Best Lawyers Near You in Boston, Massachusetts for Litigation - Bankruptcy
Alex Mattera focuses his practice on all aspects of commercial bankruptcy, bankruptcy litigation, insolvency, business reorganization, and creditor and debtor rights. His representation includes secured creditors, with an emphasis on workouts and collection of troubled and defaulted loans, as well as creditors' committees, trustees, debtors, and other parties-in-interest in bankruptcy and related proceedings. He is a frequent panelist on behalf of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Boston...
Rick Pedone represents strategic buyers of financially troubled businesses, purchasers of distressed debt, secured creditors and other parties in the financial restructuring and bankruptcy processes. Many of the matters that Rick handles involve litigated disputes, allegations of fraud and insolvency proceedings pending in multiple jurisdictions. Rick also provides corporate governance and liability avoidance advice to private equity firms, directors and officers dealing with special situatio...
Andy has represented troubled companies in and out of Bankruptcy Court for more than 30 years and focuses on finding practical, long-term solutions to problems. A Certified Public Accountant, Andy began his career with KPMG. He uses his financial background to help clients assess their current circumstances and options by evaluating the source of their financial problems, the core business model, and opportunities to either restructure a business, arrange for a sale of assets, or work toward ...
Victor G. Milione is a partner and serves as the Practice Group Leader for the Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy group and as a member of the firm’s litigation, real estate and business departments. Mr. Milione has over 27 years of extensive experience representing various parties in insolvency work throughout the country and internationally. What do you focus on? Today I focus my practice on counseling the nation’s leading real estate financing and investment firms with mu...
Tom has extensive experience representing clients in the areas of business litigation and bankruptcy. Tom’s litigation practice includes commercial, franchise, automotive, banking, director and officer liability, landlord/tenant, and non-compete litigation. In his bankruptcy practice, Tom is devoted to the representation of Chapter 7 and 11 Trustees, secured and unsecured creditors, landlords and creditors’ committees. He also frequently represents corporate clients in defending c...
Mark DeGiacomo dedicates his practice to working as a Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 bankruptcy trustee while representing clients in bankruptcy cases and commercial litigation matters. Since 1995, Mark has been a valued member of the five-member Boston trustee panel chosen by the Department of Justice to select bankruptcy trustees. He has served as a trustee in numerous cases, acting to operate, sell, and liquidate businesses as needed. In his role as counsel to the bankruptcy estate, Mark brings ...
Amy is a member of the firm's management committee and serves as the firm's Deputy General Counsel. She represents borrower and creditor clients in all aspects of distressed transactions, complex bankruptcy proceedings and out-of-court restructurings. Amy’s practice includes a focus in the area of corporate trust, and she has experience representing indenture trustees, agents, collateral trustees, bondholders, lenders and investors in a wide range of complex asset-backed and unsecured f...
Pat is co-director of the Litigation Department. He has over 35 years of experience representing various parties in complicated contract, trust, real estate, and insolvency-related matters in State and Federal court. He is an active member of the firm's Associate Evaluation Committee and chair of its Pro Bono Committee. Over the years Pat has focused his practice on the litigation and resolution of business disputes, including disputes involving fiduciary duties and creditors’ rights. H...
John J. Monaghan is the national practice group leader of the firm's Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors' Rights Practice Group. Mr. Monaghan is particularly focused on representing major case participants in complex commercial Chapter 11 cases. His extensive bankruptcy practice has involved representation of a wide range of clients, including Chapter 11 debtors, creditors’ committees, equity committees, lenders, purchasers of assets, landlords, licensors, trustees, parties to prepe...
Mr. Bennett handles complex commercial litigation involving financial institutions, contracts, corporate issues including directors’ and officers’ claims, disputes among members of closed corporations, and insolvency. His current practice focuses on rights and remedies for debtors and creditors in corporate Chapter 11 cases. He devotes a substantial amount of time to banking and lending litigation; representing borrowers in commercial disputes. Mr. Bennett has tried numerous jury ...
Mr. Jeffery’s practice is focused on representing debtors, trustees, and creditors in complex Chapter 11 cases, and the representation of debtors and creditors in non-bankruptcy restructurings and workouts. Mr. Jeffery has represented debtors, creditors committees, and secured and unsecured creditors in bankruptcy and other insolvency proceedings in courts in most states along the Atlantic seaboard. Mr. Jeffery represents plaintiffs and defendants in commercial litigation in bankruptcy ...
DANIEL C. COHN is founding partner of Cohn Whitesell & Goldberg LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, a leading boutique law firm addressing the problems of distressed companies. Formed in 1990, the firm has represented numerous middle market companies (sales of $25 to $500 million) in Chapter 11 proceedings and out-of-court debt restructurings. The firm also represents acquirers of distressed businesses, creditors' committees, landlords, suppliers, equity sponsors and parties to litigation related...
John Morrier works with troubled companies and their owners in business restructuring matters, both court-supervised and out of court, and advises clients in buying and selling assets in distress situations.Both a litigator and a deal lawyer, John has extensive experience in all aspects of bankruptcy and commercial law, including litigation in federal and state courts and structuring and documenting complex transactions. He represents debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, executives, insu...
Morgan is a tenacious advocate and litigator with extensive experience representing clients in the healthcare and financial services industries. Morgan takes the time to understand her clients’ businesses, and presents efficient solutions that resolve disputes and align with their goals. She draws on over a decade of courtroom and litigation experience to help clients meet challenges, resolve business disputes, and manage risk and compliance considerations that impact their success. My ...
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