Brown Steel, LLC and Case Engineered Lumber, Inc. have filed Chapter 11 petitions in the Northern District of Georgia.

From the Deal Watch Blog –

Brown Steel, based in Newnan, manufactures and fabricates structural and plate steel for commercial and industrial customers. G. Frank Nason IV of Lamberth, Cifelli, Stokes, Ellis & Nason represents the company, which in its petition, filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia, estimates that it has between $1 million and $10 million in both assets and liabilities.

This reorganization is not Brown Steel’s first debt-fueled trip to court. Colonial Bank of Alabama, represented by Kevin B. Getzendanner of Arnall Golden & Gregory, sued the company in Coweta Superior Court on June 11. According to the complaint, which seeks a receiver and injunctive relief, Brown Steel defaulted on more than $5.6 million in loans from the bank. [click here for Newnan Times-Herald article about suit] …

The other reorganization petition filed in the Northern District by Flowery Branch, Ga.-based Case Engineered Lumber, lists assets of less than $50,000 and between $10 million and $50 million in liabilities. Barbara Ellis-Munro of Ellenberg, Ogier, Rothschild & Rosenfeld represents the company, which supplies engineered floor and roof systems to homebuilders and lumber dealers.