Biography
With over three decades of experience, Trey leads the firm’s Texas bankruptcy practice and has advised a broad range of clients including debtors, committees, indenture trustees, strategic and financial buyers, equity holders, directors and special interest groups in workouts and in large, complex Chapter 11 cases.
He has routinely practiced throughout the Southwest region of the United States and has extensive experience in the insolvency sector. Trey has a vast amount of experience in areas of energy, retail, restaurant and hospitality, manufacturing, distribution and supply chain. He was also appointed to serve on the Appraisal Review Board for the Harris County Appraisal District.
Before Fox Rothschild
Prior to joining Fox Rothschild, Trey was a partner in the bankruptcy and restructuring practice of an international law firm.
Trey served as a judicial Intern for Judge Letitia Clark of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas.
Beyond Fox Rothschild
A thought leader in the profession, Trey is the author of LexisNexis' “Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy” and “Lender Liability" modules. He served two consecutive years as course director of the State Bar of Texas Advance Business Bankruptcy Conference and served five consecutive years as an upper-level student mentor at the University of Houston Law Center.
Dedicated to his community, Trey currently serves on the Board of Trustees for City House Plano, which is dedicated to providing homeless children and teens in North Texas with emergency shelter and transitional residential services. Prior to that he served for eight consecutive years on the Board of Trustees for the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center. He also served on the Wine Committee of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo which raised millions in scholarship funds for high school students.
Bar Admissions
- Texas
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Texas
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Texas
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Texas
Education
- University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1989)
- University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., 1985)
- Friar Society
Memberships
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- American Bar Association
- The Association for International Arbitration
- Dallas Bar Association
- Houston Bar Association
- Houston Bar Foundation
- Fifth Circuit Bar Association
- Texas Bar College
- Texas Bar Foundation
- Dallas Bar Foundation
Board of Directors
- City House - Board of Trustees
- Chair, Governance Committee
- Co-Chair, Capital Campaign Committee
- Secretary
Honors & Awards
- Selected to the "Best Lawyers in Dallas" list by D Magazine (2024)
- Selected to the "Best Lawyers in America" list for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation - Bankruptcy (2015-2026) in Dallas by Best Lawyers
- Selected to the "Super Lawyers" list for Bankruptcy Law in Dallas by Super Lawyers, Thompson Reuters (2005-2021)
- Selected to the "Super Lawyers" list for Bankruptcy Law in Houston by Super Lawyers, Thompson Reuters (2022-2024)
- Martindale Hubbell, AV Preeminent™ Rating
- Arthur L. Moller/David B. Foltz, Jr. American Inn of Court
