Nicholas Hall

Overview

Nicholas Hall is a bankruptcy and complex-litigation attorney focused on the intersection of insolvency, data breaches, and claims administration. He is lead counsel in Repko v. Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC, a class action pending in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. The complaint alleges that, following an August 2023 security incident, Kroll's post-incident claims administration—including email-only notices for rights-affecting deadlines, claims-portal lockouts, months-long KYC verification delays, and a tax-form workflow with no reliable manual alternative—harmed FTX, BlockFi, and Genesis customer-creditors. The suit seeks damages and practical, court-supervised reforms to claimant administration.

Nick's crypto-insolvency work began with Mt. Gox, where he advised some of the exchange's largest creditors across Japanese civil rehabilitation and related U.S. matters—including a client believed to be the third person ever to transact on the Bitcoin ledger. He has since counseled committees, trustees, and individual creditors in matters involving distressed exchanges, wallet compromises, and cross-border claims processes.

InstaLaw

In addition to his litigation practice, Nick is the founder of InstaLaw, a legal AI platform and services network, with an attorney-in-the-loop process that turns fragmented legal demand into lawyer-reviewable work. InstaLaw triages de-identified user submissions, generates structured summaries for counsel, and routes matters to InstaLaw AZ ABS or vetted network firms—delivering warm referrals and streamlined onboarding that can save firms $500–$1,500+ in non-billable intake per client and deliver users actionable AI-powered guidance for their legal needs. The model supports compliant referral fees alongside software and case-based revenue, with privacy, privilege, and ethics guardrails designed in from day one.

Earlier Experience

Before focusing on crypto and claims-administration disputes, Nick represented parties in complex restructurings, asset sales, and litigation over financial transactions. He served the Mayor of Houston as the founding Chair of the Board of the Houston Land Bank, restructuring a quasi-governmental entity to receive and deploy public funding for disaster-recovery after hurricanes and flood events.

Representative Matters (selected)

• • Lead Counsel — Post-Incident Claims-Administration Class Action
  Repko v. Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC, No. 1:25-cv-01319 (W.D. Tex.) — Class action alleging negligent post-incident claims administration impacting FTX/BlockFi/Genesis creditors; seeks multi-channel notice (email and First-Class Mail), mailed status letters with cure windows, a non-gated manual W-9/W-8 path, change-control hardening, deliverability safeguards, and independent audits.
• • Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors — KLN Steel
  In re KLN Steel Products Co., LLC, et al., No. 11-12855 (jointly administered with Nos. 11-12856, 11-12858, 11-13154) (Bankr. W.D. Tex., Austin Div.) — Representation of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in coordinated chapter 11 proceedings.
• • Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors — SBMC Healthcare
  In re SBMC Healthcare, LLC, No. 12-33299 (Bankr. S.D. Tex., Houston Div.) — Representation of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in a complex healthcare chapter 11.
• • Mt. Gox (Tokyo District Court; U.S. ancillary matters)
  Counsel to multiple large creditors, including a client believed to be the third transaction on the Bitcoin ledger; strategy on civil rehabilitation, claims reconciliation, and distributions.

Education

• • J.D., University of Southern California, Hagman Scholar
• • B.A., University of Texas at Austin

Admissions

• • State Bar of Texas
• • U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Northern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas