Watchdog: The Appointment, Role and Power of Examiners Today, co-author of Business Valuation and Bankruptcy and co-author of Problem Loan Strategies. He was a contributing editor of Norton Bankruptcy Law and Practice and the Bankruptcy Litigation Manual Kit was a frequent speaker on a wide range of bankruptcy topics.