Dennis C. O'Donnell

Dennis C. O’Donnell is a partner with DLA Piper in New York and has experience in corporate reorganization and bankruptcy-related litigation matters. He represents debtors, lenders, official and unofficial committees, significant creditors, equity holders, examiners and acquirors in chapter 11 cases, chapter15 cases, loan restructurings and out-of-court workouts. Mr. O’Donnell has played significant roles in some of the largest and most complex chapter 11 cases of the past 30 years, including Maxwell Communications, Olympia & York, Enron, Refco, Lehman Brothers, TOUSA, Arcapita, Momentive, ResCap,Relativity, LightSquared/Ligado, Avianca, Aeromexico, Alpha Latam and PWM Property Management.He also has written and spoken extensively on current chapter 11, chapter 15, real estate foreclosure and enforcement, and broker/dealer liquidation issues and developments. Mr. O’Donnell has appeared in federal courts throughout the U.S., including before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Second and ThirdCircuit Courts of Appeals, and numerous district and bankruptcy courts. He received his B.A. in classics and philosophy from Haverford College in 1979 his J.D. from Benjamin R. Cardozo School of Law in1991, where he was articles editor for the Cardozo Law Review.