Steven W. Golden

Steven Golden represents debtors, secured creditors, unsecured creditors, and committees in corporate bankruptcy proceedings. He received his B.A. from Emory University, his J.D. from Georgia State University College of Law, and his LL.M. in Bankruptcy from St. John's University School of Law. Mr. Golden served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Margaret H. Murphy, Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia, and is admitted to practice in Delaware, New York, Maryland and Texas.

In 2021, Mr. Golden was one of nineteen recipients of the American Bar Association’s inaugural 20/20 Partners Rising Young Leader Award presented by the ABA Business Bankruptcy Committee. He is resident in our Delaware and New York offices.

Representations

• Chapter 11 debtors: Carbonlite (D. Del.), Highland Capital (D. Del/N.D. Tex.), Tri-Valley Learning Corp. (N.D. Cal.), BarFly (W.D. Mich.), Watsonville Hospital (N.D. Cal.)
• Postconfirmation trustees: International Shipholding (S.D.N.Y.), Adeptus (N.D. Tex.), Studio Movie Grill (N.D. Tex.)
• Creditors' committees: 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.), Neiman Marcus (S.D. Tex.); Ascena Retail Group (E.D. Va.)
• 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)

Professional Affiliations

• Turnaround Management Association
• Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors
• Delaware Bankruptcy American Inn of Court
• International Insolvency Institute NextGen (Class X)

News

Publications

• “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)

Events