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| Top bankruptcy law firms, by volume ($B) | |||||
| Rank | Firm name | No. of active cases | Avg. assets | Liabilities | Assets |
| 1 | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP | 92 | $12.9 | $1,191.8 | $1,183.0 |
| 2 | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP | 103 | 11.4 | 1,156.7 | 1,175.8 |
| 3 | Latham & Watkins LLP | 147 | 7.7 | 1,190.5 | 1,132.8 |
| 4 | Reed Smith LLP | 127 | 8.7 | 1,180.6 | 1,100.5 |
| 5 | White & Case LLP | 65 | 16.7 | 1,147.3 | 1,085.5 |
| 6 | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | 88 | 11.9 | 1,054.8 | 1,049.8 |
| 7 | Vedder Price PC | 77 | 13.5 | 1,081.4 | 1,037.2 |
| 8 | Duane Morris LLP | 169 | 6.1 | 994.6 | 1,035.8 |
| 9 | King & Spalding LLP | 97 | 10.2 | 1,043.0 | 991.6 |
| 10 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP | 86 | 11.0 | 1,010.9 | 943.9 |
| Top lawyers, by volume ($B) | |||||||
| Rank | Lawyer | Firm name | No. of active cases | No. of active assignments | Avg. assets | Liabilities | Assets |
| 1 | Rosenberg, Robert | Latham & Watkins LLP | 44 | 61 | $20.4 | $938.2 | $897.1 |
| 2 | Lauria, Thomas | White & Case LLP | 27 | 32 | 33.1 | 851.7 | 892.6 |
| 3 | Reed, Margery | Duane Morris LLP | 34 | 35 | 25.1 | 814.7 | 854.7 |
| 4 | Steinberg, Arthur | King & Spalding LLP | 21 | 28 | 40.4 | 910.3 | 849.4 |
| 5 | Lipke, Douglas | Vedder Price PC | 32 | 42 | 26.5 | 819.2 | 847.0 |
| 6 | Carr, James | Kelley Drye & Warren LLP | 69 | 186 | 11.7 | 763.5 | 804.8 |
| 7 | Hahn, Richard | Debevoise & Plimpton LLP | 17 | 17 | 47.1 | 888.1 | 800.4 |
| 8 | Schaffer, Eric | Reed Smith LLP | 15 | 17 | 52.7 | 870.1 | 790.5 |
| 9 | Rapisardi, John | Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP | 9 | 10 | 87.6 | 862.2 | 788.7 |
| Top investment banks, by volume ($B) | |||||
| Rank | Firm name | No. of active cases | Avg. assets | Liabilities | Assets |
| 1 | Lazard | 21 | $36.5 | $754.3 | $767.5 |
| 2 | Duff & Phelps Corp. | 32 | 22.7 | 722.1 | 727.9 |
| 3 | Houlihan Lokey Inc. | 12 | 55.8 | 644.4 | 669.4 |
| 4 | Natixis Capital Markets Inc. | 1 | 639.0 | 613.0 | 639.0 |
| 5 | Blackstone Group LP | 24 | 9.3 | 318.5 | 222.1 |
| 6 | Evercore Partners Inc. | 3 | 60.1 | 257.0 | 180.4 |
| 7 | Bank of America Merrill Lynch | 2 | 43.9 | 177.0 | 87.8 |
| 8 | Moelis & Co. LLC | 20 | 3.3 | 75.9 | 66.1 |
| 9 | Jefferies & Co. | 38 | 1.4 | 50.9 | 52.2 |
| 10 | Greenhill & Co. | 6 | 8.2 | 66.1 | 49.1 |
| Top investment bankers, by volume ($B) | |||||||
| Rank | Person | Firm name | No. of active cases | No. of active assignments | Avg. assets | Liabilities | Assets |
| 1 | Ridings, Barry | Lazard | 7 | 7 | $98.9 | $670.1 | $692.0 |
| 2 | Geer, B.;Siegert, E. | Houlihan Lokey Inc. | 3 | 3 | 219.7 | 634.5 | 659.1 |
