Find Lawyers in Pennsylvania, United States for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Practice Area Overview
While some bankruptcy lawyers represent insolvent individuals, many corporate bankruptcy lawyers represent debtors, creditors, and groups of creditors in bankruptcy cases. When representing debtors, the bankruptcy lawyer’s involvement typically starts long before a company actually commences a bankruptcy case by counseling the debtor concerning strategic options. These options run the spectrum, from gaining the protections afforded by commencing a reorganization case under chapter 11 (to implement an asset sale, a consensual plan of reorganization, or perhaps a contested “cramdown” plan), to negotiating an out-of-court workout. Creditor representations similarly require strategic analysis and skilled advocacy. The challenge facing creditors’ counsel is not merely competing with the debtor and its shareholders, but also competing against other creditor constituencies with differing agendas. After all, the restructuring objectives of a trade creditor, a bond holder, a labor union, a government agency, or a creditor that may be junior or senior in the capital structure likely will vary, potentially to a substantial degree, depending on the circumstances.
In today’s dynamic financial restructuring landscape, bankruptcy lawyers also must tackle a host of ancillary issues. For example, cross-border insolvencies continue to grow in number and intricacy as businesses expand globally into legal jurisdictions around the world. Likewise, the advent and growth of structured financial products and derivatives adds additional layers of complexity to the already complex mix of legal and business issues that bankruptcy lawyers routinely confront. In addition, the bankruptcy process continues to serve as a springboard for M&A opportunities presenting distressed investors with opportunities to acquire assets at attractive valuations in the marketplace.
Bankruptcy law provides ample, important restructuring opportunities to financially troubled businesses and has made bankruptcy an effective business tool, as evidenced by the number of large business enterprises increasingly seeking the protections and benefits that bankruptcy affords.
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Judge Fitzgerald has more than 25 years of experience as a Bankruptcy Judge presiding over commercial and consumer matters in the Western District of Pennsylvania (where she was chief judge for five years) as well as in the District of Delaware (20 years), the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (8 years), and the U.S. Virgin Islands (9 years). Judi has unique experience in mass tort bankruptcies , having adjudicated more cases involving section 524(g) asbestos trusts than any other bankruptcy j...
Michael P. Kruszewski focuses his practice on bankruptcy and insolvency matters, business reorganizations and restructurings, turnarounds and workouts, bankruptcy litigation, and mediation. Mike regularly represents corporate debtors, secured creditors, unsecured creditor committees, and individuals in business reorganization proceedings. He also has extensive experience with out-of-court commercial loan workouts, state court collection matters, and commercial litigation. Mike has further exp...
David W. Lampl is highly regarded for the major role he has played in numerous local and national high profile cases involving Chapter 11 bankruptcies and out-of-court restructurings. Over the course of his career, David has served as lead counsel on behalf of banks, creditors’ committees, and debtor companies in a wide variety of complex bankruptcy and creditors’ rights matters. David has served on the faculty of many continuing education seminars in all areas of bankruptcy and c...
Beverly represents clients in: Bankruptcy and Reorganization Proceedings; State and Federal Receiverships; Workouts and Loan Restructurings; Forbearance Agreements; Enforcement Actions and Liquidations; Asset Acquisitions; Agricultural Lending and Agribusiness Issues; Negotiable Instrument Issues, Letters of Credit; Supply Agreements Terms, Contract Analysis; Marcellus and Energy; Mechanics Liens and Municipal Insolvency. Prior to joining the firm, Beverly was Assistant Counsel at the U.S. De...
Nicholas R. Pagliari is a Partner with the Firm. As Chair of MacDonald Illig's Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights practice group, Mr. Pagliari's practice is concentrated in the areas of corporate restructuring and bankruptcy, bankruptcy related litigation and collection matters. He primarily represents corporate debtors, secured creditors, chapter 7 and chapter 11 trustees, and other entities involved in bankruptcy proceedings. Attorney Pagliari is also an approved mediator in the United Stat...
Ron concentrates his practice in the areas of debtors’ and creditors’ rights, emphasizing both business and consumer insolvency/bankruptcy law, receiverships and out-of-court workouts. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 2008, his practice includes the representation of debtors and creditors in all facets of insolvency matters. Businesses and individuals rely upon his counsel in numerous other commercial situations, including transactions and dispute resolution matters, co...
Mike has experience in all aspects of bankruptcy and commercial litigation . He has been involved in bankruptcy cases, large and small, throughout the United States. Mike represents major insurers in coverage disputes in both federal and state courts. Mike also counsels business clients in connection with all aspects of financial and real estate transactions, as well as providing general representation, especially to distressed companies, including health care providers such as Aliquippa Comm...
Since joining the firm in 1988, George Snyder has focused his practice on commercial bankruptcy and insolvency law. Recognized as one of the leading bankruptcy lawyers in Pennsylvania and voted one of the best bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights lawyers in the country, George works with both debtors and creditors in bankruptcy and non-bankruptcy workout matters. Although his practice is primarily regionally based, George has represented creditors and other parties in interest in bankruptcy ...
John Steiner oversees the firm’s administrative departments, including Finance, IT, HR, and Marketing and is a member of the Management Committee. John is a regular lecturer on various bankruptcy and creditors’ rights law matters. John represents and provides advice and counsel to creditors, debtors, creditors’ committees, lenders, bankruptcy trustees, and purchasers of assets in Chapter 11 bankruptcies, state court receiverships, and other insolvency proceedings. He also re...
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