Daniel J. Harris is a Member in the Bankruptcy Group at Cole Schotz. Dan focuses his practice on corporate bankruptcy, creditors’ rights and distressed situations.

EXPERIENCE

Dan regularly represents debtors, creditors’ committees, noteholders, trade creditors, strategic investors and other parties in interest in all aspects of chapter 11 cases. He has represented public and private companies in chapter 11 cases in a variety of industries, including healthcare, real estate, manufacturing, technology, media, energy and others. He also represents liquidating trustees and other stakeholders in connection with claims reconciliation processes and the pursuit of strategic litigation.

Beyond his restructuring practice, Dan represents investors and strategic parties in connection with general business matters, entrepreneurial endeavors, claims trading and investment transactions. Additionally, Dan offers unique experience counseling companies through the wind down and liquidation process in various European jurisdictions following a chapter 11 filing. This niche area of focus allows Dan to serve as a trusted counsel to companies and liquidating entities in chapter 11 with European-based subsidiaries.

Representative matters:

• Chapter 11 Debtors:
  • Pretium Packaging L.L.C (Co-Counsel)
  • PetroQuest Energy, Inc.
  • View, Inc.
  • Vyaire Medical, Inc.
  • WeWork (Co-Counsel)
  • Invitae Corporation (Co-Counsel)
  • National Realty Investment Advisors, LLC
  • Occasion Brands, LLC
  • Ciber, Inc.
  • HOVENSA, LLC
  • Residential Capital, LLC
• Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors:
  • Beverly Community Hospital, et al.
  • MTPC, LLC, et al., Curae Health, Inc., et al.
  • LRGHealthcare
  • Center City Healthcare, LLC d/b/a Hahnemann University Hospital, et al.
  • Thomas Health System, Inc.
  • 21st Century Oncology, Holdings, Inc.
  • Westmoreland Coal Company
  • The NORDAM Group, Inc.
  • Peabody Energy Corp.
  • Armstrong Energy Corp.
  • Energy Future Holdings Corp.
• Other Significant Matters:
  • Alpine Summit Funding (counsel to non-debtor entity)
  • Answers Holdings, Inc. (counsel to plan administrator)
  • Aceto Corp. (counsel to unsecured noteholders and member of plan oversight committee)
  • CMTSU Liquidation, Inc. (counsel to plan administrator)
  • Clovis Oncology, Inc. (counsel to liquidation trustee)
  • Siemens Energy, Inc. (counsel to judgment creditor)

Networks & Affiliations

Dan is active in the American Bankruptcy Institute and New Jersey State Bar Association’s Bankruptcy Section.

Dan also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Martin Glenn, Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York.