| Pfeiffer, Allen | Duff & Phelps Corp. | 2 | 2 | 329.6 | 634.0 | 659.1 | |
| 3 | Jordan, Bradley | Houlihan Lokey Inc. | 2 | 2 | 319.5 | 613.4 | 639.0 |
| Burian, Saul | Houlihan Lokey Inc. 1 | 1 | 1 | 639.0 | 613.0 | 639.0 | |
| Hayden, C.; Inglese, R. | Natixis Capital Markets Inc. | 1 | 1 | 639.0 | 613.0 | 639.0 | |
| 4 | Repko, W.; Worth, J. | Evercore Partners Inc. | 1 | 1 | 82.3 | 172.8 | 82.3 |
| 5 | Ying, David | Evercore Partners Inc. | 1 | 1 | 71.0 | 64.9 | 71.0 |
| 6 | Gentile, Robert | Blackstone Group LP | 4 | 4 | 10.9 | 45.3 | 43.6 |
| 7 | Huffard, Paul | Blackstone Group LP | 6 | 6 | 7.1 | 44.4 | 42.4 |
| 8 | Robins, Bradley | Greenhill & Co. | 2 | 2 | 20.5 | 57.4 | 41.1 |
| 9 | Derrough, William | Moelis & Co. LLC | 5 | 5 | 7.9 | 38.0 | 39.7 |
| 10 | Buckfire, K.; Miller, H. | Miller Buckfire & Co. LLC | 4 | 4 | 9.7 | 37.6 | 38.8 |
| 1 Houlihan Lokey team: Fazio, M.; Hayden, C.; Inglese, R.; Ma, C.; Putnam, D.;Riffkin, A. Zwick, A. |
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| Top crisis management firms, by volume ($B) | |||||
| Rank | Firm name | No. of active cases | Avg. assets | Liabilities | Assets |
| 1 | FTI Consulting Inc. | 110 | $9.0 | $1,039.6 | $992.1 |
| 2 | Alvarez & Marsal LLC | 53 | 14.1 | 707 | 745.5 |
| 3 | Goldin Associates LLC | 8 | 87.6 | 672.6 | 700.4 |
| 4 | AlixPartners LLP | 37 | 5.2 | 296.7 | 193.3 |
| 5 | Capstone Advisory Group LLC | 29 | 4.3 | 130.9 | 125.8 |
| 6 | Huron Consulting Group Inc. | 27 | 4.2 | 102.9 | 112.7 |
| 7 | Protiviti Inc. | 27 | 1.5 | 43.2 | 41.3 |
| 8 | Zolfo Cooper LLC | 20 | 1.9 | 38.2 | 38.5 |
| 9 | XRoads Solutions Group LLC | 6 | 4.6 | 27.9 | 27.5 |
| 10 | Loughlin Meghji + Co. | 11 | 2.2 | 25.3 | 23.7 |
| Top crisis managers, by volume ($S) | |||||||
| Rank | Person | Firm name | No. of active cases | No. of active assignments | Avg. assets | Liabilities | Assets |
| 1 | Eisenband, Michael | FTI Consulting Inc. | 16 | 16 | $48.30 | $809.70 | $773.50 |
| 2 | Star, Samuel | FTI Consulting Inc. | 9 | 9 | 84.8 | 824.3 | 763.2 |
| 3 | Tully, Conor | FTI Consulting Inc. | 6 | 6 | 122.1 | 796.4 | 732.4 |
| 4 | Pauker, David | Goldin Associates LLC | 7 | 7 | 96.6 | 647.9 | 676.0 |
| 5 | Preston, Seymour | Goldin Associates LLC | 5 | 5 | 134.9 | 645.8 | 674.7 |
| 6 | Greenspan, Ronald | FTI Consulting Inc. 1 | 12 | 12 | 55.7 | 639.8 | 668.3 |
| 7 | Marsal, Bryan | Alvarez & Marsal LLC 2 | 1 | 1 | 639.0 | 613.0 | 639.0 |
| Barovick, Barry | FTI Consulting Inc. | 1 | 1 | 639.0 | 613.0 | 639.0 | |
| Goldin, Harrison | Goldin Associates LLC | 1 | 1 | 639.0 | 613.0 | 639.0 | |
| 8 | Joffe, Steven | FTI Consulting Inc. | 10 | 10 | 14.7 | 219.0 | 146.8 |
| 9 | Monger, Meade | AlixPartners LLP | 8 | 8 | 14.3 | 198.4 | 114.7 |
| 10 | Stenger, Ted | AlixPartners LLP | 2 | 2 | 48.1 | 197.0 | 96.2 |
