Casner & Edwards announces partners Michael J. Fencer and John T. Morrier have been named to the inaugural Legal 500 US City Elite Rankings: Boston in the Banking & Finance (including restructuring) practice area.
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Fencer focuses his practice on commercial insolvency and reorganization, bankruptcy litigation, construction law and complex construction litigation, commercial litigation, and administrative law. He represents corporate and other business debtors and debtors-in-possession, creditors, official committees, trustees, asset buyers, and other parties in commercial bankruptcy proceedings in United States bankruptcy courts across numerous districts, including Massachusetts, New York, Delaware, Florida, Virginia, and Texas. Fencer also represents property owners, construction managers, general contractors, and subcontractors in common and complex construction disputes in both state and federal courts.
Morrier works with troubled companies and their owners in business restructuring matters, both court-supervised and out of court, and advises clients in buying and selling assets in distress situations. Both a litigator and a deal lawyer, Morrier has extensive experience in all aspects of bankruptcy and commercial law, including litigation in federal and state courts and structuring and documenting complex transactions. He represents debtors, receivers and bankruptcy estate professionals, secured and unsecured creditors, executives, insurers, landlords, and other parties in state and federal court receiverships and bankruptcy proceedings as well as out of court restructurings, workouts and other insolvency matters. He regularly advises directors and officers in their duties in solvency-challenged situations. Morrier has worked with clients to develop and execute business strategy in a broad array of industries, including companies and nonprofit organizations in the real estate, technology, education, healthcare, biotechnology, cannabis, retail, manufacturing, finance and professional services fields.
