Case number: 9:26-bk-90440 - Ascend Elements, Inc. and Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Ascen - Texas Southern Bankruptcy Court

Case Information
  • Case title

    Ascend Elements, Inc. and Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Ascen

  • Court

    Texas Southern (txsbke)

  • Chapter

    11

  • Judge

    Christopher M. Lopez

  • Filed

    04/09/2026

  • Last Filing

    05/29/2026

  • Asset

    Yes

  • Vol

    v

Docket Header
PlnDue, DsclsDue, COMPLX, LEAD



U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Southern District of Texas (Houston)
Bankruptcy Petition #: 26-90440

Assigned to: Bankruptcy Judge Christopher M. Lopez
Chapter 11
Voluntary
Asset


Date filed:  04/09/2026
341 meeting:  05/26/2026
Deadline for filing claims (govt.):  10/30/2026

Debtor

Ascend Elements, Inc.

133 Flanders Road
Westborough, MA 01581
WORCESTER-MA
Tax ID / EIN: 82-2222893

represented by
Michael Berthiaume

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
2200 Ross Avenue
Suite 3600
Dallas, TX 75201
214-855-8274
Email: michael.berthiaume@nortonrosefulbright.com

Ryan E Manns

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
2200 Ross Ave
Ste 3600
Dallas, TX 75201
214-855-0000
Email: ryan.manns@nortonrosefulbright.com

Maria Barbara Mokrzycka

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
1550 Lamar
Suite 2000
Houston, TX 77010
713-651-5359
Email: maria.mokrzycka@nortonrosefulbright.com

John Laurens Wilkes

Clifford Chance US LLP
845 Texas Ave.
Suite 2700
Houston, TX 77002
713-821-2800
Email: laurens.wilkes@cliffordchance.com

Debtor

Ascend Elements US, LLC

3120 Southwest Freeway
Suite 213
Houston, TX 77098
HARRIS-TX
Tax ID / EIN: 41-3028309

represented by
Maria Barbara Mokrzycka

(See above for address)

U.S. Trustee

US Trustee

Office of the US Trustee
515 Rusk Ave
Ste 3516
Houston, TX 77002

represented by
Ha Minh Nguyen

Office of the United States Trustee
515 Rusk St
Ste 3516
Houston, TX 77002
202-590-7962
Email: ha.nguyen@usdoj.gov

Creditor Committee

Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Ascend Elements, Inc., et al.
represented by
Charles R Gibbs

McDermott Will & Schulte LLP
2801 N. Harwood St.
Suite 2600
Dallas, TX 75201
214-295-8063
Email: Crgibbs@mcdermottlaw.com

Latest Dockets

Date Filed#Docket Text
05/29/2026424Objection to the Sale of the Debtor's Hopkinsville Assets. Filed by F.E. Moran, Inc. Fire Protection (Davis, Kathryn) (Entered: 05/29/2026)
05/29/2026423Objection The United States Of America's Objection To Sale Of Assets. Filed by United states (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A # 2 Exhibit B) (Lerman, Leah) (Entered: 05/29/2026)
05/29/2026422Order (I) Authorizing the Debtors to File Under Seal the Names of Certain Confidential Parties in Interest and (II) Granting Related Relief (Related Doc # 165) Signed on 5/29/2026. (yml4) (Entered: 05/29/2026)
05/29/2026421Witness List, Exhibit List (Filed By Worcester Polytechnic Institute ). (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 - 4) (Bartley, Ryan) (Entered: 05/29/2026)
05/29/2026420Objection Limited Objection and Reservation of Rights of H2O Innovation USA, Inc. Filed by H2O Innovation USA, Inc. (Rovira, Joseph) (Entered: 05/29/2026)
05/29/2026419Notice of Appearance and Request for Notice Filed by Shawna Y. Staton Filed by on behalf of Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division (Staton, Shawna) (Entered: 05/29/2026)
05/28/2026418BNC Certificate of Mailing. (Related document(s):393 Generic Order) No. of Notices: 8. Notice Date 05/28/2026. (Admin.) (Entered: 05/28/2026)
05/28/2026417Certificate of Service re: Documents Served on May 21, 2026 (Filed By Kurtzman Carson Consultants, LLC d/b/a Verita Global ).(Related document(s):366 Declaration, 369 Generic Order, 370 Order on Application to Employ, 371 Generic Order, 373 Declaration, 374 Declaration, 375 Notice, 377 Witness List) (Gershbein, Evan) (Entered: 05/28/2026)
05/28/2026416Notice of Continued Hearing on the Sale Transaction of the Debtors' Hopkinsville Assets. Filed by Ascend Elements, Inc. (Mokrzycka, Maria) (Entered: 05/28/2026)
05/28/2026415Witness List, Exhibit List (Filed By City of Hopkinsville, Kentucky ). (Singer, Kelly) (Entered: 05/28/2026)