John R. Weiss
USA Guide 2024
Band 4 : Bankruptcy/Restructuring
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About
Provided by John R. Weiss
Practice Areas
Mr. Weiss is managing partner of the firm’s Chicago office and practices in the area of business reorganization and financial restructuring. Mr. Weiss focuses his practice on corporate restructurings and recapitalizations, loan defaults, workouts and bankruptcies. His practice on behalf of creditors focuses on representing banks, institutional investors, indenture trustees, and holders of publicly and privately placed debt securities in complex corporate and municipal situations. His practice on behalf of debtors includes companies in the restaurant, golf, entertainment, hospitality, wire and cable, steel, trucking, aluminum smelting, and sampling businesses. Mr. Weiss also has extensive experience in workouts involving investor-owned electric utilities and sponsors/suppliers of asset securitization transactions.
Career
Duane Morris LLP: Partner, 2006-present; Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP: Partner, 1996-1998, 2000-2006; Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP: Partner, 1998-2000; Chapman and Cutler: Partner, 1993-1996, Associate, 1985-1993
Professional Memberships
American Bar Association; Illinois State Bar Association; Chicago Bar Association; American Bankruptcy Institute; Turnaround Management Association.
Personal
Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., 1985; Northwestern University, B.A., 1982
Chambers Review
USA
John Weiss of Duane Morris LLP is the managing partner of the Chicago office. He continues to advise lenders on bankruptcy proceedings in the healthcare sphere, with a particular focus on nursing homes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is very smart and personable."
"With each file he tries to come up with creative ways to manage a bankruptcy."
"He is very smart and personable."
"With each file he tries to come up with creative ways to manage a bankruptcy."
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