Case number: 8:25-bk-80078 - Hooters of America, LLC and Wind-Down Entities - Texas Northern Bankruptcy Court

Case Information
  • Case title

    Hooters of America, LLC and Wind-Down Entities

  • Court

    Texas Northern (txnbke)

  • Chapter

    11

  • Judge

    Scott W Everett

  • Filed

    03/31/2025

  • Last Filing

    05/29/2026

  • Asset

    Yes

  • Vol

    v

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U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Northern District of Texas (Mega Docket DAL)
Bankruptcy Petition #: 25-80078-swe11

Assigned to: Bankruptcy Judge Scott W Everett
Chapter 11
Voluntary
Asset


Date filed:  03/31/2025
Plan confirmed:  10/30/2025
341 meeting:  05/22/2025
Deadline for filing claims:  06/16/2025
Deadline for filing claims (govt.):  09/29/2025

Debtor

Hooters of America, LLC, Post Effective Date Debtors

1815 The Exchange SE
Atlanta, GA 30339
COBB-GA
Tax ID / EIN: 75-1965288

represented by
Stephanie Ainbinder

Prudential Tower, 800 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02199
617-951-7000
Email: Stephanie.ainbinder@ropesgray.com

Rahmon J. Brown

Ropes & Gray LLP
191 North Wacker Drive, 32nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60606-4302
312-845-1200
Email: rahmon.brown@ropesgray.com

Regina Castillo

Ropes & Gray LLP
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
(212) 596-9000
Email: regina.castillo@ropesgray.com

Ryan Preston Dahl

Ropes & Gray LLP
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
212-596-9000
Email: ryan.dahl@ropesgray.com

Chris L. Dickerson

Ropes & Gray LLP
191 North Wacker Drive, 32nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60606-4302
312-845-1200
Email: chris.dickerson@ropesgray.com

Stephen Austin Jones

Foley & Lardner LLP
2021 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1600
Dallas, TX 75201
(214) 999-4000
Fax : (214) 999-4667
Email: sajones@foley.com

Lauren Knight

Ropes & Gray LLP
191 North Wacker Drive, 32nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60606-4302
(312) 845-1200
Email: lauren.knight@ropesgray.com

Daniel McCaughey

Ropes & Gray LLP
800 Boylston St, Prudential Tower
Boston, MA 02199
617-951-7000
Email: daniel.mccaughey@ropesgray.com

Jeri Leigh Miller

Sidley Austin LLP
2021 McKinney Avenue
Suite 2000
Dallas, TX 75201
214-981-3432
Fax : 214-981-3400
Email: jeri.miller@sidley.com

Holland N. O'Neil

Foley & Lardner LLP
2021 McKinney Avenue
Ste. 1600
Dallas, TX 75201
214-999-4961
Email: honeil@foley.com

Elise Ogden

Ropes & Gray LLP
800 Boylston St, Prudential Tower
Boston, MA 02199
617-951-7000
Email: elise.ogden@ropesgray.com

Alexys Ogorek

Ropes & Gray LLP
191 North Wacker Drive, 32nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
312-845-1200

Heesoo Park

Ropes & Gray LLP
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
212-596-9000
Email: heesoo.park@ropesgray.com

William L. Roberts

800 Boylston St.
Prudential Tower
Boston, MA 02199
617-951-7000
Email: william.roberts@ropesgray.com

Margaret-Ann Toms

Ropes & Gray LLP
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
(212) 596-9000
Email: maggie.toms@ropesgray.com

Benjamin Seth Wagoner

Ropes & Gray LLP
191 North Wacker Drive, 32nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60606-4302
(312) 845-1200
Email: ben.wagoner@ropesgray.com

Michael K. Wheat

Ropes & Gray LLP
191 North Wacker Drive, 32nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60606-4302
312-845-1200
Email: michael.wheat@ropesgray.com

Zachary Zahn

Foley & Lardner LLP
2021 McKinney Ave.
Ste. 1600
Dallas, TX 75201
214-999-3277
Email: zzahn@foley.com

