With more than 30 years of claims management experience, Mr. Behnke brings extensive expertise in all phases of claims management, including assisting in the preparation of the statement of financial affairs and schedules of assets and liabilities, performing claims estimations, soliciting and tabulating ballots, running a mass tort claims facility for Dow Corning and making cash distributions. He led the efforts to distribute more than $118 billion in cash distributions for the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. Mr. Behnke has worked with clients across various industries including automotive, retail, manufacturing, oil and gas, real estate, healthcare and financial services.

Mr. Behnke’s notable assignments include assisting numerous well-known debtors with claims management matters, including Blockbuster, Circuit City, Dean Foods Company, Delphi Corp., Dow Corning, Enron, Payless ShoeSource, Toys “R” Us and Lehman Brothers.

Mr. Behnke's financial experience includes the analysis of a complex corporate structure with more than 500 legal entities and real estate partnerships, where he estimated trade claims using a statistical approach for a major retailer, and assisted with the analysis and development of cash projections in a major restructuring case. Furthermore, he has experience providing litigation support services, including lender liability issues, loan portfolio reviews, arbitration matters, fraud investigations and damage calculations. He testified in a $300 million late claim litigation in the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Behnke was a Managing Director in the Corporate Finance Practice of FTI Consulting. Before FTI, he was a Senior Financial Sales and Capital Analyst at Abbott Laboratories. Previously, he worked at Arthur Andersen.

Mr. Behnke earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Northern Illinois University. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a member of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants (TSCPA) and the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI).