Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce that Norman N. Kinel has joined as partner in the firm’s Restructuring & Insolvency Practice, based in New York. Mr. Kinel joins from Lowenstein Sandler.
“Norman’s arrival brings a very high level of experience in complex restructuring and reorganization matters, particularly representing debtors and creditors committees, and will significantly enhance our existing capabilities in the New York and Delaware markets and across our global platform,” said Stephen D. Lerner, partner and Chair of the Squire Patton Boggs Restructuring & Insolvency Practice. “His leading role in many of the country’s largest and most intricate chapter 11 cases will provide our clients with valuable insight and counsel in a variety of matters.”
With more than thirty years of experience and a national reputation as a bankruptcy practitioner, Mr. Kinel has successfully represented and litigated on behalf of debtors, committees of creditors, equity holders and retirees, secured creditors, financial institutions, bondholders, unions and trustees in bankruptcy proceedings across the country and involving numerous industries. Among Mr. Kinel's notable representations were the committees in the Coldwater Creek, KidsPeace Corporation, Tavern on the Green, Adelphia Communications and 360networks cases, and the debtors in the Daytop Village, 1031 Tax Group, Robotic Vision Systems and Federal Mogul cases.
“With one of the largest global restructuring and insolvency teams and geographic platforms, Squire Patton Boggs offers the unique opportunity to collaborate with experienced colleagues on significant domestic and cross-border engagements at a time when the impact of our global economy is increasingly being felt in the restructuring practice,” said Mr. Kinel. “I am tremendously excited to join this preeminent team and look forward to adding to the depth and breadth of the firm's insolvency practice.”
Listed numerous times among the top bankruptcy lawyers in Manhattan by Super Lawyers, Mr. Kinel is a noted author of numerous bankruptcy law articles and a commentator for national publications on bankruptcy law issues. He is also listed on the Register of Mediators of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, and is a court-approved mediator in the Lehman Brothers cases. Mr. Kinel received his B.A. from Yeshiva University and earned his J. D. from American University, Washington College of Law.