Joel Helmrich is a Partner in the Corporate Department. Joel provides advice to clients that have questions in a variety of areas, including financial instruments and business sales and acquisitions. His practice also includes representing creditors in state court collection matters including mortgage foreclosure actions, and the areas of Chapters 7, 11 and 13 bankruptcies, out of court corporate reorganizations and debt restructurings, and commercial collections. In addition, Joel has represented the legal representative of future claimants in several major asbestos bankruptcy proceedings. Joel has been involved in many of the major bankruptcy cases that have been filed in Pittsburgh, as well as other major cases that were filed in New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin and West Virginia.
Memberships & Affiliations
· Allegheny County Bar Association, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Committees
· Pennsylvania Bar Association, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Committees
· American Bankruptcy Institute
· Commercial Law League of America
· Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children, Board of Trustees
· Upper St. Clair Planning Commission, Board of Trustees
· Turnaround Management Association
Distinctions
· Peer Review Rated AV in Martindale-Hubbell
· Listed in The Best Lawyers in America®
· Selected for the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® List
· Who's Who in American Law
· Who's Who in Finance and Industry
Publications
June 22, 2007, Collecting from a bankrupt company under the new bankruptcy law
May 2, 2007, New bankruptcy lease rules
Presentations
March 7, 2012, Pennsylvania Bar Institute Seminar