Elliot Smith
Corporate Bankruptcy, Restructuring, and Insolvency Lawyer; Complex Chapter 11 Reorganization; Distressed M&A; Loan Workouts; Bankruptcy Litigation; State Court Receivership
- Role
- Partner at Benesch Law
- Location
- Cleveland, OH, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Elliot Smith
Advising clients on matters involving chapter 11 bankruptcy and business reorganization…
Experience
Partner
Jun 2019 — Present · Cleveland/Akron, OH, US
Providing legal counsel to clients on matters involving chapter 11 bankruptcy and business reorganization, insolvency and financial distress; creditor rights and remedies; preference defense, claim litigation and other forms of bankruptcy litigation; non-bankruptcy alternatives and strategies for addressing business reorganization; Uniform Commercial Code article 9 sales; distressed lending and asset acquisitions; loan workouts; and related matters. Recent experience includes:(i) counsel for OGGUSA, Inc.(fka GenCanna Global USA, Inc.) and affiliates as debtors and debtors in possession in chapter 11 cases in the Eastern District of Kentucky;(ii) representing a secured mortgage lender and the principal creditor in the chapter 11 case of ITS Investing Spokane, LLC in the Eastern District of Washington, and successfully obtaining a conversion of the case to chapter 7 followed by a dismissal of the case to allow a foreclosure sale and state receivership to counsel for the largest unsecured creditor and member of the official committee of unsecured creditors in the chapter 11 case of Lapeer Industries, Inc. in the Eastern District of Michigan; and (iv) representing a secured mortgage lender in the chapter 11 case of South Venture Investment Group, LLC in the Northern District of Georgia, and successfully negotiating for a consensual dismissal of the case to allow a foreclosure sale and state receivership to proceed.
Education
Ner Israel Rabbinical College
BTL
1998 — 2001
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
J.D.
2001 — 2004
Skills
- Legal Writing
- Litigation
- Debtors
- Restructuring
- Legal Advice
- Chapter 11
- Legal Research
- Creditors' Rights
- Creditors
- Dispute Resolution
- Corporate Law
- Civil Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Bankruptcy
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