Buffets Holdings

Representation as co-counsel to the creditors’ committee in the chapter 11 case of Buffets Holdings in the Northern District of Texas. The debtor is the nation’s largest steak-buffet restaurant chain and the second-largest restaurant company in the family-dining segment of the restaurant industry, operating under the names Old Country Buffet, Country Buffet, HomeTown Buffet, Ryan’s and Firemountain. Just before filing, the debtors had 615 company-owned steak-buffet restaurants, eleven Tahoe Joe’s Famous Steakhouse restaurants, and sixteen franchised locations collectively operating in forty-two states, and employed over 36,000 employees.