Jason M. Torf is experienced in various aspects of both Chapter 7 and 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
He has represented:
- Secured and unsecured (including priority) creditors
- Landlords
- Indenture trustees
- Post-petition debtor-in-possession lenders
- Chapter 11 debtors-in-possession
- Chapter 7 trustees
He also has experience working with unsecured creditors' committees and representing individual creditors as committee members.
He frequently represents utility companies, pipelines, and forward contract merchants. He has particular experience negotiating and litigating adequate assurance issues under the Bankruptcy Code and non-bankruptcy law.
His practice also includes the defense of preference and fraudulent transfer actions. Mr. Torf regularly represents clients in commercial litigation matters, both in bankruptcy courts and in various other federal and state courts. He has also represented financially distressed businesses in workouts and assignments for the benefit of creditors.
Mr. Torf has extensive experience representing commercial and industrial landlords in significant bankruptcy cases across the country with respect to their assertion of rejection claims, postpetition administrative claims, and myriad other issues.