Hawaiian Telcom Communications, Inc.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $683 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $2,313 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 1,504
• Sub-industry: 48 Communications
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: HI Honolulu
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Kirkland Ellis
• Date of filing: December 1, 2008
• Judge at filing: Peter J. Walsh
• Court district of filing: DE
• Court city of filing: Wilmington
• Case number: 08-13086
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Forum Shop


• Case transferred? yes
• Destination court of transfer: Honolulu
• Creditors committee appointed? yes
• §363 sale: no 363 sale
• Dip loan final approval? no
• Plan type: free fall


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: December 30, 2009
• Judge at disposition: Lloyd King
• Days from filing to disposition: 394

After the case

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