Joseph G. Minias Partner MAIN OFFICE: New York Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP 787 Seventh Avenue New York, N.Y. 10019-6099, U.S.A. T 212-728-8202 F 212-728-9202

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Joseph G. Minias is a partner in the Business Reorganization and Restructuring Department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in New York. Mr. Minias focuses on the representation of creditors, creditor committees, and sophisticated investors. He has broad experience in all types of restructurings, both in and out-of-court. He also represents litigation trusts, and serves as special litigation counsel for companies in financial distress. 

Mr. Minias was one of 12 attorneys nationwide to be named as one of Turnarounds & Workouts’ "Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyers" in 2009.

Prior to joining Willkie, Mr. Minias was a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP. He also previously served as law clerk to the Hon. Allan L. Gropper of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (2002-2004).

Mr. Minias’s selected significant matters include:

• MF Global Holdings LTD: Counsel to a member of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
  
  
• Dynegy Holdings: Counsel to a member of the Ad Hoc Committee of Noteholders
  
  
• Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities: Counsel to purchasers of feeder fund customer claims
  
  
• Graceway Pharmaceuticals: Counsel to Secured Lender
  
  
• Ahern Rentals: Counsel to Majority Second Lien Lender
  
  
• TOUSA, Inc.: counsel to largest secured lender
  
  
• Keystone Automotive Holdings, Inc.: Counsel to Ad Hoc Committee of Noteholders
  
  
• Extended Stay Hotels: Counsel for Bank of America and Merrill Lynch
  
  
• Fairpoint Communications: Counsel for the administrative agent for prepetition and postpetition secured lenders
  
  
• SemGroup, L.P., et al.: Counsel to Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors and Litigation Trust
  
  
• Broder Bros., Inc.: Counsel to Committee of Noteholders
  
  
• ACA Capital: Counsel to Committee of Noteholders
  
  
• aaiPharma: Counsel to Secured Lenders
  
  
• Sentinel Group Management, Inc.: Counsel to Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
  
  
• Global Power Equipment Group: Counsel to Noteholder
  
  
• Refco Litigation Trusts: Counsel to Refco Litigation Trust and Refco Private Actions Trust
  
  
• Performance Transportation Systems, Inc., et al.: Counsel to Ad Hoc Committee of 2nd Lien Lenders
  
  
• Trident Resources Corp.: Counsel to Ad Hoc Committee of Preferred Stockholders
  
  
• Refco Inc, et al.: Counsel to Committee of Noteholders