Lawrence A. Katz

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Partner



Practice Areas

Experience

Larry Katz co-chairs the firm's Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights Practice. For over 30 years, Larry has represented debtors and creditors, including lenders, real estate and hotel developers, business entrepreneurs, creditors' committees, bankruptcy trustees, and individuals in Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganizations, liquidations, and out-of-court restructurings. He has served as a Chapter 11 trustee and has represented plaintiffs and defendants in preference, fraudulent conveyance and other bankruptcy court litigation. Larry also represents prospective purchasers of assets from businesses in bankruptcy. As counsel for the creditors' committee in the Howard Delivery Service, Inc. bankruptcy case, Larry was successful in obtaining a landmark decision regarding Bankruptcy Code priorities before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Prior to joining LTB, Larry was a partner with Venable, LLP, Tucker Flyer P.C., and Zuckerman Spaeder LLP.

Education

  • JD, Georgetown University (1978)
  • BA, magna cum laude, State University of New York at Buffalo (1975)

Certification

  • Certificate of Trial Advocacy - National Institute of Trial Advocacy

Recognition and Honors

  • Best Lawyers in America - Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights
  • Virginia Super Lawyers - Bankruptcy
  • Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers - Bankruptcy
  • Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating: "AV - Preeminent"
  • Washingtonian Magazine - "Top Lawyer" in Bankruptcy

Memberships and Community Activities

  • American Bankruptcy Institute
    • Asset Sales Committee
    • Bankruptcy Reorganization Committee
    • Commercial Fraud Taskforce Committee
    • Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop Advisory Board
    • Program Speaker
  • Maryland Bankruptcy Bar Association
    • Past President
    • Program Speaker
  • Northern Virginia Bankruptcy Bar Association
  • Virginia Bar Association
    • Program Speaker
  • Walter Chandler Bankruptcy Inn of Court - Washington, D.C.

State Bar Admissions

  • Virginia
  • Maryland
  • District of Columbia