Education
- Brown University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1982)
- Southwestern Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1986)
Bar and Court Admissions
- 1986, California
Henry C. Kevane

Mr. Kevane is the managing partner of the firm's San Francisco office. He has worked on transactional and bankruptcy matters with clients from a variety of industries. In 2011, the Daily Journal profiled him in a special supplement as one of the top 25 municipal lawyers in California for his work in chapter 9 bankruptcy cases. Mr. Kevane was inducted into the American College of Bankruptcy as a fellow in 2015. In 2020, he was selected as a fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a global honorary society of lawyers, judges, law faculty and legal scholars who have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession and to the welfare of society. Mr. Kevane is a graduate of Brown University and received his J.D. from Southwestern Law School, where he was editor in chief of the Southwestern University Law Review. He holds an AV Preeminent Peer Rating, Martindale-Hubbell's highest recognition for ethical standards and legal ability, has been listed in Best Lawyers in America for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law since 2006, and and is listed among the "Best Lawyers in America" and "San Francisco's Best Lawyers" for his work in bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights law. Mr. Kevane is admitted to practice in California.
Representations
- Creditors' committees in SeraCare Life Sciences, Guy F. Atkinson Company, America West Airlines
- Chapter 11 debtors in Verity Health System, Deltagen, Thorpe Insulation, Point Blank Solutions, Champion Enterprises, Aegis Mortgage, Yipes Communications, E/O Networks, Worlds of Wonder, Frederick & Nelson
- Creditors' committees in the municipal restructurings of the County of Orange, Heffernan Memorial Hospital District (chapter 9 debtor located in Calexico, California), Palm Drive Healthcare District; West Contra Costa Healthcare District, Valley Health System Adair County Hospital District (Kentucky)
- Debtor's counsel to Mendocino Coast Health Care District in its chapter 9 case
Professional Affiliations
- Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- Director, Business Law Today (ABA Business Law Section)
- Vice-chair, Business Bankruptcy Committee of the ABA Business Law Section (2020 - present)
- Chair, Asset Forfeiture & Bankruptcy Subcommittee of the Bankruptcy Court Structure & Insolvency Committee of the ABA Business Law Section (2017-present)
- Co-chair, Programs Subcommittee of the ABA Business Law Section Business Bankruptcy Committee (2015-2020)
- Chair, Legislative Subcommittee of the ABA Business Law Section Business Bankruptcy Committee (2014-15)
- Chair, Bankruptcy Committees Subcommittee of the ABA Business Law Section Business Bankruptcy Committee (2013-14)
- Vice-chair, Individual Chapter 11 Subcommittee of the ABA Business Law Section Business Bankruptcy Committee (2011-13)
- Chair, State Bar of California Committee on Federal Courts (1996-2001)
- Chair, State Bar of California Business Law Section Insolvency Law Committee (1995-1999)
Programs and Lectures
American Intellectual Property Law Association, American Conference Institute, ALI/ABA, Association of Insolvency & Restructuring AdvisorsNews
- August 20, 2020
- August 11, 2020
- August 15, 2019
- March 12, 2019
- August 15, 2018
- August 15, 2017
- August 2016
- November 2015
- August 17, 2015
- November 2014
- August 2014
- San Francisco MagazineNorthern California Super Lawyers, July 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- The Recorder & Best Lawyers in America, February 2013
- Special "Municipal Law" supplement to Daily Journal (page 14), December 7, 2011
- 2008
Publications
- American Bar Association Business Law Section, October 2019
- 45 ABA PREVIEW of United States Supreme Court Cases 42 (2017), October 27, 2017
- 44 ABA PREVIEW of United States Supreme Court Cases 218 (2017), April 14, 2017
- 43 PREVIEW of United States Supreme Court Cases 200 (2016), March 22, 2016
- ABA Business Bankruptcy Committee e-Newsletter, July 2015
- Business Law Today, December 2014
- Bankruptcy Fairness and Employee Benefits Protection ActABA Business Bankruptcy Committee of the Business Law Section, June 11, 2014
- 26 Journal of Corporate Renewal 24, May 2013
- Funding a Chapter 11 CaseABI, December 2012
- Business Law Today, June 2012
- American Bar Association Business Law Section Business Bankruptcy Committee Newsletter, January 2012
- Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Strategies (Thomson Reuters), October 2011
- May 2011
- Parts I & II20 Business Law Today (May and June 2011)
- "Legislative Solutions in the Orange County Chapter 9 Case," published in course handbook, The Aftermath of Bankruptcy: Legislative Reform -- State and Federal (1996)
- "The Treatment of Financing Leases in a Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Case," in AGL & F Tax-Exempt Leasing Letter (1996)
- "The Legislative Side of the Orange County Chapter 9 Case" for Sacramento County Bar Association (1996)
- "Now What? Three Questions Facing the Municipal Bondholder Upon Commencement of a Chapter 9 Case," published in course handbook, Municipal Bond Law for the Bankruptcy Practitioner (1996)
- "Fee Shifting by (1) Oversecured Creditors in Bankruptcy Cases & (2) Prevailing Parties in Civil Litigation," published in course handbook Getting Paid What You Are Worth (1996)
- "The Newsgatherer's Shield: Why Waste Space in the California Constitution?" 15 Southwestern University Law Review 527 (1985)
- Coauthor, "Principles of Equitable Subordination Under Section 510 of the Bankruptcy Code," in Selected Issues in Bankruptcy Practice (1991)
- Contributing author, Bankruptcy Practice: Annual Recent Developments (Calif. Contin. Ed. Bar 1992-1998)
Events
- ABA Business Law Section Business Bankruptcy CommitteeLas Vegas, October 8, 2017
- California Bankruptcy Forum 2015 ConferenceNapa CA, May 15, 2015
- 26th Annual American Bankuptcy Institute Winter Leadership ConferenceLa Quinta CA, December 6, 2014
- Law & Economics Center | George Mason University School of LawSan Francisco, September 16, 2014
- Turnaround Management AssociationWebinar, May 23, 2013
- 86th Annual National Conference of Bankruptcy JudgesSan Diego, October 26, 2012
- 34th Annual Paralegal Ass'n of Santa Clara County Educational SeminarPalo Alto CA, October 20, 2012
- AIPLA Spring MeetingSan Francisco, May 13, 2011