Joseph L. Sorkin

Joseph L. Sorkin is a trial attorney with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in New York and regularly represents clients engaged in contentious disputes related to corporate restructuring. He also handles a full range of contested matters and adversarial proceedings in complex chapter 11 proceedings. Mr. Sorkin’s clients include creditors, debtors, bondholders, hedge funds, institutional investors, financial institutions and ad hoc and official creditors’ committees. He devotes time to pro bono matters and is the chair of the New York Office Pro Bono Committee. Mr. Sorkin has supervised or worked directly on matters with The Legal Aid Society, Her Justice, The Bronx Defenders, Human Rights First,New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) and Lawyers Without Borders. He received his B.A. in1994 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his J.D. cum laude in 2001 from the University of Wisconsin Law School.