Case number: 8:26-bk-80007 - Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. - Texas Northern Bankruptcy Court

Case Information
  • Case title

    Hallmark Financial Services, Inc.

  • Court

    Texas Northern (txnbke)

  • Chapter

    11

  • Judge

    Michelle V. Larson

  • Filed

    06/15/2026

  • Last Filing

    08/15/2026

  • Asset

    Yes

  • Vol

    v

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REFORM, EXHIBITS, COMPLEX, ClaimsAgent



U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Northern District of Texas (Mega Docket DAL)
Bankruptcy Petition #: 26-80007-mvl11

Assigned to: Michelle V. Larson
Chapter 11
Voluntary
Asset


Date filed:  06/15/2026
341 meeting:  07/22/2026

Debtor

Hallmark Financial Services, Inc.

5400 Lyndon B. Johnson Fwy
Ste 400
Dallas, TX 75240
DALLAS-TX
Tax ID / EIN: 87-0447375

represented by
Aaron Michael Kaufman

Gray Reed & McGraw LLP
1601 Elm Street, Suite 4600
Dallas, TX 75201
214-954-4135
Fax : 214-953-1332
Email: akaufman@grayreed.com

Trustee

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB


represented by
Todd C. Meyers

600 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 5200
Atlanta, GA 30308
404-868-6645
Fax : 404-853-8806
Email: toddmeyers@eversheds-sutherland.com

John J. Ramirez

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
1114 Avenue of the Americas, 40th Fl.
175 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10036
212-287-6994
Fax : 212-389-5099
Email: joramirez@eversheds-sutherland.com

Phyllis Young

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
1001 Fannin
Suite 3700
Houston, TX 77002-6760
713-922-9673
Email: phyllisyoung@eversheds-sutherland.us

U.S. Trustee

United States Trustee

1100 Commerce Street
Room 976
Dallas, TX 75202
214-767-8967
represented by
Meredyth Kippes

Office of the United States Trustee
1100 Commerce Street
Room 976
Dallas, TX 75242
214-767-1079
Fax : 214-767-8971
Email: meredyth.kippes@usdoj.gov

Latest Dockets

Date Filed#Docket Text
08/15/2026215BNC certificate of mailing - PDF document. (RE: related document(s)[211] Order granting application to employ Rochelle McCullough PLLC as special litigation counsel to the Debtor,(related document [124]) Entered on 8/13/2026.) No. of Notices: 0. Notice Date 08/15/2026. (Admin.)
08/14/2026214Certificate of service re: (Supplemental) re: Order Granting Complex Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Treatment (Docket No. 47), Notice of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case (substantially as Exhibit 1 to Docket No. 61), Official Form 410 Proof of Claim Form and Instructions for Proof of Claim (attached hereto as Exhibit A), and Notice of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases Subject to Possible Assumption and Assignment and Proposed Cure Amounts (Docket No. 173) Filed by Claims Agent Stretto (related document(s)[47] Order granting complex chapter 11 treatment. Entered on 6/18/2026 (Okafor, M.), [61] Order (I) Authorizing the Debtor to Redact Certain Personal Identification Information, (II) Approving the Form and Manner of Notifying Creditors of the Commencement of the Debtor's Chapter 11 Case and Bar Dates, (III) Establishing a Master Service List and (IV) Granting Related Relief (related document [3]) Entered on 6/18/2026. (Okafor, M.), [173] Notice of Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases Subject to Possible Assumption and Assignment and Proposed Cure Amounts filed by Debtor Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. (RE: related document(s)[156] Order (A) Approving Bidding Procedures, (B) Scheduling a Bid Deadline, and Auction, (C) Approving Procedures for Curing Prepetition Defaults and Providing Adequate Assurances to Contract Counterparties, and (D) Approving the Forms and Manners of Notice Thereof (RE: related document(s)[17] Chapter 11 plan filed by Debtor Hallmark Financial Services, Inc.). Confirmation Hearing to be held on 8/25/2026 at 02:00 PM Dallas Judge Larson Ctrm for [17], Entered on 7/16/2026 (G., Camille)). filed by Debtor Hallmark Financial Services, Inc., Spec. Counsel Hallmark Financial Services, Inc.). (Betance, Sheryl)
08/14/2026213Certificate of service re: Order Authorizing the Employment of Rochelle McCullough PLLC as Special Litigation Counsel to the Debtor, Effective as of the Petition Date (Docket No. 211) Filed by Claims Agent Stretto (related document(s)[211] Order granting application to employ Rochelle McCullough PLLC as special litigation counsel to the Debtor,(related document [124]) Entered on 8/13/2026.). (Betance, Sheryl)
08/14/2026212Stipulation by Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, Kenneth Krissinger, and Naveen Anand. filed by Debtor Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. (RE: related document(s)[167] Order approving disclosure statement). (Kaufman, Aaron)
08/13/2026211Order granting application to employ Rochelle McCullough PLLC as special litigation counsel to the Debtor,(related document [124]) Entered on 8/13/2026. (Ellison, Traci)
08/13/2026210Certificate of service re: Debtors Application for Entry of an Order Authorizing the Employment of Daniels & Erickson, P.C. as Accountant to the Debtor and Debtor in Possession, Effective as of the Petition Date (Docket No. 208) Filed by Claims Agent Stretto (related document(s)[208] Application to employ Daniels & Erickson, P.C. as Accountant Debtor's Application for Entry of an Order Authorizing the Employment of Daniels & Erickson, P.C. as Accountant to the Debtor and Debtor in Possession, Effective as of the Petition Date Filed by Debtor Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. filed by Debtor Hallmark Financial Services, Inc., Spec. Counsel Hallmark Financial Services, Inc.). (Betance, Sheryl)
08/13/2026209Certificate of service re: Notice of Assumed Contract Schedule (Docket No. 207) Filed by Claims Agent Stretto (related document(s)[207] Notice of Assumed Contract Schedule filed by Debtor Hallmark Financial Services, Inc.. filed by Debtor Hallmark Financial Services, Inc., Spec. Counsel Hallmark Financial Services, Inc.). (Betance, Sheryl)
08/12/2026208Application to employ Daniels & Erickson, P.C. as Accountant Debtor's Application for Entry of an Order Authorizing the Employment of Daniels & Erickson, P.C. as Accountant to the Debtor and Debtor in Possession, Effective as of the Petition Date Filed by Debtor Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. (Kaufman, Aaron)
08/11/2026207Notice of Assumed Contract Schedule filed by Debtor Hallmark Financial Services, Inc.. (Kaufman, Aaron)
08/11/2026206Certificate of service re: [Corrected] Notice of Cancellation of Auction (Docket No. 202) Filed by Claims Agent Stretto (related document(s)[202] Notice [Corrected] Notice of Cancellation of Auction filed by Debtor Hallmark Financial Services, Inc.. filed by Debtor Hallmark Financial Services, Inc., Spec. Counsel Hallmark Financial Services, Inc.). (Betance, Sheryl)