Daniel J. Garfield

Daniel J. Garfield is a director with Fairfield and Woods P.C. in Denver and has almost 30 years of experience practicing in cannabis, bankruptcy and business transactions. He is a leading cannabis industry attorney, with experience in all issues concerning cannabis and hemp. Mr. Garfield represents private and public companies, investors (including private-equity funds and family offices), landlords, lenders, manufacturers, hemp farmers, CBD manufacturers, and a wide range of ancillary businesses. He also provides legal opinions and regulatory advice to industry participants. Mr. Garfield’s bankruptcy, restructuring and distressed-asset practice includes the representation of clients in bankruptcy, receivership and all matter of distressed situations, including chapter 11 debtors, creditors’ committees, secured and unsecured lenders, shareholders, trustees, receivers, landlords and purchasers of distressed assets. He also litigates adversary proceedings in bankruptcy court, including fraudulent transfers and preferences. Mr. Garfield assists clients in creditors’ rights matters in and out of court, including debt restructurings, liquidations, workouts, foreclosures and collecting judgments. He also provides advice to lenders and borrowers in structured finance loans, and he has authored for borrowers or reviewed for secured lenders more than 75 nonconsolidation opinions. Mr. Garfield received his B.A. from Swarthmore College in 1989 his J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law in 1995.