Joshua D. Morse

Mr. Morse’s practice 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, Phleger & 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. Mr. Morse has been with HBD since September 2000.

Publications

• “Bankruptcy’s Impact on IP Licenses,” presented by Tele-Seminar for Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of California, Licensing Committee, February 28, 2008
• “Was Professor Ward Really Serious? IP and Bankruptcy – When Worlds Collide,” presented at Financial Lawyers Conference, Los Angeles, CA, February 2, 2006
• Public Policy Is Never a Substitute for Statutory Clarity

News

• HBD Names Three Partners

Professional Affiliations

• Judicial Extern for Hon. Arthur S. Weissbrodt, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California, 1999