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By ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
September 29, 2009

Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C. has announced that Todd E. Duffy, a former principal of Duffy & Atkins LLP, has joined Anderson Kill as head of the firm's Bankruptcy & Restructuring practice. A veteran of the bankruptcy practices of several major New York law firms, including Greenberg Traurig LLP, Mr. Duffy formed his own firm in 2005 and built a national practice. Joining Mr. Duffy at Anderson Kill is Dennis J. Nolan, formerly an associate at Duffy & Atkins.

Lisa Hill Fenning has joined the bankruptcy practice of Arnold & Porter LLP as a partner in the firm's Los Angeles office. Ms. Fenning will also work closely with the group's lawyers who are based in Washington, DC, and New York. She represents clients in corporate reorganizations, workouts, and Chapter 11 bankruptcies and in related litigation throughout the country. Fenning, who is a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, had been a partner in the Los Angeles office of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP. Prior to that, she served as a U.S. bankruptcy judge for the Central District of California from 1985 to 2000.

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP has promoted Douglas Mintz to Special Counsel in the firm's Washington, DC, office. Mintz has experience in all aspects of bankruptcy and restructuring, representing secured lenders, debtors, and official and ad hoc creditors' committees. He also has extensive experience with DIP financing and asset sales.

 

Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C. has announced that Todd E. Duffy, a former principal of Duffy & Atkins LLP, has joined Anderson Kill as head of the firm's Bankruptcy & Restructuring practice. A veteran of the bankruptcy practices of several major New York law firms, including Greenberg Traurig LLP, Mr. Duffy formed his own firm in 2005 and built a national practice. Joining Mr. Duffy at Anderson Kill is Dennis J. Nolan, formerly an associate at Duffy & Atkins.

Lisa Hill Fenning has joined the bankruptcy practice of Arnold & Porter LLP as a partner in the firm's Los Angeles office. Ms. Fenning will also work closely with the group's lawyers who are based in Washington, DC, and New York. She represents clients in corporate reorganizations, workouts, and Chapter 11 bankruptcies and in related litigation throughout the country. Fenning, who is a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, had been a partner in the Los Angeles office of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP. Prior to that, she served as a U.S. bankruptcy judge for the Central District of California from 1985 to 2000.

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP has promoted Douglas Mintz to Special Counsel in the firm's Washington, DC, office. Mintz has experience in all aspects of bankruptcy and restructuring, representing secured lenders, debtors, and official and ad hoc creditors' committees. He also has extensive experience with DIP financing and asset sales.

 

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