Patrick Leathem Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

Greater New York City Area

• Oversees all aspects of restructuring case administration, including claims management, noticing and solicitation.

Greater New York City Area

• Performed second level, privilege log, redaction and quality control review, and reviewed documents for relevance, privilege and third party confidentiality using Relativity for pharmaceutical patent disputes and other.

Lake Success, New York

• Directed and coordinated teams nationwide regarding data intake and analysis, database management, claim reconciliation, creditor communications and maintenance of case websites.
• Increased efficiency and speed of case administration by analyzing and advising counsel regarding proposed noticing, case management, solicitation and distribution procedures.
• Furthered progress of debtors’ restructurings by maintaining register of filed and scheduled claims, evaluating and identifying deficient claims to consider for objection and preparing exhibits for objections.
• Directed cash and security distributions to creditors, including publicly traded security holders.
• Drafted ballot certifications, pleadings, fee applications, affidavits and client presentations.

New York, New York

• Litigated insurance coverage disputes and related actions for insurance litigation boutique firm.
• Represented clients in trials, including successful month-long federal trial involving numerous expert and other witnesses that resulted in judgment of over $7 million. (Federal Ins. Co. v. PGG Realty, LLC, 538 F..
• Drafted appeal briefs, pre- and post-trial briefs, pleadings, motions and discovery requests and responses, primarily regarding issues of policy and contract interpretation.
• Argued motions and conducted and defended depositions and examinations under oath.
• Litigated wide range of non-insurance issues including maritime, tort, contract, construction and landlord-tenant law.

Greater New York City Area

• Examined documents, drafted legal memoranda and prepared for depositions on long-term assignments, including bankruptcy, securities, intellectual property and antitrust cases.
• Analyzed Chapter 11 debtor’s payments, and prosecuted preference actions.

Wilmington, Delaware

• Represented and appeared in court on behalf of creditors, lenders, trustees, lessors, lessees, insurers and other parties in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases and adversary proceedings in Delaware and other districts.
• Prosecuted and defended preference and fraudulent transfer actions.

Wilmington, Delaware

• Represented and appeared in court on behalf of Chapter 11 debtors, creditors and committees for Delaware's largest law firm.
• Prepared and coordinated filing of petitions, first-day motions and orders, Statements of Financial Affairs and Schedules of Assets and Liabilities.
• Drafted briefs, motions, objections, pleadings, hearing agendas, discovery requests and fee applications.
• Prosecuted, defended and negotiated settlements of preference and fraudulent transfer actions.

New York, New York

• Represented clients in commercial litigation, bankruptcy proceedings and securities class actions.
• Drafted briefs, motions, pleadings, memoranda and discovery requests and responses.
• Analyzed contracts, leases and other documents produced in discovery in connection with trial preparation.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), Law

Activities and Societies: Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Print Journalism/International Relations