Steve Golden, resident in the firm’s New York and Delaware offices, represents debtors, committees, asset purchasers, foreign representatives, and unsecured creditors in chapter 11 and 15 bankruptcy proceedings and related litigation and appeals. Among his many engagements, Steve was instrumental in the firm’s representation of Amyris, Watsonville Hospital, and CarbonLite in their chapter 11 cases and the official creditors’ committees in dozens of chapter 11 cases such as Neiman Marcus, Payless Shoes, Studio Movie Grill, and The Weinstein Company. Steve has also represented the foreign representative in Nexii’s chapter 15 proceedings and is a member of the International Insolvency Institute NextGen Class X. Steve has authored some 20 articles and other publications on a wide range of bankruptcy topics and was recognized in 2024 as an Emerging Leader by The M&A Advisor and in 2021 as one of nineteen recipients of the American Bar Association’s inaugural “20/20 Partners Rising Young Leader Award.” Steve holds a bachelor’s degree from Emory University, a JD from Georgia State University College of Law, and an LLM in bankruptcy law from St. John’s University School of Law.
Education
- Emory University (B.A. 2009)
- Georgia State University College of Law (J.D. 2014)
- St. John’s University School of Law (American Bankruptcy Institute Scholar, LL.M. 2015)
Bar and Court Admissions
- 2015 Maryland
- 2015 New York
- 2016 Texas
- 2022 Delaware
- 2024 Pennsylvania
Clerkships
- Judicial intern, Judge Margaret H. Murphy (Bankr. N.D. Ga. 2013)
- Chapter 11 debtors: Amyris, Inc. (D. Del.), Watsonville Hospital (N.D. Cal.), Carbonlite (D. Del.), Highland Capital (D. Del/N.D. Tex.), Tri-Valley Learning Corp. (N.D. Cal.), BarFly (W.D. Mich.)
- Postconfirmation trustees: International Shipholding (S.D.N.Y.), Adeptus (N.D. Tex.), Studio Movie Grill (N.D. Tex.)
- Creditors’ committees: Borrego Community Health Foundation (S.D. Cal.), Neiman Marcus (S.D. Tex.), Rockall Energy (N.D. Tex.), Agilon Energy (S.D. Tex.), Limetree Bay (S.D. Tex.), Spherature (E.D. Tex.), Studio Movie Grill (N.D. Tex.), Christopher & Banks (D.N.J.), Tailored Brands (S.D. Tex.), Rancher’s Legacy Meat (D. Minn.), uBiome (D. Del.), Payless Shoes (E.D. Mo. 2019), ShopKo (D. Neb.), Ditech Holding (S.D.N.Y.), Frank Theatres (D.N.J.), Gymboree (E.D. Va. 2019), USA Gymnastics (S.D. Ind.), Archdiocese of Santa Fe (D.N.M.), Cafe Holdings Corp. (Fatz Cafe) (D.S.C.), Erin Energy (S.D. Tex.), Haggen Holdings (D. Del), Diocese of Great Falls-Billings (D. Mont.), Luca International (S.D. Tex), International Shipholding (S.D.N.Y.), Last Call Guarantor (Fox & Hound) (D. Del.), CarrierWeb (N.D. Ga.), Hampshire Group (D. Del.), Big Apple Circus (S.D.N.Y.), Payless Shoes (E.D. Mo. 2017), BCBG Max Azria (S.D.N.Y.), Ignite Restaurant Group (S.D. Tex.), Cobalt International Energy (S.D. Tex.), Bon-Ton Stores (D. Del.), The Weinstein Company (D. Del.), HVI Cat Canyon (N.D. Tex., transferred from S.D.N.Y.), Barneys New York (S.D.N.Y.), Perkins & Marie Callender’s (D. Del.), Art Van Furniture (D. Del.), CraftWorks (D. Del.), Diocese of Buffalo (W.D.N.Y.), Fairway Market (S.D.N.Y.), Granite City Food and Brewing (D. Minn.), Goodrich Quality Theaters (W.D. Mich.), Whiting Petroleum (S.D. Tex.), Rochester Drug (W.D.N.Y.), Ascena Retail Group (E.D. Va.)
