J. Hayden Kepner, Jr. 404.873.8604 [direct] 404.873.8605 [fax] hayden.kepner@agg.com Area of Practice Bankruptcy, Restructurings, Workouts

Mr. Kepner is a partner in the firm's Bankruptcy, Creditors' Rights and Workout Practice Group. During the course of his career, Mr. Kepner has represented a wide variety of debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, official and unofficial committees, trustees and investors in all phases of corporate restructurings and business reorganizations in Delaware, New York, Georgia, Texas, California, and several other jurisdictions throughout the country.

Mr. Kepner's representations have included, among others:

• Chapter 11 Debtors: FoxMeyer Corporation, The Circle K Corporation; United Companies Financial Corporation; Edison Brothers, Inc.; KCS Energy; Weiner's Stores, Inc.; SLJ Retail, Shoebilee, Inc.
  
• Official Creditors' Committees: APS Holding (Committee); Costilla Energy, Inc. (Committee); and Forcenergy, Inc. (Committee)
  
• Other Bankruptcy-Related Representations: PG&E Corporation; Lehman Brothers; GE Capital Corporation; Verizon Communications; Merrill Lynch; The Anschutz Corporation; Varde Partners; Oaktree Capital Management; GAB Robins
  

Mr. Kepner is Board Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification. He has lectured at many CLE seminars and professional organizations on a variety of bankruptcy topics. He has also authored numerous papers on topics related to business reorganizations and restructurings for CLE seminars throughout the United States. He studied law in Mexico City and has served an adjunct professor of International Financial Transactions at the University of Houston Law Center.

Prior to joining Arnall Golden Gregory LLP in 2001, Mr. Kepner practiced for ten years in the Business Finance & Restructuring Department of the Houston office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.

Publications and CLE Papers

• Current Issues in Telecom Bankruptcy Cases, Law Seminars International: Negotiating Telecommunications Deals (Atlanta, Georgia, November 14-15, 2002)
  
• Questions (and Answers) Regarding Mexico's New Insolvency Law, American Bankruptcy Institute Winter Leadership Conference (Scottsdale, Arizona - November 30 - December 2, 2000)
  
• Buying and Selling Assets in Chapter 11: Strategic Considerations, Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute (Atlanta, Georgia - March 23-25, 2000)
  Strategies for Buying and Selling Assets in Chapter 11, State Bar of Texas 17th Annual Advanced Business Bankruptcy Seminar (San Antonio, Texas - May 27-28, 1999)
  
• Strategies for Buying and Selling Assets in Bankruptcy: Auctions, Break-up Fees, and
• Successor Liability, The University of Texas School of Law 15th Annual Bankruptcy Conference (Austin, Texas - November 21-22, 1996)
  
• Contesting the Dischargeability of Debts Under Section 523 of the Bankruptcy Code, Advanced Creditors' Rights Course 1996, State Bar of Texas (Houston, Texas - October 31-November 1, 1996)
  
• Bankruptcy Issues in Environmental Law: Reconciling Bankruptcy Goals and
• Environmental Liabilities, © 1994
  
• Substantive Consolidation, State Bar of Texas, Advanced Bankruptcy Seminar (Austin, Texas - September 10-11, 1992)
  
• Mexico's New Foreign Investment Regulations: A Legal Analysis, 18 Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce, 42 (Spring, 1992)
  
• A Seller's Right to Reclamation Pursuant to Section 546(c) of the Bankruptcy Code, State Bar of Texas, Advanced Bankruptcy Seminar (Austin, Texas - September 19-20, 1991)

Professional Activities
American Bankruptcy Institute
Turnaround Management Association

Education
B.A., Dartmouth College, 1980
J.D./M.B.A., University of Houston (magna cum laude)

Admitted to Practice
State of Georgia, 2003
State of Texas, 1991