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Douglas A. Campbell

Campbell & Levine, LLC
  • Recognized Since:
    1983
  • Recognized in:
    Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Law School:
    Harvard University Law School
  • Website:
    http://www.camlev.com
  • Languages:
    English
  • Location:
    Grant Building, Suite 1700
    310 Grant Street
    Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Doug Campbell is a founding Member of Campbell & Levine.  Since 1978, he has counseled and represented individual and business clients with regard to managing issues and disputes related to financial obligations in distressed situations, as well as a number of multi-billion dollar asbestos personal injury settlement trusts.

In matters involving insolvency, bankruptcy and workouts, Doug is recognized regionally for his development of creative practical strategies for restructurings.  In 2018, he and his fellow founder, Stanley Levine, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Turnaround Management Association.

Doug drafted, negotiated and obtained court confirmation of the plan of reorganization for one of the first asbestos manufacturers to emerge from Chapter 11 (while representing a creditors' committee), and the 1999 plan of reorganization for the Pittsburgh Penguins (while representing the team's major unsecured creditor, Mario Lemieux), which kept the team in Pittsburgh, controlled by his client. 

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Doug Campbell is a founding Member of Campbell & Levine.  Since 1978, he has counseled and represented individual and business clients with regard to managing issues and disputes related to financial obligations in distressed situations, as well as a number of multi-billion dollar asbestos personal injury settlement trusts.

In matters involving insolvency, bankruptcy and workouts, Doug is recognized regionally for his development of creative practical strategies for restructurings.  In 2018, he and his fellow founder, Stanley Levine, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Turnaround Management Association.

Doug drafted, negotiated and obtained court confirmation of the plan of reorganization for one of the first asbestos manufacturers to emerge from Chapter 11 (while representing a creditors' committee), and the 1999 plan of reorganization for the Pittsburgh Penguins (while representing the team's major unsecured creditor, Mario Lemieux), which kept the team in Pittsburgh, controlled by his client. 

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  • Affiliations
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  • Lawyer of the Year Badge

Education:

  • Harvard University Law School , J.D., graduated 1976
  • Carnegie Mellon University, B.A., English, graduated 1973
  • Carnegie Mellon University, graduated 1973

Bar Admissions:

  • Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Bar Association

Affiliations:

  • Allegheny County Bar Association - Member
  • American College of Bankruptcy - Fellow
  • East End Athletic Association of Pittsburgh - Co-Founder
  • Keystone America PAC (Senator Robert Casey) - Treasurer
  • Onorato for Governor (2012) - Treasurer
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association - Member
  • Restoration of Allegheny County Courthouse 125-225 - Advisory Committee Member
  • Winchester-Thurston School - Board of Trustees President
  • Youth Policy Counsel - Board Member

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Pittsburgh (2012)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
 

Awards:

  • Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Top 50 Attorney 2012
  • Pittsburgh Best Lawyers 2012 Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law Lawyer of the Year
  • Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2004 - Present
  • Chair, Merit Selection Committee for Judgeship, US Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 2005 and 2011
  • Member, Merit Selection Committee, Judgeship, US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 2008
  • Member, Merit Selection Committee, US Attorneys for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania, 2009

Special Focus:

  • Asbestos
  • Chapter 12
  • Commercial
  • Consumer
  • Debtors' Rights
  • Liquidations
  • Litigation
  • Out-of-Court Workouts
  • Workouts and Restructurings
 

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Campbell & Levine, LLC
http://www.camlev.com
 
Headquarters
Grant Building, Suite 1700
310 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 261.0310
2 Office Locations
in 1 Country

United States

United States

Delaware

Delaware

Wilmington, DE

222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1620

Wilmington, DE 19801

United States

(302) 426.1900

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