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On the Move
Herrick, Feinstein LLP has announced that Joshua J. Angel has joined the Financial Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights Practice Group in the firm's New York office. The founder and managing director of of Angel & Frankel, he led the firm to become one of the nation's premier bankruptcy and corporate reorganization boutiques before it merged with Cole Schotz in 2005. Angel has served as the lead debtor's counsel in some of the Bankruptcy Court's most significant cases and will continue to focus his practice on financial restructuring.
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has announced that Harvey R. Miller, the former head of the Business Finance & Restructuring Department, will be rejoining the firm. Miller is returning to the firm after more than four years at the merchant banking firm Greenhill & Co. LLP where he was a Managing Director and also served as Vice-Chairman. During his 32-years at Weil Gotshal, Miller was an integral figure in the firm's rise to prominence in the bankruptcy and restructuring area. In addition to his law firm and investment banking work, Miller is an Adjunct Professor of law at New York University Law School and a Lecturer in Law at Columbia University School of Law. He also has served as a Visiting Lecturer at Yale Law School and has authored and co-authored several highly regarded texts and publications in the restructuring field, including The Bankruptcy Strategist.
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A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
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