Bankruptcy Attorney David Honig Joins Boutique Financial Services And Litigation Law Firm

SAN FRANCISCO - May 2, 2013 - PRLog -- Joseph & Cohen, Professional Corporation, announced today that leading bankruptcy and restructuring attorney David A. Honig has joined the Firm as a Partner.

Mr. Honig, who has worked in the restructuring field for over 20 years, comes to Joseph & Cohen after his successful 10-year tenure as a corporate partner at Winston & Strawn LLP, a prestigious international law firm, where he practiced in that firm’s restructuring and insolvency group in San Francisco.  Prior to that, he was a partner at San Francisco-based Murphy Sheneman Julian & Rogers (previously known as Murphy Weir & Butler), a nationally recognized bankruptcy and restructuring boutique, which he joined as an associate in 1992.  

Mr. Honig’s arrival at Joseph & Cohen significantly broadens the boutique firm’s core banking, financial services, regulatory, and litigation expertise.  He is a talented and multifaceted financial services lawyer who was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2013 in the field of Litigation - Bankruptcy.  

During his career he has specialized in business restructuring, insolvency, corporate finance, and related transactions and litigation.  He is known for his ability to create practical, business-oriented solutions to complex legal and financial problems.

Mr. Honig represents debtors, institutional and non-traditional lenders, trustees, receivers, official creditors’ committees, private equity funds, vendors, licensors, real and personal property lessors, and asset purchasers in bankruptcy, receivership, and other restructuring and workout matters in and out of court. He has extensive experience in the reorganization of distressed financial services businesses, vineyards and wineries, and other food and beverage companies, as well as manufacturing, technology, telecommunications, retail, and real estate investment concerns.

“We are both flattered and honored that David Honig chose Joseph & Cohen over the countless opportunities available to him,” said Jonathan Cohen, litigation partner at Joseph & Cohen. “His bankruptcy, workout and litigation expertise will undoubtedly further our standing as a well-rounded and world-class boutique firm.”

Of his new position, Mr. Honig stated, "Joseph & Cohen impressed me with their vision, energy, and depth of experience.  I look forward to working with them. Together, we’ll provide exceptional service to our clients throughout California and the United States.”

Joseph & Cohen, Professional Corporation, is a Financial Services and Litigation Boutique headquartered in San Francisco that emphasizes complex banking, corporate and transactional matters, regulatory and bank enforcement defense, securities, M & A, bankruptcy and insolvency, employment and commercial and executive employment litigation services.  Joseph & Cohen is known for sophisticated expertise, extraordinary commitment to clients, relationship-based services, and a range of specialized skills typically found only in the largest American law firms.  

For additional information about the Joseph & Cohen, Professional Corporation, please visit our website at  www.josephandcohen.com or Facebook at www.facebook.com/josephandcohen.

Press Contact:  Jonathan Joseph at Joseph & Cohen, 415-817-9200, ext. 9 or jon@josephandcohen.com.