Brent Wyatt is senior counsel in the New Orleans office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 2024 and practices in the bankruptcy and business reorganization and commercial litigation groups. Brent has more than 25 years of litigation experience, including depositions, trials, appeals, discovery, and arguing before state and federal courts.
Brent’s practice is primarily focused on corporate litigation with an emphasis on debtor/creditor and bankruptcy and reorganization laws. He has significant experience counseling a wide array of clients on large Chapter 11 and Chapter 12 cases and matters involving debtor/creditor relations, workouts, security rights, foreclosures, lender liability, lien claims, lease/contract disputes, and other commercial issues. Brent has experience working with special assets officers at local financial institutions. He has also worked with teams representing clients in class actions and cases involving, among other things, trademark infringement and product liability.
Brent earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from Tulane University Law School in 1997, where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif. He earned his B.S., magna cum laude, from Louisiana State University in 1994.
- Admitted, Louisiana, 1997
- “Best Lawyer,” Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy, The Best Lawyers in America, 2024
- Introduction to Bankruptcy: Spot the Issues and Win the Day!, Brown Inn of Court CLE & Summer Celebration with Law Clerks, July 10, 2024