Patricia J. FriesingerPat Friesinger handles complex business disputes, asset protection, out-of-court restructurings and creditor/debtor rights, including, when necessary, bankruptcy. Pat represents clients in the purchase and sale of distressed assets, including through Article 9 sales, foreclosure, receivership, and 363 bankruptcy sales. In avoiding the bankruptcy alternative, Pat is involved in traditional corporate matters (such as acquisitions, dispositions, recapitalizations, and finance transactions) and complex financial restructuring, which she accomplishes through negotiation and litigation. When bankruptcy is necessary, her bankruptcy experience is extensive – she represents Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustees, Unsecured Creditors’ Committees, secured and unsecured creditors in chapters 7, 11, 12, and 13 and debtors in chapters 7, 11 and 12. Pat’s approach to the practice of law is to help her clients achieve a business solution to financial hardship by creatively matching the resources and tools available across varying disciplines of the law. Pat’s “victories” have resulted in businesses remaining open, local jobs being retained, and personal assets being preserved – in ways that are not publicized in newspapers or court decisions.