WALTER ENERGY, INC. Bankruptcy Filing
Case Number: 15-02741
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WALTER ENERGY, INC. Filing Information
WALTER ENERGY, INC. filed a 7 chapter bankruptcy in the Northern District of Alabama bankruptcy court on July 15, 2015. This is a voluntary filing; it was assigned the bankruptcy case number #15-02741.
The bankruptcy petition for WALTER ENERGY, INC. showed assets in the range of more than $1B with liabilities in the range of more than $1B. WALTER ENERGY, INC. reports that the number of creditors is in the range of 10,001-25,000.
The debtor indicated their nature of business as: None of the Above. The debtor did not indicate which an industry for the debtor.
Case Information and Court Record Details
Data Source: PACER federal court records
Monitoring: Daily Monitoring is Available
Last Updated: 6/21/2025
Case Age: 3629 days since filing
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Court Docket Information for WALTER ENERGY, INC.
NOCLOSE, LimitedMatrix, JNTADMN, LEAD, CLMAGT, APPEAL, CONVERTED |
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA (Birmingham)
Bankruptcy Petition #: 15-02741-TOM7
Assigned to: Tamara O Mitchell Chapter 7 Previous chapter 11 Original chapter 11 Voluntary Asset |
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| Debtor New WEI, Inc., et al., Jointly Administered 3000 Riverchase Galleria Suite 1700 Birmingham, AL 35244-2359 JEFFERSON-AL Tax ID / EIN: 13-3429953 aka Walter Industries, Inc. |
rep. by |
Allan J. Arffa
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019-6064 TERMINATED: 07/06/2020 James Blake Bailey Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP 1819 Fifth Ave N. Birmingham, AL 35203 205-521-8913 Fax : 205-488-6913 Email: jbailey @ bradley.com Jay R. Bender Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP 214 North Tryon Street Suite 3700 Charlotte, NC 28202 704-338-6035 Fax : 704-332-8858 Email: jbender @ bradley.com Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP Jay R. Bender 1819 Fith Ave N Birmingham, AL 35203 Patrick Darby Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP One Federal Place 1819 5th Avenue North Birmingham, AL 35203 205-521-8000 Fax : 205-488-6332 Email: pdarby @ babc.com TERMINATED: 03/18/2016 Robert N. Kravitz Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019-6064 TERMINATED: 07/06/2020 Jayna Partain Lamar Maynard Nexsen PC 1901 6th Avenue North Suite 1700 Birmingham, AL 35203 205-254-1048 Fax : 205-714-6348 Email: jlamar @ maynardnexsen.com Daniel J. Leffell Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019-6064 TERMINATED: 07/06/2020 Cathleen C Moore Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP 1819 5th Avenue North Birmingham, AL 35203 (205) 521-8301 Fax : (205) 521-8800 Email: ccmoore @ bradley.com J Leland Murphree Buchalter PC 1 Music Circle South Ste 300 Nashville, AL 37203 629-309-1331 Email: lmurphree @ buchalter.com Robert Karl Ozols Maynard, Cooper & Gale PC 1901 Sixth Avenue North 2400 Regions/Harbert Plaza Birmingham, AL 35203 205-254-1875 Fax : 205-714-6441 Dan Youngblut Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019-6064 TERMINATED: 07/06/2020 |
| Trustee Andre' M Toffel Andre' M Toffel, PC 450A Century Park South Suite #206A Birmingham, AL 35226 205 252-7115 |
rep. by |
Jay R. Bender
(See above for address) Cunningham Bounds LLC Steve Olen 1601 Dauphin Street Mobile, AL 36604 Dentons Sirote PC P O Box 55727 Birmingham, AL 35255-5727 Thomas Benjamin Humphries Christian & Small LLP 505 - 20th Street North Ste 1800 Birmingham, AL 35203 205-250-6600 Email: tbhumphries @ csattorneys.com TERMINATED: 02/05/2024 Jayna Partain Lamar (See above for address) Maynard Cooper & Gale PC Jayna P. Lamar 1901 6th Ave N Ste 2400 Birmingham, AL 35203 Steve Olen Cunningham, Bounds 1601 Dauphin Street P O Box 66705 Mobile, AL 36660 (251) 471-6191 Fax : (251) 479-1031 Email: sco @ cunninghambounds.com Stephen B Porterfield Dentons Sirote, P.C. 2311 Highland Avenue S. Suite 500 Birmingham, AL 35205 205-930-5278 Fax : 205-212-3862 Email: stephen.porterfield @ dentons.com |
| Attorney for Trustee Stephen B. Porterfield Sirote & Permutt PC 2311 Highland Avenue South Birmingham, AL 35205 205-930-5278 |
rep. by |
Stephen B Porterfield
(See above for address) |
| Attorney for Trustee Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP 1819 Fifth Avenue North Birmingham, AL 35203 205-521-8000 |
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| Creditor Committee Mayer Electric Supply Co., Inc. Attn: Mark J. Horn 3405 4th Avenue S Birmingham, AL 35222 |
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| Creditor Committee Cowin & Company, Inc. Attn: John Moore P. O. Box 19009 Birmingham, AL 35219-9009 TERMINATED: 08/28/2015 |
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| Creditor Committee Delaware Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee Attn: Sandra E. Horwitz 2711 Centerville Road Wilmington, DE 19808 |
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| Creditor Committee UMWA 1974 Pension Plan and Trust Attn: David W. Allen 2121 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20037 |
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George N. Davies
QUINN, CONNOR, WEAVER, DAVIES & ROUCO Two North Twentieth Street 2 20th Street North Suite 930 Birmingham, AL 35203 205-870-9989 Fax : 205-803-4143 Email: gdavies @ qcwdr.com Robert Moore Weaver CWA District 3 4100 Perimeter Park S Atlanta, GA 30341 404-296-5553 Email: rweaver @ cwa-union.org |
| Creditor Committee UMB Bank National Association Attn: Mark Flannagan 1010 Grand Blvd. Kansas City, MO 64106 |
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| Creditor Committee United Steelworkers Attn: David R. Jury 60 Boulevard of the Allies, Room 807 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 |
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| Creditor Committee Industrial Mining Supply Inc. Attn: Phillip Bradford 2500 Five Star Parkway Bessemer, AL 35020 TERMINATED: 11/04/2015 |
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Michael E Bybee
Law Office of Michael E. Bybee 2107 5th Avenue N., Ste. 401 I Birmingham, AL 35203 205-252-1622 Email: mbybee1 @ bellsouth.net TERMINATED: 11/04/2015 |
| Creditor Committee Hager Oil Company, Inc. Attn: Philip C. Grace P O Box 1429 Jasper, AL 35502-1429 |
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| Creditor Committee United Mine Workers of America Attn: Grant Crandall 18354 Quantico Gateway Drive, Suite 200 Triangle, VA 22172 |
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Robert Moore Weaver
(See above for address) |
| Creditor Committee Carroll Engineering Co. Attn: Greg Wolfe 227 Industrial Park Dr Harlan, KY 40831 |
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| Creditor Committee Consolidated Pipe & Supply Co., Inc. Attn: Chris Harper 1205 Hilltop Parkway Birmingham, AL 35124 |
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| Creditor Committee Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Attn: Michael Strollo 1200 K St. NW Washington, DC 20005 |
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| Creditor Committee Nelson Brothers LLC Attn: Jason K. Baker 820 Shades Creek Pkwy Ste 2000 Birmingham, AL 35209 |
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| Creditor Committee Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Walter Energy, Inc., et al. |
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Bill D Bensinger
Christian & Small, LLP 1800 Financial Center 505 North 20th Street Birmingham, AL 35203 205-250-6626 Fax : 205-328-7234 Email: bdbensinger @ csattorneys.com Charles L. Kerr MORRISON &FOERSTER LLP 250 West 55th Street New York, NY 10019-9601 212-468-8000 Fax : 212-468-7900 Email: ckerr @ mofo.com J. Alexander Lawrence MORRISON &FOERSTER LLP 250 West 55th Street New York, NY 10019-9601 212-468-8000 Fax : 212-468-7900 Email: alawrence @ mofo.com Jennifer L. Marines MORRISON &FOERSTER LLP 250 West 55th Street New York, NY 10019-9601 212-468-8000 Fax : 212-468-7900 Email: jmarines @ mofo.com Lorenzo Marinuzzi MORRISON &FOERSTER LLP 250 West 55th Street New York, NY 10019-9601 212-468-8000 Fax : 212-468-7900 Email: LMarinuzzi @ mofo.com Samantha Martin MORRISON &FOERSTER LLP 250 West 55th Street New York, NY 10019-9601 212-468-8000 Fax : 212-468-7900 Email: smartin @ mofo.com Brett Miller MORRISON &FOERSTER LLP 250 West 55th Street New York, NY 10019-9601 212-468-8000 Fax : 212-468-7900 Email: brettmiller @ mofo.com Morrison & Foerster LLP 250 West 55th Street New York, NY 10019-9601 212-468-8000 James A. Newton MORRISON &FOERSTER LLP 250 West 55th Street New York, NY 10019-9601 212-468-8000 Fax : 212-468-7900 Email: jnewton @ mofo.com Erica J. Richards MORRISON &FOERSTER LLP 250 West 55th Street New York, NY 10019-9601 212-468-8000 Fax : 212-468-7900 Email: erichards @ mofo.com Daniel D Sparks Christian & Small LLP 1800 Financial Center 505 North 20th Street Birmingham, AL 35203 205-795-6588 Fax : 205-328-7234 Email: ddsparks @ csattorneys.com |
| Creditor Committee Official Committee of Retired Employees of Walter Energy, Inc. Adams and Reese LLP 1901 6th Avenue North, Suite 3000 Birmingham, AL 35203 United States of America 205-250-5033 |
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Richard Patrick Carmody
1901 6th Avenue North Suite 3000 Birmingham, AL 35203 205 250-5000 Email: richard.carmody @ arlaw.com Landon S. Raiford Jenner & Block LLP 353 North Clark Street Chicago, IL 60654-3456 312-222-9350 Fax : 312-527-0484 Email: lraiford @ jenner.com Melissa M. Root Jenner & Block LLP 353 North Clark Street Chicago, IL 60654-3456 312-222-9350 Fax : 312-527-0484 Email: mroot @ jenner.com Charles B. Sklarsky Jenner & Block LLP 353 North Clark Street Chicago, IL 60654-3456 312-222-9350 Fax : 312-527-0484 Email: csklarsky @ jenner.com Catherine L. Steege Jenner & Block LLP 353 North Clark Street Chicago, IL 60654-3456 312-222-9360 Fax : 312-527-0484 Email: csteege @ jenner.com |
| Creditor Committee Adams and Reese LLP Birmingham Regions Harbert Plaza 1901 6th Avenue North Suite 3000 Birmingham, AL 35203 United States of America (205) 250-5000 |
rep. by |
Richard Patrick Carmody
(See above for address) |
| Creditor Committee Morrison & Foerster LLP |
rep. by | Bill D Bensinger
(See above for address) |
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