On July 18, 2012, Kramer Levin was chosen as counsel to the official committee of unsecured creditors of Patriot Coal. The committee consists of bond trustees Wilmington Trust Company and US Bank, United Mine Workers of America, United Mine Workers of America 1974 Pension Plan Trust, 8.25% unsecured bondholder Gulf Coast Capital Partners, and trade creditors Cecil Walker Machinery and American Electric Power. The Kramer Levin team is led by Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy partners Thomas Moers Mayer, Robert T. Schmidt, Adam C. Rogoff and P. Bradley O’Neill, and also included Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy partner Amy Caton and special counsel Gregory G. Plotko, Environmental partner Charles S. Warren and Employee Benefits partner Christine Lutgens.