Larry Coppel is a member and chairs the Firm's Bankruptcy and Reorganization & Real Estate Workouts and Restructuring Practice Groups. He has maintained a diverse practice in complex business bankruptcy and workout cases and has extensive experience representing lenders, debtors, creditors' committees, trustees and other parties. He is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, a Fellow of the Maryland Bar Foundation and has received recognition for his specialty in every edition of The Best Lawyers in America since its first publication.
Larry founded and was the first President of the Bankruptcy Bar Association for the District of Maryland. He also served as Chair of the Banking, Bankruptcy and Business Law Committee of the Baltimore City Bar Association. Larry is a member of the Liaison Committee of the United States Bankruptcy Court and United States District Court for the District of Maryland. He was a member of the Panel of Trustees for the District of Maryland from 1979 to 1992 and holds memberships in the American Bankruptcy Institute, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees and Turnaround Management Association. He is a member of the faculties of the annual Mid-Atlantic Institute on Bankruptcy and Reorganization Practice and the MSBA Advanced Bankruptcy Institute and is a frequent lecturer at other bankruptcy programs.
Honors
· AV Rating in Martindale-Hubbell
· Member, University of Maryland's Maryland Law Review
· Named to the "Best Lawyers in America 2012" list in Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights Law and has been on the list for over 20 years.
· Named to the 2007 - 2012 lists of Maryland SuperLawyers in Maryland SuperLawyers Magazine for Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights
Professional and Civic Involvement
· Fellow and Chair of Pro Bono Committee, American College of Bankruptcy
· Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation
· Fellow, Baltimore Bar Foundation
· Director, American College of Bankruptcy Foundation
· Director and President, Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service
· Director, First President and Founder, The Bankruptcy Bar Association for the District of Maryland
· Member, American Bar Association
· Member, Maryland State Bar Association
· Member, Board of Trustees, Columbia Festival of the Arts
Publications and Lectures
· Faculty, Mid-Atlantic Institute on Bankruptcy and Reorganization Practice, September 2011
· Faculty, Advanced Bankruptcy Institute, March 2012
· Author, "Defending Your Client From A Bankruptcy Claim," Maryland Bar Journal, May/June 2007
· Author of numerous continuing legal education course book articles published by MSBA, MICPEL, Virginia CLE and the Bankruptcy Bar Association for the District of Maryland
· Lecturer, various MSBA and MICPEL programs on advanced and basic bankruptcy law
· Co-author, "Defanging Durrett: The Established Law of Transfer", 100 Banking Law Journal 676 (1983)
News
September 15, 2011, 24 Gordon Feinblatt Lawyers Named as Best Lawyers in America 2012
January 11, 2011, 14 Gordon Feinblatt Lawyers Selected To Maryland Super Lawyers for 2011
November 16, 2010, 20 Gordon Feinblatt Lawyers Named as Best Lawyers in America 2011
January 25, 2010, 14 Gordon Feinblatt Lawyers Selected to Maryland Super Lawyers for 2010 and 6 Selected to Maryland's Rising Stars
September 2, 2008, Seventeen Gordon Feinblatt Lawyers Named to Best Lawyers in America 2009
January 2008, Gordon Feinblatt Launches Real Estate Workouts and Restructuring Group
January 2008, Fifteen Gordon Feinblatt Lawyers Named to 2008 Best Lawyers in America
GFRHH Publications
November 17, 2010, Dodd Frank Survival Guide Update - November 17, 2010
Carla Witzel, Marjorie Corwin, Lawrence Coppel, Andrew Bulgin, John Morton
October 28, 2010, Dodd Frank Survival Guide Update - October 28, 2010
Carla Witzel, Marjorie Corwin, Andrew Bulgin, John Morton, Lawrence Coppel
August 23, 2010, Dodd Frank Survival Guide Update - August 23, 2010
Carla Witzel, Marjorie Corwin, Andrew Bulgin, John Morton, Lawrence Coppel