Link to Firm Bio James H.M. Sprayregen is a Restructuring partner in the Chicago and New York offices of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Mr. Sprayregen is recognized as one of the country’s outstanding restructuring lawyers. Mr. Sprayregen has extensive experience representing major U.S. and international companies in and out of court as well as buyers … Continued
Henry J. Sommer is President of the National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center. He has litigated many major cases involving bankruptcy, consumer law, civil rights and other issues. Previously, he was the head of the Consumer Law Project at Community Legal Services in Philadelphia, where he worked for over 21 years and Supervising Attorney at the … Continued
Link to Firm Bio Edwin E. Smith is a Partner in the Boston, Massachusetts, office of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP where he chairs the firm’s Finance Area. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Smith was a Partner at Bingham McCutchen LLP where he concentrated his practice in general corporate and commercial law, debt financings, structured financings, workouts, … Continued
Link to Judicial Bio Brendan Linehan Shannon is a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Delaware. Judge Shannon received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University, and his law degree from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. In addition to his Chapter 11 business reorganization … Continued
Link to Firm Bio John Shaffer is a senior shareholder of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP in Los Angeles, California. Mr. Shaffer attended Stanford University where he received his A.B. with honors and distinction in 1986. He received his J.D. degree from Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California in 1989, where he served … Continued
Link to Firm Bio EDUCATION J.D., Hastings College of Law – University of California, 1982 B.A., Boston University, 1978 ASSOCIATIONS/AFFILIATIONS Conferee, National Bankruptcy Conference Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy Vice-President, National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Member, Board of Editors, Collier on Bankruptcy Member, Board of Directors, National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center Member, Judicial Conference … Continued
Link to Academic Bio Randy Picker graduated from the College of the University in 1980, cum laude, with a Bachelor of Arts in economics and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He then spent two years in the Department of Economics, where he was a Friedman Fellow, completing his doctoral course work and exams. He … Continued
Link to Firm Bio Isaac M. Pachulski is currently a partner at Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones (“PSZJ”) in Los Angeles. Prior to joining PSZJ, he was a shareholder at Stutman, Treister & Glatt. Mr. Pachulski was admitted to private practice in 1974 before the State Bar of California. Throughout his legal career, Mr. Pachulski … Continued
Link to Academic Bio Ed Morrison is Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. He earned J.D., M.A., and Ph.D. (economics) degrees from the University of Chicago and was an articles editor of the University of Chicago Law Review. Before attending law school, he earned an Honors B.S., summa cum laude, from the University of … Continued
Link to Academic Bio Troy A. McKenzie is the Dean and Cecelia Goetz Professor of Law at New York University School of Law. His scholarly interests include bankruptcy, civil procedure, and the federal courts. From 2015 to 2017, he took a leave of absence from NYU Law to serve as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in … Continued