Stephen D. Lerner
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Stephen D. Lerner</strong> is a partner with Squire Patton Boggs and global chair of its Restructuring & Insolvency Practice Group in Cincinnati and New York. He has a national and cross-border restructuring practice in which he represents debtors, distressed businesses, committees of unsecured creditors, secured and unsecured creditors, equity interest-holders, boards of directors, indenture trustees and acquirers of troubled businesses in chapter 11 reorganization cases, chapter 15 cross-border cases, chapter 9 municipal restructurings and out-of-court restructurings throughout the U.S., Europe, the United Arab Emirates, South America and India. Mr. Lerner recently served as the court-appointed examiner in the <em>Purdue Pharma</em> chapter 11 case in the Southern District of New York. In July 2022, the Ferrellgas restructuring team, which he led, was honored with the Turnaround of the Year (Large) Award by Global M&A Network. He also served as lead restructuring advisor to Dana Gas PJSC, the largest independent gas company in the Middle East, in its US$700 million Islamic financing restructuring, which was awarded the Middle East Restructuring of the Year in 2019 by the <em>International Financial Law Review</em>. The firm’s U.S. restructuring team, which he also led, was named 2020 USA Restructuring Firm of the Year – Middle Markets by Global M&A Network. Mr. Lerner was named “Lawyer of the Year” for 2025 by <em>The Best Lawyers in America</em> for Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation-Bankruptcy Law in his region. He has been a guest lecturer at Harvard Business School, the University of Michigan Law School and the University of Cincinnati Law School. Mr. Lerner is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and Southern District of Ohio, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He received his B.A. in 1982, his M.A. in 1982 and his J.D. in 1985 from the University of Pennsylvania.</p>