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Joseph J. DiPasquale

Partner

New Jersey / New York
T: +1 973.597.2528 F: +1 973.597.2400 jdipasquale@lowenstein.com
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Joe's practice encompasses corporate restructuring, complex bankruptcy, debtor/creditor rights, corporate transactions, and commercial litigation. He has extensive experience working with clients in a wide range of industries, including health care, hospitality, energy, real estate, retail, transportation, manufacturing, and finance.

For more than two decades, Joe has built a strong record of success serving as lead counsel, trusted advisor, strategist, and fiduciary in high-stakes insolvencies. He represents debtors, creditors’ committees, Chapter 11 and 7 trustees, receivers, assignees, equity holders, secured creditors, private equity/hedge funds, and other parties. Clients describe Joe as “seasoned,” “polished,” and a "talented lawyer" who demonstrates "a strong balance of technical skill, practicality, and business sense" and offers “creative solutions” (Chambers USA).

From 2009 to 2014, Joe served on the managing board of directors of Team Capital Bank (TCB) and chaired the bank’s risk committee. He was involved in the June 2014 merger of TCB into Provident Financial Services Inc. (NYSE: PFS). From 1994 through 1997, he was a principal of NJ Lenders Corp., one of the largest mortgage banking firms in New Jersey.

Joe is frequently invited to speak before legal and industry organizations, a testament to his deep knowledge of bankruptcy matters. He is the coauthor of the “Retention and Compensation” chapter of the New Jersey Bankruptcy Manual and served as editor of the New Jersey State Bar Association Bankruptcy Law Section Newsletter.

Committed to his community, Joe was a director on the board of Cornerstone Family Programs & Morristown Neighborhood House. He previously served on the board of directors of the New Jersey Friends of Roger Williams School of Law Foundation as well as the fundraising committee of the Community FoodBank of New Jersey.

After completing law school, Joe served as the law clerk for the Hon. William F. Tuohey of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey

Debtor Representations:

  • Gracious Home and certain of its affiliates. Served as chapter 11 counsel to one of New York City’s most well-known retailers of high-end housewares and home furnishings, with multiple locations.
  • Hudson Healthcare, Inc. Served as chapter 11 counsel for HHI, which had over $120 million in annual revenues, several hundred contracts and leases, and over 1,400 employees and physicians, in its successful 363 sale which preserved over 1,200 jobs and relieved the City of Hoboken of its guarantee of over $52 million in bonds.
  • Frank Theatres and affiliates. Served as chapter 11 counsel of high-end movie theater company with over 20 locations in multiple states in successful confirmation of plan of reorganization.
  • Kara Homes, Inc. and its 54 affiliates. Served as lead special bankruptcy transactional counsel to Kara, which prior to chapter 11 generated $300 million in revenues and was one of New Jersey’s largest home builders, and negotiated with 16 separate senior lenders involving the successful private and public 363 sales of multiple residential developments and DIP financing which ultimately led to the confirmation of Kara’s plan of reorganization.

Creditors' Committee Representations:

  • Balducci’s New York and Kings Food Markets. Successfully negotiated a confirmation of the Plan, resulting in the sale of 27 Kings and Balducci’s stores to Acme Markets, preserving thousands of jobs, and providing a viable counterparty for hundreds of vendors.
  • Hygea Holdings Corp. Successfully negotiated formation of creditors’ trust, which includes various causes of action, five percent equity in the reorganized debtors, and funding for the trust. Hygea owned multiple medical practices and asserted approximately $200 million in debt.
  • New England Motor Freight, Inc. Successfully negotiated a settlement with NEMF’s insiders and equity holders that resulted in a recovery in excess of $6 million for creditors and assisted in the 363 sale of two NEMF subsidiaries, which led to confirmation of joint plan of liquidation. NEMF was a motor freight company with 3,745 employees, 1,500 tractors, 5,596 trailers, and 36 trucking terminals and was a leading “less-than-truckload” carrier with a focus on the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and Northeast United States, held “the largest rolling stock auction of the last decade.” As committee counsel, also worked with all parties to resolve two WARN Act class action claims that resulted in settlement payments to the former employees. 
  • East Orange General Hospital. Successfully challenged and enhanced the original 363 sale and subsequently represented the liquidating trustee, which resulted in a dividend of 45 percent to general unsecured creditors.
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AWARD INFORMATION

Education

  • Widener University Commonwealth Law School (J.D. 1994)

    University of Padua, School of Law (1992), European Economic Community Law

    Muhlenberg College (B.A. 1990)

Affiliations

  • American Bankruptcy Institute
  • Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors
  • Board of Directors, Old Dominion National Bank
  • Board of Trustees, Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey
  • Chair, Bankruptcy Court Committee of the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey
  • Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
  • National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees
  • New York Institute of Credit
  • Turnaround Management Association

Admissions

  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

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