Philadelphia, PA – LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs – October 25, 2006 – Pepper Hamilton LLP announced that partners Robert S. Hertzberg and David B. Stratton will co-chair the firm’s Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy Practice Group.
Mr. Hertzberg, a partner in Pepper’s Detroit office and a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, has been practicing almost exclusively in the bankruptcy and restructuring field for more than 25 years, representing secured lenders, debtors, debtors-in-possession, trustees, creditors and creditors’ committees. Mr. Hertzberg will spend a portion of his time in Pepper’s newly expanded New York office, and lead the expansion of the Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy Practice there.
Mr. Stratton is the partner in charge of Pepper’s Wilmington office and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He concentrates his practice in bankruptcy and secured lending transactions, focusing on the representation of banks in commercial lending transactions and workouts, and the representation of secured creditors and creditor interests in bankruptcy.
Pepper’s Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy Practice Group handles a full range of debtor/creditor matters, regardless of the complexity, location, industry or market sector involved. Members of the group, drawing on their own experience and the assistance of Pepper’s other practitioners, address many complex subjects necessary to the successful resolution of bankruptcy and reorganization matters, including environmental, collective bargaining, transportation, leveraged buyout, toxic tort, pension, intellectual property, health care, financial institution, mortgage banking, real estate, construction/surety, insurance and tax issues. Pepper is one of the few national firms with a significant bankruptcy practice in Wilmington, Delaware, often a forum of choice for bankruptcy filings of national significance.
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Pepper Hamilton LLP (www.pepperlaw.com) is a multi-practice law firm with 450 lawyers in seven states and the District of Columbia. The firm provides corporate, litigation and regulatory legal services to leading businesses, governmental entities, nonprofit organizations and individuals throughout the nation and the world. The firm was founded in 1890.
