James F. Conlan Partner Chicago  312.853.6890 312.853.7036 Fax New York  212.839.5403 Alt 212.839.5599 Alt Fax Vcard

JAMES F. CONLAN, is Co-Chairman of the firm-wide Corporate Reorganization and Bankruptcy Group. Mr. Conlan is a member of the firm's Executive Committee. Mr. Conlan was born in Dubuque, Iowa, December 8, 1963 and became a partner in 1996.

Representative (public) engagements include: Tribune Company (client, Debtor); RH Donnelley (client, Debtor); Smurfit-Stone Container (client, Debtor); Merisant (client, Debtor); Budget Rent A Car Corporation (client, Debtor); Meridian Automotive Systems (client, Debtor); Owens Corning (client, Debtor); Federal-Mogul Corporation, T&N Limited, et al. (client, Debtors); Pliant Corporation (client, Debtor); Sea Containers (client, Debtor); Pegasus Satellite Television (client, Debtor); Dow Corning Corporation (client, Baxter International, Inc., creditor and co-defendant); Florida Coast Paper Company (client, 50% Equity Holder); Pocket Communications, General Wireless, and Nextwave Personal Communications (client, Federal Communications Commission); ANC (Alamo and National Car Rental)(client, MBIA); Thorn Apple Valley (client, creditor and acquiror); Medshares (client, Unsecured Creditors’ Committee); Loewen Group, Inc. (out-of-court restructuring; client, senior debt syndicate); Lone Star Steel Company (client, Lone Star Technologies, Parent); One Financial Place (client, Debtor); Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation (client, Unsecured Creditors’ Committee); Fairchild Aircraft Corporation (client, senior lenders); USG (client, senior lenders); El Paso Electric (client, Debtor).

Mr. Conlan was selected by Turnarounds & Workouts to its 2009 list of the top dozen outstanding restructuring lawyers in America. He is regularly listed as a leader in the corporate restructuring field by various industry and legal publications, including Chambers USA: American’s Leading Lawyers for Business; PLC Which Lawyer Cross Border Handbook; IFLR 1000; Legal 500 US; The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers. Mr. Conlan is also widely recognized as a leader in large scale cross-border restructuring and insolvency having lead some of the very largest cross-border restructuring matters. In 2002, Board Member Magazine, America’s Best Corporate Lawyers said “Now 38, Conlan may already be the world’s foremost legal expert on cross-border corporate restructurings.”

Lectures and Articles: Lecturer, "Legacy Costs: Pension and Health-care Liabilities," Milken Institute Global Conference 2005; Lecturer, "Cross Border Insolvency," Insol (Cork, Ireland) 2003; Lecturer, "Bordering on Bankruptcy, Dealing with Troubled Companies in the New Economy," Fall 2001; Lecturer, "What You Need to Know About Internet, eCommerce and Chapter 11, Investment Opportunities In The Distressed Market," Spring 2000; "CLE, Abandonment — An Issue of Priority," February, 1991. Co-author, "U.S. Implications for U.K. Solvent Schemes of Arrangement, And More," The Insurance Receiver, 1998; Co-Author, "Environmental Law Developments," The Secured Lender, 1996-1999. Co-author, "Representing the Secured Creditor," IICLE Bankruptcy Practice, 1990 (Supp. 1992).

• 163 Sidley Lawyers Ranked in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business for 2010
  June 15, 2010
• James F. Conlan Named to Turnarounds & Workouts' 2009 List of Outstanding Restructuring Lawyers
  December 2009