Josh Bruckerhoff is a partner at Reid Collins & Tsai. He appears in federal and state courts across the country representing bankruptcy trustees, offshore liquidators, and hedge funds in litigation against directors and officers, law firms, banks, auditors, and recipients of fraudulent transfers.
Bruckerhoff is known for finding innovative solutions to complex cases. For instance, Bruckerhoff developed the arguments that resulted in a landmark victory in the Seventh Circuit concerning the scope of section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code. The U.S. Supreme Court, in Merit Management Group v. FTI Consulting, recently affirmed the Seventh Circuit’s ruling, opening new avenues of recovery for bankruptcy trustees across the country.
Lawdragon Honors
Notable Representations:
- Representation of the liquidators of the Bear Stearns feeder funds, which collapsed in 2007 as part of the financial crisis.
- Representation of a large publicly traded company in a legal-malpractice action.
- Representation of the Adeptus Litigation Trust, a trust formed out of the bankruptcy of Adeptus Health, one of the largest operators of free-standing emergency rooms.
- Representation of the Creditors’ Trust for Doral Financial Corporation, the former holding company of Doral Bank, Puerto Rico, which the FDIC placed into receivership in 2015.
- Representation of the liquidators of ICP Strategic Credit Income Master Fund, a hedge fund that was placed into liquidation in the Cayman Islands after the SEC sued its manager for securities fraud.
- Representation of the liquidating trustee for an investment fund that failed in connection with the bankruptcy of USA Capital, a commercial loan servicer with more than $960 million in outstanding loans.
- Representation of a group of funds in a legal malpractice case against an international law firm.
- Representation of the plan administrator for the bankruptcy estate of a company that was a victim of a $140 million fraudulent scheme.
