Francis C. Morrissey

Partner @Morrissey, Wilson & Zafiropoulos Llp

Braintree, MA, US

Partner and co-founder of boutique law firm specializing in bankruptcy, real estate, and trial work. Mr. Morrissey has deep experience advising banks, financial institutions, and other lenders in all phases of workouts, restructurings, and insolvencies as well as enforcing creditors’ rights and remedies both inside and outside of bankruptcy court proceedings.A core component of Mr. Morrissey’s insolvency practice also consists of acting as a court-appointed creditor fiduciary.Recent engagements serving as a court-appointed receiver include: • A square foot portfolio of nine office, warehouse, and manufacturing buildings that served as collateral for a failed CMBS financing; • A 4.63 acre mixed-use commercial and industrial property securing a failed CMBS financing; and • A chain of distressed restaurants located through Massachusetts.Lecturer in LawBoston University School of Law (2008 to present)Lecturer in Law in the Morin Center’s Graduate Program in Banking and Financial Law. Currently teaching Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights in the LLM programLecturer in LawNew England Law/Boston (2010 to present)Currently teaching Secured Transactions at the Law School.TrusteeClients’ Security Board (2010 to present)Appointed by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to serve as a trustee of the Clients’ Security Fund. Board members manage and distribute monies to members of the public who have sustained a financial loss caused by the dishonest conduct of a member of the bar acting as an attorney or fiduciary.Hearing Committee MemberBoard of Bar Overseers (2006 to present)Appointed to serve on fact-finding tribunals in disciplinary proceedings brought by the Office of Bar Counsel against individual attorneys. Responsible for hearing competing testimony, weighing evidence, and making adjudicatory rulings and recommendations to the Board of Bar Overseers.

Boston University School of Law

J.D., cum laude