Jeffrey Schwartz

Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP

Jeffrey Schwartz Business Law

Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP

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Firm Summary

Jeffrey Schwartz has more than 30 years of experience representing debtors, secured lenders, fiduciaries and official creditors’ committees in major restructuring and reorganization matters. A Partner with the firm, he serves as Co-Chair of the Business Restructuring and Insolvency practice group.

Throughout his career, Jeffrey has led successful engagements on behalf of debtors such as the Bayou Funds LLC and PTC Steel Alliance, Inc., as well as official creditors’ committees, including those formed in the bankruptcies of Dow Corning Corporation, Corinthian Colleges, Inc., Digital Domain Media Group, Inc., Coda Automotive, Inc., and Constar International, LLC.

In the structured finance space, Jeffrey has represented MBIA, Inc. as the holder of the largest claim in the Chapter 11 reorganization case of FGIC Corporation as well as various private equity and hedge funds in other major Chapter 11 cases. He also served as lead counsel to Jay Alix as Examiner of a $450 million fraud in In re Phar Mor, Inc. and led the successful Chapter 11 case for International Total Services, Inc., the preboard aviation security screening company, which undertook most of the nation’s aviation checkpoints after Sept. 11, 2001, until the Transportation Security Administration assumed control over and responsibility for preboard aviation screening.

Most recently, Jeffrey served as lead bankruptcy counsel for the Chapter 7 trustee for ITT Education, Inc. in the prosecution of D&O claims, fraudulent transfer claims and professional liability claims relating to in excess of $1 billion in catastrophic damages and for the Official General Unsecured Creditors Committee of Corinthian Colleges, Inc., the largest for-profit postsecondary education provider to file for Chapter 11 reorganization.

Jeffrey has served as a board member for Lexford Residential Properties Trust (NYSE: LFT), Insignia Financial Group (NYSE: IFS) and International Total Services (NASDAQ: ITSW).

Honors & Recognitions

• The Best Lawyers in America®, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, New York (2006-2023)
• Ohio/New York Super Lawyers, Bankruptcy: Business (2004-2017)

Education

• J.D., Cleveland State University College of Law, 1979
• B.A., Cleveland State University, 1976