Jeffrey Waxman
Jeff Waxman represents debtors, official committees of unsecured creditors, official committees of equity holders, secured creditors, plan administrators, liquidating trustees, purchasers of assets, and a wide variety of creditor constituencies and interested parties in Chapter 11 cases. Jeff also represents Chapter 7 trustees, and plaintiffs, and defendants in bankruptcy-related preference and fraudulent transfer litigation.
Prior to entering private practice, Jeff served as a law clerk to The Honorable Mary F. Walrath, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware, and to The Honorable Michael J. Kaplan, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of New York.
Jeff co-chairs Morris James’ Small Businesses and Start-Ups Group which provides a full range of legal services to assist small business owners to organize and transition their ideas to full-fledged businesses. The practice focuses on addressing issues that are of particular concern to entrepreneurs including initial corporate governance, employment, financing, tax issues, and liquidity.
Practice areas:
Bankruptcy and Restructuring
Committee Representations
Distressed Entity, Insolvency Counseling
Litigation and Liquidation Trustees
Small Businesses and Start-Ups
Bankruptcy in Mass Tort Litigation
Blockchain Technologies, Cryptocurrency Bankruptcies, and Claw-Back Litigation
Energy Industry
jwaxman@morrisjames.com
T 302.888.5842
- Bankruptcy
- Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Delaware
- Delaware Supreme Court
- ID Number: 004159
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- Pennsylvania
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- English: Spoken, Written
- University of Pittsburgh School of Law
- J.D. (1998)
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- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Chambers USA
- 2023 Top 100 Restructuring Professional
- Global M&A Network
- Top Lawyers - Business Bankruptcy
- Delaware Today
- State Bar of Delaware # 004159
- Member
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- DSBA Bankruptcy Section
- Past-Chair
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- ABI Southeast Conference
- Board Member
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- American Bar Association
- Business Law Section
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- Delaware Bankruptcy Court Operations During COVID-19
- DSBA Bar Journal
- Document Preservation Strategies for Creditors in a World with Changing Discovery Rules
- American Bankruptcy Institute Journal
- Petition Date Fixes Amount of Defendant’s Subsequent New Value
- American Bankruptcy Institute Journal
- Website
- Jeff Waxman | Morris James LLP