Debtor

Wind-Down Entities

DALLAS-TX

represented by
Colin West

White & Case LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020-1095
212-819-7977
Email: cwest@whitecase.com

Debtor

Reorganized Debtors

DALLAS-TX

represented by
Colin West

(See above for address)

U.S. Trustee

United States Trustee

1100 Commerce Street
Room 976
Dallas, TX 75202
214-767-8967

represented by
Asher Matiah Bublick

United States Trustee Program
1100 Commerce Street, Room 976
Dallas, TX 75242
(214) 767-8967
Fax : (214) 767-8971
Email: asher.bublick@usdoj.gov

Creditor Committee

Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
represented by
Jason R. Adams

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
3 World Trade Center
175 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007
212-808-5056
Fax : 212-808-7897
Email: jadams@kelleydrye.com

Shirley S. Cho

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
1700 Broadway, 36th Floor
New York, NY 10019
212-561-7700
Fax : 212-561-7777
Email: scho@pszjlaw.com

Judith Elkin

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
700 Louisiana Street
Suite 4500
Houston, TX 77002
713-691-9385
Fax : 713-691-9407
Email: jelkin@pszjlaw.com

Robert J. Feinstein

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
1700 Broadway, 36th Floor
New York, NY 10019
212-561-7700
Fax : 212-561-7777
Email: rfeinstein@pszjlaw.com

Theodore S. Heckel

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
700 Louisiana Street, Suite 4500
Houston, TX 77002
713-691-9385
Fax : 713-691-9407
Email: theckel@pszjlaw.com

Maxim B Litvak

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
700 Louisiana Street
15th Floor
Houston, TX 77002
713-691-9385
Fax : 713-691-9407
Email: mlitvak@pszjlaw.com

Maxim Boris Litvak

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
One Sansome Street
34th Floor, Suite 3430
San Francisco, CA 94104-4436
415-263-7000
Fax : 415-263-7010
Email: mlitvak@pszjlaw.com

Jennifer D. Raviele

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
3 World Trade Center
175 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007
212-808-7684
Email: jraviele@kelleydrye.com

Bradford J. Sandler

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
1700 Broadway, 36th Floor
New York, NY 10019
212-561-7700
Fax : 212-561-7777
Email: bsandler@pszjlaw.com

Michael D. Warner

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
700 Louisiana Street
Suite 4500
Houston, TX 77002
713-691-9385
Email: mwarner@pszjlaw.com

Eric R. Wilson

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
3 World Trade Center
175 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007
212-808-5087
Fax : 212-808-7897
Email: ewilson@kelleydrye.com

Elkin judith

PACHULSKI STANG ZIEHL & JONES LLP
700 Louisiana Street, Suite 4500
Houston, TX 77002
713-691-9385
Fax : 713-691-9407
Email: mlitvak@pszjlaw.com

