Sayre B. Powers.

Houston, Texas

Sayre B. Powers

Restructuring Attorney

Associate in the Restructuring Department at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Houston, Texas.

Headshot of Sayre Powers in a navy suit and white shirt
Sayre B. Powers

About

I’m a restructuring associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in Houston. I work at the point where restructuring practice meets the tools that do the work.

While at Weil, I have piloted the restructuring group’s AI program, testing Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Harvey, Legora, and Draftwise against live restructuring matters with the Practice Systems team. That work has also included designing and deploying agentic AI workflows on Anthropic’s Claude platform.

In addition, I have built tools for restructuring practice — from docket research to document comparison to time entry — that fit the way restructuring work actually gets done. See the tools →

Background

  1. Oct 2024 – Present

    Associate, Restructuring Department

    Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP · Houston, TX

    Debtor, company and special-committee representations in Chapter 11 cases and out-of-court liability management transactions.

  2. Summer 2023

    Summer Associate, Restructuring Department

    Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP · Houston, TX

    Research and drafting for restructuring matters.

  3. Summer 2022

    Research Assistant to Professor Richard Hynes

    University of Virginia School of Law · Charlottesville, VA

    Research on anti-price-gouging and hoarding laws, and mandatory liability insurance for firearms.

  4. Oct 2014 – Aug 2021

    Private Trainer

    Powers Fitness · Kingston, ON, Canada

    Personal training business operated intermittently from age 17, incorporating boxing techniques into workouts.

Education

  • J.D., May 2024 University of Virginia School of Law — Dean’s Scholarship. Coursework: Law & Artificial Intelligence; LawTech; Law and AI (SC); The Profession and Business of BigLaw.
  • B.A.H. Philosophy, with Distinction, May 2020 Queen’s University, Kingston, ON — GPA 3.98. Varsity Men’s Basketball (Manager); Resident Assistant; Philosophy Department Writing Tutor.

Admissions

  • State Bar of Texas Admitted 2024.

Tools

Below is a sampling of tools developed and in development.

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Find a filing

DocketWatch

DocketWatch is a docket filings viewer. It is court-agnostic and not limited to one court or one docket. The docket is AI searchable and indexed for rapid retrieval. Filings can be located by docket number or by search across filing text, filtered by type, party, and date, and read in the Evidence reader. It can surface patterns and insights when asked.

Web app
Compare a draft

Redline Reimagined

Redline Reimagined is a document comparison tool for Word, PDF, PowerPoint, and Excel files. A comparison takes a fraction of a second, because it runs entirely in your browser with no file upload and no wait for a server.

Browser app + CLI · Runs locally
Serve notice

Notice & Service

A proposal for consent-based electronic noticing in chapter 11 cases. In large cases, noticing by first-class mail is a seven-figure expense. A cover note on every mailed notice invites recipients to take the rest of the case by email — scan a QR code, enter a one-time code, and consent under Rule 9036(a) in about a minute. Paper remains the default.

Capture time In development

Automatic Time Entry

Automatic Time Entry drafts each day's time entries from the timekeeper's own evidence — sent mail, calendar, and call logs. It learns from every correction, and it never enters, posts, or sends time.

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