Hugh M. Ray

Attorney

Current Position

Principal
McKool Smith
600 Travis Street
Suite 7000
Houston, TX 77002
USA

Tel: 713-485-7301
Fax: 713-485-7344
Email: hray@mckoolsmith.com

Class: VII (1996)Circuit: Fifth

Education

Vanderbilt University, B.A. (1965)
Vanderbilt University School of Law, LLB (1967)
Admitted to State Bar of Texas (1967)
Admitted to U.S. Supreme Court (1970)
Admitted to New York Bar (1992)

Professional Career

Andrews & Kurth, L.L.P. (1968-09)
Assistant U.S. Attorney, (1967-68)

Affiliations

American Bar Association: Former Chair, Business Bankruptcy Committee; Former Member, Standing Committee on Judicial Selection, Tenure and Compensation; Former Chair, Committee on Trust Indentures and Indenture Trustees; Former Member, Council Business Law Section; Former Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Bankruptcy Court Structure and Insolvency Process; Past Chair, Energy Business Committee
American Law Institute, Life Member
American Bankruptcy Institute
Texas Board of Legal Specialization, American Board of Certification, Board Certified Business Bankruptcy Specialist
State Bar of Texas, Former Chair, Texas State Bar Bankruptcy Committee

Publications

Last Rights, Liquidating a Company Oxford University Press 2007 Co-author
Bankruptcy Investing (1992) Beard Publishing 3rd Edition 2003 Co-author
Creditors Rights, Texas Practice Guide West Publishing, 1998 Co-author Volume I & II
"Bankruptcy Trustees Target Unrecorded Interest," Business Lawyer Update, Vol. 6 No. 5 May/Jun 1986 Author
"Oil and Gas Bankruptcies," Petroleum Management, Vol. 8 No. 6 Jun 1986 Author
"Requests for Extensions of the Debtor's Exclusivity Period For Filing A Plan," 29 S. Tex. L.J. 1988 Author

Awards

Eastern Finance Association Award for Outstanding Paper on Financial Institutions (1992)
Listed in Best Lawyers in America for more than 20 years
Listed as Number One in Texas "'Go to' Lawyers for Bankruptcy," Texas Lawyer (2002)
Top Attorneys-New York, NY Magazine (2011)