Jeff J. Friedman

Jeff J. Friedman is a member of the firm's Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights and Structured Finance and Securitization Practices.

Mr. Friedman has over 25 years of experience in all aspects of bankruptcy law, including chapter 11 reorganizations, liquidations, out-of-court debt restructurings and the negotiation and implementation of plans of reorganization, recapitalizations, debtor-in-possession financing agreements, asset acquisition agreements, and structured finance agreements.

He has represented institutional lenders, hedge funds, trade creditors and individuals in chapter 11 cases throughout the country, including those of Refco, Inc., Lehman Brothers, Bayou Group, Dow Corning, Breed Technologies, LTV Steel, Bethlehem Steel, TWA, Enron, Global Crossing, and WorldCom. He has represented Unsecured Creditors Committees, including those for Clark Material Handling, and Unitel Video. He also has extensive experience in the representation of debtors, including such companies as Continental Airlines, Texaco, Chyron Corporation, Prins Recycling Corporation and General Textiles, in their chapter 11 cases. Mr. Friedman’s practice has included the representation of chapter 11 debtors, creditors’ committees, institutions and individuals in industries including financial services, aviation, telecommunications, retail, electronics, music recording, equipment manufacturing, and energy.

Associations and Committees

Mr. Friedman was a member of the Committee on Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York from 1987-1989, and is currently a member of the New York State Bar Association Business Law Section’s Bankruptcy Law Committee and the American Bar Association Business Law Section, Bankruptcy Committee, as well as its Trust Indentures and Claims Trading Subcommittee and its Chapter 11 Subcommittee.

Mr. Friedman is admitted to the bars of the States of New York and New Jersey, the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the District of New Jersey, and the Eastern District of Michigan, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second and Third Circuits, and the United States Supreme Court.

Lectures and Articles

Mr. Friedman has written for and spoken on panels of the Business Section of the American Bar Association, the Business Section of the New York State Bar Association, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, as well as numerous professional and industry organizations. He has taught continuing legal education seminars on various aspects of bankruptcy law and is a member of the board of editors of The Bankruptcy Strategist.

Education

Mr. Friedman received his undergraduate degree from Franklin and Marshall College in 1978 and his law degree from Villanova University School of Law in 1981, where he was associate editor of the Villanova Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif.