Fremont General Corporation

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $1,624 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $17,486 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 3,500
• Sub-industry: 60 Depository Institutions
• Place of incorporation: NV
• Court for city of headquarters: CA Santa Ana
• In business at filing? emerged

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Patton Boggs
• Date of filing: June 18, 2008
• Judge at filing: Erithe A. Smith
• Court district of filing: CA CD
• Court city of filing: Santa Ana
• Case number: 08-13421
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Filed at headquarters


• Case transferred? no
• Destination court of transfer: not applicable
• Creditors committee appointed? yes
• §363 sale: no 363 sale
• Dip loan final approval? no
• Plan type: free fall


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: June 9, 2010
• Judge at disposition: Erithe A. Smith
• Days from filing to disposition: 721

After the case

• Did firm emerge? Company emerged
• Did firm refile? emerged 5 years, did not refile