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Jack Sherwood has more than 20 years of experience in bankruptcy and debtor-creditor matters including related litigation. Mr. Sherwood's practice includes the following types of matters:
- Representing debtors; creditor committees; secured creditors; landlords; stockholders; trustees; directors; officers; employees and other parties in bankruptcy cases and non-bankruptcy business reorganizations
- Representing parties in debtor-creditor litigation matters such as fraudulent conveyances, preferences, director and officer liability, contract disputes and similar matters
- Counseling corporate management in insolvency situations
Mr. Sherwood is the President of the New Jersey Bankruptcy Lawyers Foundation and a member of the advisory board for the Middle Atlantic Region of the American Bankruptcy Institute. He also serves on the bankruptcy pro bono subcommittee for the New Jersey State Bar Association. Mr. Sherwood is listed among The Best Lawyers in America (2012) for his work in bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law and has been featured in the bankruptcy section and corporate counsel edition of the Super Lawyers. Additionally, Mr. Sherwood has lectured on various bankruptcy-related topics for the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, the Bankruptcy Inn of the Court, and other organizations.
His recent engagements include:
- Ocean Place Development Resort - District of New Jersey, counsel to debtor
- Remedial (Cyprus) Public Company Ltd.- Southern District of New York bankruptcy, counsel to debtor
- Velocity Express - Delaware bankruptcy, counsel to Debtor
- MagnaChip Semiconductor Finance Company - Delaware bankruptcy, counsel to creditors' committee
- Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. - Delaware bankruptcy, counsel to creditors' committee
- American Community Newspapers LLC - Delaware bankruptcy, counsel to debtor
- Quebecor World (USA) Inc., - Southern District of New York bankruptcy, litigation counsel to creditors' committee
- Le Natures, Inc. - W.D. Pennsylvania bankruptcy, counsel to creditors' committee
- Interlake Material Handling - Delaware bankruptcy, counsel to creditors' committee
- Sofa Express, Inc. - Tennessee bankruptcy, counsel to secured lender
- IWT Tesoro Corporation - New York bankruptcy, counsel to creditors' committee
- Tower Automotive, Inc. - New York bankruptcy, counsel to a purchaser of assets and plan proponent
- Georgette Klinger - New Jersey Bankruptcy, counsel to debtor
- Le Gourmet Chef - New Jersey bankruptcy, counsel to creditors' committee
- Ponderosa Pine Energy - New Jersey bankruptcy, counsel to debtor
- Mainzer Minton Co., Inc. - Southern District of New York bankruptcy, counsel to debtor
- FLI Learning Systems, Inc. - Delaware bankruptcy, counsel to secured lender
- G-I Holdings (GAF) - New Jersey bankruptcy, counsel for asbestos claimants
- Heard Communications, Inc. - New Jersey bankruptcy, counsel to debtor
- Better Methods Alexander - Southern District of New York bankruptcy, counsel to debtor
- Lason, Inc. - Delaware bankruptcy, counsel to creditors' committee
- MBC Greenhouse - Delaware bankruptcy, counsel to creditors' committee
- Agribiotech, Inc. - Nevada bankruptcy, counsel to Rutgers University
- International Helicopter, Inc. - New Jersey bankruptcy, counsel to trustee
Recent Speaking Engagements:
- 26th Annual Bankruptcy & Restructuring Conference, Topic: "(Not So Free) Sailing Around the World" Cross Border Restructuring" June 2010
- American Bankruptcy Institute, Topic: "Issues Concerning Post Confirmation Liquidation Trusts" August 2009
- West LegalEdCenter Webinar, Topic: "What Private Equity Investors Need to Know About Section 363 Sales," February 11, 2010
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The WaMu Lesson: Craft Your Releases Carefully
Law 360, January 28, 2011
Sharon Levine,
John Sherwood,
Nicole Stefanelli
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The WaMu Lesson: Craft Your Releases Carefully
Bankruptcy, Financial Reorganization & Creditors' Rights Client Alert, January 18, 2011
John Sherwood,
Nicole Stefanelli
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Committee Compliance With 1102 (b)(3) -- The New Code
New Jersey Bankruptcy Bench Bar Conference, April 21, 2006
John Sherwood
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John K. Sherwood, Kenneth A. Rosen and Wojciech F. Jung are highlighted for representing Ocean Place Development LLC in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case.,
The Deal Pipeline, November 8, 2011
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Seton Hall University School of Law
(J.D., 1986)
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James Madison University
(B.S., 1983)
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New Jersey
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1986,
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
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- American Bar Association
- Business Law and Bankruptcy Law Sections
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- Bankruptcy Law Committee
- Bankruptcy Pro Bono Committee
- Essex County Bar Association
- Bankruptcy Inn of Court (Master)
- Turnaround Management Association
- New Jersey Bankruptcy Lawyers Foundation (President)
- American Bankruptcy Institute
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