Latest Dockets

Date Filed#Docket Text
05/29/20261499(3 pgs) Notice of Appearance and Request for Notice by Daren Brinkman filed by Other Professional Hooters Litigation Trust. (Brinkman, Daren)
05/28/20261498Hearing held on 5/18/2026 (RE: related document(s)[1436] Motion for relief from stay MOTION OF LAURA CABALLERO AND MATTISEN RIVERA FOR RELIEF FROM THE PLAN INJUNCTION TO PERMIT INSURED PERSONAL INJURY LAWSUIT TO PROCEED IN STATE COURT AGAINST DEBTOR TW RESTAURANT HOLDER, LLC Filed by Laura Caballero, Mattisen Rivera) (HEARING PASSED FOR A FINAL HEARING) (Bergreen, J.)
05/22/20261497(3 pgs) Notice /Master Service List as of May 20, 2026 filed by Other Professional Drivetrain, LLC as Wind-Down Officer. (Elkin, Judith)
05/22/20261496(13 pgs) Certificate of service re: of Sonia Akter Regarding Notice of Satisfaction and Disallowance of Scheduled Unsecured Claims and Proofs of Claim of KERP Participants Filed by Claims Agent Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC (related document(s)1494 Notice Of Satisfaction And Disallowance Of Scheduled Unsecured Claims And Proofs Of Claim Of KERP Participants filed by Other Professional Hooters Litigation Trust (RE: related document(s)473 Motion for leave /Debtors Motion for Entry of an Order (I) Authorizing and Approving the Debtors Key Employee Retention Plan and (II) Granting Related Relief Filed by Debtor Hooters of America, LLC Objections due by 7/14/2025. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Proposed Order) (O'Neil, Holland), 615 n Order (I) Authorizing and Approving the Debtors Key Employee Retention Plan and (II) Granting Related Relief (related document 473) Entered on 7/17/2025. (Okafor, M.), 1151 Notice of (I) Entry of an Order (A) Approving the Disclosure Statement for the Second Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Hooters of America, LLC and Its Affiliated Debtors and (B) Confirming the Fourth Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Hooters of America, LLC and Its Affiliated Debtors and (II) Occurrence of the Effective Date filed by Debtor Hooters of America, LLC (RE: related document(s)1146 Order (I) Approving the Disclosure Statement on a Final Basis and (II) Confirming the Fourth Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization (RE: related document(s)1142 Chapter 11 plan filed by Debtor Hooters of America, LLC). Entered on 10/30/2025 (Okafor, M.)). (O'Neil, Holland)). filed by Other Professional Hooters Litigation Trust). (Steele, Benjamin)
05/19/20261495Hearing held on 5/13/2026 re: [1] Non-individual Chapter 11 Voluntary Petition. Filed by Hooters of America, LLC. (STATUS CONFERENCE HELD) (Ferrufino, Sara)
05/19/20261494(15 pgs) Notice Of Satisfaction And Disallowance Of Scheduled Unsecured Claims And Proofs Of Claim Of KERP Participants filed by Other Professional Hooters Litigation Trust (RE: related document(s)473 Motion for leave /Debtors Motion for Entry of an Order (I) Authorizing and Approving the Debtors Key Employee Retention Plan and (II) Granting Related Relief Filed by Debtor Hooters of America, LLC Objections due by 7/14/2025. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Proposed Order) (O'Neil, Holland), 615 n Order (I) Authorizing and Approving the Debtors Key Employee Retention Plan and (II) Granting Related Relief (related document 473) Entered on 7/17/2025. (Okafor, M.), 1151 Notice of (I) Entry of an Order (A) Approving the Disclosure Statement for the Second Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Hooters of America, LLC and Its Affiliated Debtors and (B) Confirming the Fourth Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Hooters of America, LLC and Its Affiliated Debtors and (II) Occurrence of the Effective Date filed by Debtor Hooters of America, LLC (RE: related document(s)1146 Order (I) Approving the Disclosure Statement on a Final Basis and (II) Confirming the Fourth Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization (RE: related document(s)1142 Chapter 11 plan filed by Debtor Hooters of America, LLC). Entered on 10/30/2025 (Okafor, M.)). (O'Neil, Holland)). (Elkin, Judith)
05/17/20261493(20 pgs) BNC certificate of mailing - PDF document. (RE: related document(s)1492 Stipulation and Agreed Order (RE: related document(s)1489 Stipulation filed by Other Professional Hooters Litigation Trust). Entered on 5/15/2026) No. of Notices: 1. Notice Date 05/17/2026. (Admin.)
05/15/20261492(7 pgs) Stipulation and Agreed Order (RE: related document(s)1489 Stipulation filed by Other Professional Hooters Litigation Trust). Entered on 5/15/2026 (Whitaker, Sheniqua)
05/15/20261491(7 pgs) Stipulation and Agreed Order (RE: related document(s)1488 Stipulation filed by Other Professional Hooters Litigation Trust). Entered on 5/15/2026 (Whitaker, Sheniqua)
05/15/20261490(7 pgs) Stipulation and Agreed Order (RE: related document(s)1487 Stipulation filed by Other Professional Hooters Litigation Trust). Entered on 5/15/2026 (Whitaker, Sheniqua)