Green, Edward J.

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Updated 6/29/2009

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Foley & Lardner LLP

321 North Clark
Suite 2800

Chicago, IL 60654

Phone: (312) 832-4375

Fax: 312-832-4700

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Websites associated with this firm:http://www.foley.com

Summary

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Edward J. Green is a partner in Foley & Lardner's Chicago office. He is a member of the Firm's Bankruptcy & Business Reorganizations, Finance & Financial Institutions, and Healthcare Finance & Restructuring Practices. He also serves as the national partner in charge of business development for the Firm's Regulated Industries Department.

Mr. Green focuses his practice on creditors' rights, bankruptcy and distressed transactions. He has represented financial institutions, equity holders, bond holders, creditors' committees, trustees, secured and unsecured creditors, debtors, professionals and purchasers in reorganization cases, liquidations, workouts, transactions and a variety of federal and state court litigation across the country. He is admitted to practice in Illinois and before the United States Courts of Appeal for the Sixth, Seventh and Eleventh Circuits and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, where he is a member of the Trial Bar. He has also structured, negotiated and closed transactions outside of bankruptcy involving billions of dollars in consideration.

His recent representations include:

  • Lead counsel to post-confirmation national trustee in 700 preference cases and 1,200 claim disputes
  • Lead counsel to post-confirmation national trustee in 300 preference cases and 700 claim disputes
  • Lead counsel to debtor in $250 million Chapter 11 case involving three acute care hospitals
  • Lead counsel to debtor involving the largest bariatric surgery practice in the country to file for Chapter 11
  • Lead counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in $1.5 billion Chapter 11 involving one of the nation's largest coal producers
  • Lead counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in $1.0 billion Chapter 11 involving a KKR kitchenware rollup

    Prior to joining Foley & Lardner, Mr. Green served as a law clerk to the Honorable Michael J. Melloy, Chief United States District Court Judge for the Northern District of Iowa (now of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit) and was an associate at McDermott, Will & Emery in Chicago.

    Mr. Green earned his bachelor's degree in business administration (finance) from the University of Iowa College of Business in 1988. He received his Juris Doctor degree, with high distinction, from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1992, where he was an associate editor of the Iowa Law Review. He also holds a M.B.A. from the University of Iowa School of Management, which he received in 1992.

  • Areas of Practice

    • Business Reorganizations
    • Finance & Financial Institutions
    • Health Care Finance & Restructuring
    • Health Care

    Qualifications

    Bar Admissions

    • Iowa, 1993
    • Illinois, 1994
    • U.S. District Court Northern District of Iowa, 1993
    • U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1994
    • U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar
    • U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
    • U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
    • U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit

    Past Employment Positions

    • Honorable Michael J. Melloy, Chief United States District Court Judge for the Northern District of Iowa (now of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit), Law Clerk, 1992 - 1994
    • McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, Associate

    Education

    • University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, Iowa, 1992
      J.D., Juris Doctor
      Honors: With High Distinction

      Law Review: Iowa Law Review, Associate Editor, 1990 - 1991
    • University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1992
      M.B.A., Master of Business Administration
    • University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1988
      B.B.A., Bachelor of Business Administration
      Major: Finance

    Office Information

    Address

    321 North Clark
    Suite 2800
    Chicago, IL 60654

    Phones

    (312) 832-4375

    Faxes

    312-832-4700

    Emails

    Contact Us

    Websites

    http://www.foley.com

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