Andrew Edson

Andrew Edson represents companies and individuals in bankruptcy, financial restructurings, workouts, foreclosures, and collection matters in Texas and frequently across the United States.  He brings fifteen years of experience from an international law firm tailored now to assisting clients.   

Andrew advises secured and unsecured creditors in all aspects of bankruptcy cases, including lift-stay and adequate-protection motions, proofs of claim, cash-collateral disputes, valuation proceedings, avoidance actions, disclosure statements and plans of reorganization, and discovery and dispositive motions in bankruptcy litigation. He counsels corporate debtors in their reorganization efforts and assists trustees with asset recovery and liquidation strategies, including Section 363 sales and other court-approved transactions. He has represented private equity entities in the purchase of bankruptcy estate assets through Section 363 sales. 

Andrew has deep experience representing lenders and equipment lessors in bankruptcy filings and out-of-court workouts to protect and preserve collateral. His work includes advising on and conducting UCC Article 9 sales of inventory and equipment, obtaining adequate-protection payments, and securing relief from the automatic stay to repossess and liquidate collateral. He also advises international manufacturers in corporate bankruptcies to protect inventory, assert claims, and negotiate favorable plan treatment, and has obtained full payment of claims in Section 363 sales. 

He also maintains a robust bankruptcy litigation practice with respect to avoidance actions and the prosecution and defense of former directors and officers of corporate entities seeking bankruptcy protection.    

Andrew earned his law degree from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law. He has been recognized for his work in business bankruptcy by publications including D Magazine’s Best Lawyers and Texas Super Lawyers. He is also the co-author of “Bankruptcies in the Crypto Industry,” reflecting his experience with emerging issues at the intersection of insolvency and digital assets. 

Recognitions 

D Magazine 2025 Best Lawyers 

Named among Texas Super Lawyers for Business Bankruptcy by Thomson Reuters (2023-2025) 

Named among Best Lawyers Under 40 by D Magazine (2021) 

Named among Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® for Litigation-Bankruptcy (2021-2025), Litigation – Banking and Finance (2023-2025), Litigation – Real Estate by Best Lawyers (2024-2025) 

 Named among Texas Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters (2018-2022) 

Memberships 

Dallas Bar Association – Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Section, Home Project Committee, Planning for Sponsorships of Habitat for Humanity Homes 

John C. Ford Inn of Court, Barrister 

State Bar of Texas Bankruptcy Section, Young Lawyer Committee, Professional Education Liaison 

Dallas Regional Chamber Young Professionals, Member and Selected to 2019 Lead YP Class 

DFW Association of Young Bankruptcy Lawyers, Vice President and Board Member (2015-2016) 

DAYL Foundation, Fellow 

State Bar Licenses 

Texas 

Court Admissions 

U.S. District Ct., E.D. of Texas 

U.S. District Ct., N.D. of Texas 

U.S. District Ct., S.D. of Texas 

U.S. District Ct., W.D. of Texas 

Articles 

• Co-author with Bob Franke and Audrey Hornisher, Bankruptcies in the Crypto Industry, Dallas Bar Association Headnotes (May 2023) 
• Supreme Court Holds that Mere Retention of Property Does Not Violate the Automatic Stay, Bankruptcy Law Section of the State Bar of Texas Newsletter (March 2021) 
• “New Bankruptcy Law Designed to Help Small Businesses,” by Andrew Edson, Dallas Bar Association Headnotes (April 2020) 
• Co-author with Judge Harlin DeWayne Hale and Shannon McKelvie, New Bankruptcy Law Designed to Help Small Businesses, Dallas Bar Association Headnotes (April 2020) 
• BANKRUPTCY UPDATE: New Requirements & Deadlines for Proofs of Claim, Strasburger’s Business Reorganization & Bankruptcy Newsletter (March 2018) 
• Co-author with Judge Harlin DeWayne Hale, Executory Contracts and Leases in Bankruptcy, Dallas Bar Association Headnotes (July 2016) 
• The Automatic Stay: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Dallas Bar Association Headnotes (August 2015) 
• Costly Mistake: UCC-3 Termination Statements Effective Regardless of Intent, Strasburger Lenders Alert (May 2015) 
• Co-author with Judge Harlin DeWayne Hale, A Primer on Fraudulent Transfer Actions in Bankruptcy Court, Dallas Bar Association Headnotes (May 2014) 
• Co-author with Judge Harlin DeWayne Hale. Bankruptcy Fundamentals: Preferences and Defenses, Commercial Law World Magazine (April/July 2014) 
• Incomplete Description of Collateral in the Financing Statement May Negatively Impact Priority and Bankruptcy Rights, Strasburger Business Reorganization and Bankruptcy News Alert (January 2014) 
• Motive Matters? Not to the Fifth Circuit When Impairing a Class of Creditors, Strasburger Business Reorganization and Bankruptcy Newsletter (April 2013) 
• Co-author with Judge Harlin DeWayne Hale, Preferences in Bankruptcy Cases, or Do I Really Have to Give the Money Back?, Federal Lawyer (January/February 2013) 
• Co-author with Judge Harlin DeWayne Hale, A Primer on Preferences, Dallas Bar Association Headnotes (Summer 2012) 
• Supreme Court Summary of Schwab v. Reilly, FBA Bankruptcy Section Newsletter (Summer 2010) 
• Road Block: The U.S.-Mexico Trucking Dispute, Law and Business Review of the Americas (July 2010) 

Presentations 

• Panelist, Bankruptcy Basics and Legal Updates, for the upcoming Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s Legal Forum, May 2026 
• Co-Presenter, Secured Creditor’s Remedies and Protecting Assets in Bankruptcy, Troy, Michigan (January 2020) 
• Panelist, What’s the Plan: Chapter 11, Starting Out Right Program, Young Lawyers Committee for the State Bar of Texas Bankruptcy Section (October 2017) 
• Panelist, What the Kardashians Can Teach Us About Bankruptcy: Recent Fraud Cases, DBA Bankruptcy & Commercial Law Section Meeting (June 2016)