Shareholders Steve DeRuyter, past chair of the firm’s Bankruptcy group, and Rob Kugler, present chair of the Bankruptcy group, became go-to sources for TV, radio and print coverage of the bankruptcies and dealership closings at General Motors and Chrysler. Supplying background information and quotes, DeRuyter and Kugler simplified the situations from a legal perspective, explaining how events might play out in the weeks and months ahead.

“18 Minnesota GM Dealerships Losing the Franchise,” WCCO TV (May 15) http://wcco.com/consumer/gm.minnesota.dealerships.2.1010883.html
 
“Minnesota GM Dealers Brace for Bankruptcy,” Minnesota Public Radio (May 27) http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/05/27/minnesota_gm_dealers_brace_for_bankruptcy/

“Dealers Await Next Move in GM Bankruptcy” WCCO TV (May 29) http://wcco.com/business/valley.general.motors.2.1027207.html

In addition to the media appearances above, DeRuyter and Kugler also contributed to articles in the St. Paul Pioneer Press (“GM cuts ties with 1,100 dealers,” May 16), the Minneapolis StarTribune (“GM Bids1,100 Dealers Bye,” May 16) and the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal (“Walser Has Few Options to Keep Bloomington Site,” May 29 and “In Dealings With Dealers, Ch. 11 Filing Puts GM in Driver’s Seat,” June 5).