Representing individuals and small businesses in financial distress
Located in Dallas, Texas, and serving all of North Texas, the firm focuses its work on bankruptcy matters, both for individuals and businesses. Whether you’re an individual who is struggling to make ends meet, a small business owner needing to restructure its debt, or someone owes you money and has filed for bankruptcy, we will give you honest and straightforward advice about your options as well as the cost-benefit analysis associated with those options. We have extensive experience, and strive to offer compassionate, professional service to every case and customize our support to your individual needs and concerns.
Attorneys
Partner
Howard Marc Spector
Email: hspector@spectorcox.com
Direct: 214-365-5377
Mr. Spector has practiced bankruptcy law since 1992, first with the law firm of Sheinfeld, Maley & Kay, PC, and then with Hughes & Luce, LLP, before establishing his own firm over two decades ago. He has served as counsel to large multinational clients, as well as to smaller firms and individuals, on both the debtor and creditor side of the table. Currently, his practice focuses on middle-market and small-business clients seeking advice on how to restructure liabilities in a challenging business environment. Mr. Spector also maintains an active consumer bankruptcy practice, advising individuals facing financial hardship, and assisting creditors in consumer cases as well. By not limiting his practice to one side of the debtor/creditor equation, Mr. Spector believes that his experience as both a debtor’s and creditor’s lawyer allow him to provide tailored advice to his clients, no matter where their interests lie.
Mr. Spector also serves as receiver for courts around the state of Texas, assisting in the rehabilitation, stabilization or orderly liquidation of business enterprises. In past years, he has served as a receiver for trucking concerns, energy companies, manufacturers, heavy equipment resellers, multi-family housing owners, as well as individuals under court supervision.
Education
Vanderbilt University School of Law
Juris Doctor, 1992
Cornell University
B.S. cum laude in Applied Economics, 1989
Professional Designations
Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation (2010)
Mr. Spector is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Bar Admissions
Supreme Court of Texas
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
All Federal District Courts in the State of Texas
Partner
Sarah Cox
Email: sarah@spectorcox.com
Direct: 214-310-1321
Sarah Cox grew up in California’s Central Valley, and then in Wichita, Kansas. She received her BA in History from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and then attended law school at the University of California, Davis - King Hall School of Law. She began practicing bankruptcy law in 2008 in San Jose, California - right as the economy collapsed. The financial crisis of 2008-2009 had long lasting effects for everyone. In 2010, she moved to Dallas, Texas, and in 2015, she resumed practicing bankruptcy with the law firm of Joyce W. Lindauer Attorney, PLLC. While there she represented numerous debtors in all kinds of bankruptcy, including Chapter 11 and 12.
Sarah is compassionate and diligent in her representation of clients. She brings an exceptional level of enthusiasm, dedication, and nuanced perspective that makes her work the holistic solution for financially distressed individuals and businesses.
Outside of work, Sarah is active in the Dallas Swing Dance Society, church, and the American Business Womens’ Association. During the Christmas season, she sings in a Victorian Christmas caroling group, Vocal Magic.
Education
University of California Davis, King Hall School of Law
Juris Doctor, 2006
McGill University
B.A., History, 2002
Bar Admissions
Supreme Court of California
Supreme Court of Texas
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
All federal district courts in the State of Texas and State of California