Kit Weitnauer has represented parties in interest in major Chapter 11 cases, including Taylor Bean & Whitaker, Spectrum Brands, Lehman Brothers, IndyMac Bancorp and Enron. He is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy.

In 2006, he was the plaintiff’s trial counsel in a five-week jury trial in Oregon (with co-counsel from Oregon) that resulted in a jury verdict that (i) found that over $965 million in transfers were made with the actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud his client and (ii) awarded $350 million in punitive damages to his client. According to The National Law Journal, this was the largest verdict of 2006.

He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America reference book and profiled in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the field of Bankruptcy/Restructuring.

He is the author of The Bankruptcy Court’s Watchdog: The Appointment, Role and Power of Examiners Today, published in 2011; the co-author of Business Valuation and Bankruptcy, published in 2009; and a co-author of Problem Loan Strategies. He is a contributing editor of two bankruptcy treatises, Norton Bankruptcy Law and Practice and the Bankruptcy Litigation Manual, as well as the monthly American Bankruptcy Institute Journal. He is a frequent speaker on bankruptcy topics.