Practice Areas
Education
- J.D., magna cum laude, 1996, Widener University School of Law
- Member, 1994-1995 and Articles Editors, 1995-1996, Delaware Journal of Corporate Law
- B.S., 1992, The Pennsylvania State University
Clerkships
- Law Clerk to The Honorable Jane R. Roth, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1996-97)
Admissions to Practice
- Delaware, 1996
- U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, 1996
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1997
Greg is a partner with the firm’s Business Reorganization and Restructuring Group. He has substantial experience representing debtors and creditors in bankruptcy cases and out-of-court restructurings. Greg focuses his practice on chapter 11 business restructuring, advising fiduciaries and managers for distressed enterprises, bankruptcy acquisitions and transactions, committee representations, debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing, representation of secured and unsecured lenders to bankrupt or distressed companies and bankruptcy-related litigation. Greg has appeared on behalf of clients in federal courts throughout the United States on a range bankruptcy issues.
Noteworthy
Wolcott Fellow to Justice Randy J. Holland of the Delaware Supreme Court (1995-96)
Representative Matters
Greg’s recent representative engagements include: acting as counsel to the company in the bankruptcy cases of Rouge Steel Company and its affiliated debtors; acting as counsel to the company and the plan trustee in the bankruptcy case of Orion Refining Corporation; acting as counsel to the company and the Plan Administrator in the bankruptcy cases of EBC I, Inc. f/k/a eToys, Inc., and its affiliated debtors; acting as counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors and the Plan Administrator in the bankruptcy cases of Jillians Entertainment Holdings, Inc., and its affiliated debtors; acting as counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors and the Liquidation Trustee in the bankruptcy cases of FAO, Inc., and its affiliated debtors; acting as counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the bankruptcy cases of Safety-Kleen Corp. and its affiliated debtors; acting as counsel to Gleacher Mezzanine Fund I, L.P. and Gleacher Mezzanine Fund P, L.P., in the bankruptcy cases of Norstan Apparel Shops, Inc., d/b/a Fashion Cents, and its affiliated debtors; acting as counsel to the debtor’s principal landlord in the bankruptcy case of Pharmaceutical Formulations, Inc.; acting as counsel to certain of the company’s former directors in the bankruptcy cases of Peregrine Systems, Inc. and its affiliated debtors; acting as counsel to EchoStar Communications Corporation in the bankruptcy cases of Loral Space & Communications Ltd. and its affiliated debtors; acting as counsel to Fortistar Capital Inc. and certain of its affiliates in the bankruptcy cases of NRG Energy, Inc. and its affiliated debtors; acting as counsel to Oracle Corporation in certain Delaware bankruptcy matters; and acting as counsel to numerous individual lenders in bankruptcy-related litigation in the bankruptcy cases of Meridian Automotive Systems, Inc. and its affiliated debtors.
News
- Daily Bankruptcy Review Ranks Morris Nichols #6 Nationwide And #1 Among Mid-Size and Small Firms
Morris Nichols was ranked first among mid-size and small law firms for the number of large, public-company bankruptcy cases filed around the country between 2001 and mid-2005 in which it acted as lead debtor’s counsel. The firm was ranked sixth among law firms of all sizes.
Publications
- William M. Lafferty, Gregory W. Werkheiser, Ian Roberts McConnel, Delaware Court of Chancery Prohibits a Financially Healthy Company From Agreeing to Sell Substantially All Of Its Assets Through a Bankruptcy Filing Without Approval of the Company's Common Stockholders Under 8 Del. C. § 271(a)
Professional and Community Activities
- Member, American Bar Association, Business Law and Litigation Sections
- Member, Delaware Bar Association Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law and Litigation Sections
- Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
- Volunteer attorney for Delaware Volunteer Legal Services, Inc.