- Foreign representative: Nexii Building Solutions (D. Del.)
- Chapter 7 trustees: Art Van (D. Del.), uBiome (D. Del.), Heritage Homes (D. Del.)
- Equity committee: Tuesday Morning (N.D. Tex.)
- Crossborder representation: Argent Energy (S.D. Tex.)
- Bankruptcy litigation: Tailored Brands (S.D. Tex.), Payless Shoes (E.D. Mo.), Neiman Marcus (S.D. Tex.), Haggen Holdings (D. Del.)
- Creditors in: Black Elk (S.D. Tex.) (counsel to five large unsecured creditors and predecessors-in-title to the debtor), Seadrill (S.D. Tex.), PG&E (N.D. Cal.)
- Appeals: Baker Botts v ASARCO LLC (of counsel to law professor consortium); Bank of America v. Caulkett (of counsel to law professor consortium), Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp. (counsel to respondent creditors’ committee)
- Turnaround Management Association
- Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors
- Delaware Bankruptcy American Inn of Court
- International Insolvency Institute NextGen (Class X)
- 2021 Second Circuit Review 2022 Norton Bankruptcy Law Advisor 4 (March 2022), March 2022
- Sections 327 Through 330 Recent Developments in the Law of Employment and Compensation of Bankruptcy Professionals2021 Norton Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law 439, October 2021
- Sections 327 Through 330 Recent Developments in the Law of Employment and Compensation of Bankruptcy Professionals2020 Norton Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law 411, October 2020
- Sections 327 Through 330 Recent Developments in the Law of Employment and Compensation of Bankruptcy Professionals2019 Norton Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law 475, October 2019
- Sections 327 Through 330 Recent Developments in the Law of Employment and Compensation of Bankruptcy Professionals2018 Norton Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law 547, December 2018
- The Delaware of Asia Singapore Establishes Itself as a New Restructuring CenterAmerican Bankruptcy Institute Journal (Aug. 2017), 2017
- The Role of Insolvency Practitioners in the United States Presented to the INSOL International Seoul One-Day Seminar, February 2017
- Headed Through the Boomerang Tube: Professional Compensation After ASARCO 2016 Norton Survey of Bankruptcy Law 220
- “In Art We Trust: The Intersection of Trust and Bankruptcy Law in Detroit,” 48 Texas Tech Law Review 313 (Spring 2016)
- “The End of Fees for Fees: The Supreme Court Speaks in ASARCO,” 24 Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law & Practice 634 (December 2015)
- “A Lease by Any Other Name: Section 365 and Oil and Gas Leases,” 13 ABI Young and New Members Committee Newsletter (June 2015)
- “Let’s Keep This Between Us: Protecting PII in Bankruptcy Sales,” ABI Business Reorganization Committee Newsletter (February 2015)
- “Absolutely Absolute? The Extension of 203 N. LaSalle to Insiders,” 11 ABI Unsecured Trade Creditors Committee Newsletter (June 2013)
- Coauthor, “Stripping Down and Stripping Off in Chapter 11 and Chapter 13: Does Caulkett Change the Calculus?” 26 Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law & Practice art. 4 (No. 2 April 2017)
- Coauthor with Robert J. Feinstein, “2016 Second Circuit Review,” Norton Bankruptcy Law Adviser (No. 2 February 2017); “2017 Second Circuit Review,” Norton Bankruptcy Law Adviser (No. 3 March 2018); “2018 Second Circuit Review,” Norton Bankruptcy Law Adviser (No. 3 March 2019)
- Coauthor, “Recent Developments in Section 327-330: Employment and Compensation of Bankruptcy Professionals,” 2016 Norton Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law 14 (2016).
- Coauthor, “Rule 3002.Fun: Does the Rule Need Negative Notice,” Vol. 32 ABI Journal 36 (July 2013)
- Coeditor, Bankruptcy Claims Handbook,” American Bar Association Business Bankruptcy Committee (2013)
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