For the fifth consecutive year, Joseph L. Schwartz, Chair of the Firm’s Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring Group, has been included on the Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyers Guide. According to Lawdragon, these 500 lawyers “can keep their cool for companies, investors, governments and others on the fiscal precipice.”
The Lawdragon editorial team selected its honorees based on detailed journalistic research and editorial vetting from a board of peers and clients. Joe, who is immediate past President and the current Chairman of the New Jersey Turnaround Management Association, has over 30 years of experience in commercial restructuring, bankruptcy and state court insolvency matters. He also has substantial experience in state and federal receiverships and assignments for the benefit of creditors, as well as out-of-court corporate restructurings, turnarounds, workouts and commercial litigation.
Among his many honors, Joe is and for years has been ranked by Chambers USA in Band One in its Client’s Guide for Bankruptcy Law, has been named a “Leader in Law” Award Honoree by NJBIZ, and for years has been listed by Best Lawyers in America®, a peer review of U.S. Lawyers, which has included Joe on its "Best Lawyers" list for Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law as well as for Litigation-Bankruptcy Law since 2010.
For the full Lawdragon announcement, go to 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers.
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