Joshua Fried, resident in the firm’s San Francisco office, has significant experience representing debtors and creditors’ committees in large chapter 11 cases throughout the county, including True Religion, Prince Sports, Filene’s Basement, Fresh Choice, and Champion Enterprises. He has been listed in every edition of Best Lawyers in America since 2019 for his work in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law. Josh is a graduate of Rutgers University, received his J.D. magna cum laude from Pepperdine School of Law, and an MBA from Cal State Northridge.
Education
- Rutgers University (B.A. 1991, high honors in Spanish)
- Pepperdine School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1995)
- California State University, Northridge (M.B.A. 1999, College Honors and University Distinction)
Bar and Court Admissions
- 1995, California
- 1999, New York
Clerkships
- Judicial law clerk, Judge Richard T. Ford (Bankr. E.D. Cal.)
- Judicial law clerk, Judge Vincent P. Zurzolo (Bankr. C.D. Cal.)
- Chapter 11 debtors: True Religion; Malibu Lighting; Forbes Energy; Mesa Air Group; Ultura (LA); Digital Domain Media; Solyndra; Prince Sports; MagnaChip; Premier Trailer; William Lyon Homes; Filene’s Basement; Latham International; Fresh Choice (2004); Champion Enterprises; Luna Innovations; Global Motorsport Group; Western Nonwovens; Global Home Products; Aegis Mortgage; Mortgage Lenders Network; Yipes Communications; Redback Networks; PG&E (parent of chapter 11 debtor Pacific Gas & Electric Company in its 2001 chapter 11 case)
Turnaround Management Association (Northern California chapter), Practising Law Institute
- Co-author, “Financing the Debtor in Possession,” in Norton Bankruptcy Law & Practice (3d ed.)
- Co-author, “Measuring Anticompetitive Effects of Mergers When Buyer Power Is Concentrated,” 79 Texas Law Review 6 (2001)
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