Joshua Fried, resident in the firm’s San Francisco office, has significant experience representing debtors and creditors’ committees in large chapter 11 cases throughout the county, including True Religion, Prince Sports, Filene’s Basement, Fresh Choice, and Champion Enterprises. He has been listed in every edition of
Best Lawyers in America since 2019 for his work in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law. Josh is a graduate of Rutgers University, received his J.D. magna cum laude from Pepperdine School of Law, and an MBA from Cal State Northridge.
Clerkships
•Judicial law clerk, Judge Richard T. Ford (Bankr. E.D. Cal.)
•Judicial law clerk, Judge Vincent P. Zurzolo (Bankr. C.D. Cal.)
Programs & Lectures
Turnaround Management Association (Northern California chapter), Practising Law Institute
Publications
•Co-author, “Financing the Debtor in Possession,” in Norton Bankruptcy Law & Practice (3d ed.)
•Co-author, “Measuring Anticompetitive Effects of Mergers When Buyer Power Is Concentrated,” 79 Texas Law Review 6 (2001)
News
PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2025 Edition of Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
August 15, 2024
PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2024 Edition of Best Lawyers in America
August 17, 2023
PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2023 Edition of Best Lawyers in America
August 18, 2022
PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2022 Edition of Best Lawyers in America
August 19, 2021
PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2021 Edition of Best Lawyers in America
August 20, 2020
PSZJ Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers in America
August 15, 2019
PSZJ Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers in America
August 15, 2018
Solyndra Bankruptcy Reorganization Wins ACG Energy Deal of the Year
June 1, 2013
Auction for Digital Domain Assets Produces $30M - Double Opening Bid
September 24, 2012
Prince Sports Confirms Reorganization Plan; Shifts From Manufacturing Business to Licensing Operation
August 1, 2012
Pachulski Stang Wins Corporate Turnaround Deal of the Year Award
June 1, 2011
Successful Retail Liquidation: Plan Confirmed in Filene's Basement Chapter 11 Case
January 26, 2010
Events
Cross-Border Avoidance Transactions
American Bankruptcy Institute Cross-Border Insolvency Program New York, November 7, 2017
The Shifting Retail Landscape-Are America’s Malls Dying?
7th Annual TMA Western Regional Conference Carlsbad CA, July 17, 2015
The Court Approved Your Employment as a Professional: Why Should You Be Paid?
Turnaround Management Association Western Regional Conference Laguna Beach CA, July 9, 2014
Year-End Restructuring Market Event: A Preview of 2014 Capital Markets and an Understanding of the Increasing Impact of Private Equity & Hedge Funds on the Restructuring Process
Turnaround Management Association November 21, 2013
Use, Sale, & Lease of Property and Financing Bankruptcy Cases
Nuts & Bolts of Corporate Bankruptcy 2012 November 5, 2012
Making the Technology Industry Tick
Growing, Fixing, Restructuring, Financing, and Investing in the Business: An Insider's View June 28, 2012
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