Joshua
D. Morse is an associate at Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman LLP.
Mr. Morse joined the firm in September 2000, and focuses primarily
on bankruptcy and bankruptcy-related litigation and transactions
representing debtors, creditors’ committees and individual
creditors.
Mr. Morse was the lead associate in the representation of Factory
2-U Stores, Inc., Komag, Incorporated and Opal Concepts, Inc.,
et al., in their respective chapter 11 cases, and has represented
a number of debtors in successful chapter 11 proceedings, including
Liberty House, Inc., Strouds, Inc., Aureal, Inc., and SmarTalk
TeleServices, Inc. Mr. Morse also served as counsel to the chapter
11 trustee for Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., and the chapter 7 trustee
for Brobeck, Phelger & Harrison LLP.
Mr. Morse also has represented creditors and creditor groups
in a number of chapter 11 cases and out-of-court workouts, including
ad hoc committees of bondholders of Solutia Inc., Adelphia Communications
Corporation, the City of Klamath Falls, and Dade Behring Holdings,
Inc., as well as the senior bondholders of SONICblue Incorporated.
Education:
Santa Clara University, J.D., 2000; Phi Delta Phi;
Comments Editor, Santa Clara Law Review, 1999-2000
New Mexico State University, BBA, Human Resource Management,
with Honors, 1995.
New Mexico Military Institute, AA, Business, with High
Honors, and commission, United States Army Reserve, 1993
Professional Activities:
Admitted: California
Judicial Extern: Hon. Arthur S. Weissbrodt, United
States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California,
1999
Author: “Public Policy Is Never a Substitute
for Statutory Clarity: Rejecting the Notion that Pre-Petition
Attorney-Fee Debts Are Dischargeable in Chapter 7 Bankruptcies,”
40 Santa Clara L. Rev. 575 (2000)
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