| 1 FTI Consulting Inc. team: Barovick, B.; Darefsky, R.; Hewitt, K. 2 Alvarez & Marsal LLC team: Baldasare, T.; Cairns, A.; Cheston, P.; Cohn, S.; Cyburt, P.; Donaldson, J.; Ehrmann, D.; Fitts, J.; Fox, W.; Hershan, R.; Kruse, P.; Lakhani, A.; Lambert, D.; Lippman, M.; Marsal, B.; McCarthy, J.; Suckow, J.; Walsh, D. |
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| Top non-investment banks, by volume ($B) | |||||
| Rank | Firm name | No. of active cases | Avg. assets | Liabilities | Assets |
| 1 | Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions LLC | 130 | $7.4 | $923.8 | $958.5 |
| 2 | BMC Group Inc. | 69 | 11.0 | 761.9 | 757.4 |
| 3 | Pricewaterhouse Coopers | 28 | 26.6 | 733.0 | 746.2 |
| 4 | Kekst and Co. | 5 | 134.1 | 646.1 | 670.3 |
| 5 | Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu 1 | 61 | 10.8 | 695.0 | 661.5 |
| 6 | Linden Alschuler & Kaplan Inc. | 1 | 639.0 | 613.0 | 639.0 |
| 7 | Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC | 154 | 2.6 | 388.3 | 406.0 |
| 8 | Garden City Group Inc. | 79 | 2.1 | 278.7 | 166.8 |
| 9 | Ernst & Young | 43 | 2.8 | 91.8 | 119.5 |
| 10 | KPMG | 16 | 4.0 | 60.0 | 63.7 |
| 1 Deloitte includes Deloitte & Touche Inc., Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, Deloitte Tax LLP and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu; Ernst & Young includes Ernst & Young Inc. and Ernst & Young LLP; KPMG includes KPMG Corporate Recovery, KPMG Inc. and KPMG LLP; Pricewaterhouse Coopers includes Pricewaterhouse Coopers EC Inc., Pricewaterhouse Coopers Inc. and Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP | |||||
| Top non-investment bankers, by volume ($B) | |||||||
| Rank | Person | Firm name | No. of active cases | No. of active assignments | Avg. assets | Liabilities | Assets |
| 1 | McElhinney, Daniel | Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions LLC | 128 | 131 | $7.5 | $922.1 | $957.3 |
| 2 | Feil, Tinamarie | BMC Group Inc. | 55 | 60 | 13.6 | 754.6 | 750.6 |
| 3 | Alschuler, Steven | Linden Alschuler & Kaplan Inc. | 1 | 1 | 639.0 | 613.0 | 639.0 |
| 4 | Foy, Joseph | Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP | 1 | 1 | 639.0 | 613.0 | 639.0 |
| 5 | Carson, J.; Kurtzman, E. | Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC | 154 | 154 | 2.6 | 388.3 | 406.0 |
| 6 | Stein, Jeffrey | Garden City Group Inc. | 61 | 61 | 2.1 | 219.4 | 129.2 |
| 7 | Jacobs, Ron | Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions LLC | 19 | 19 | 6.4 | 101.6 | 120.8 |
| 8 | Gerber, Kathy | Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions LLC | 18 | 18 | 6.4 | 98.1 | 114.5 |
| 9 | Mandarino, Perry | Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP | 2 | 2 | 19.7 | 55.3 | 39.3 |
| 10 | Fielding, Jeremy | Kekst and Co. | 1 | 1 | 30.1 | 31.5 | 30.1 |
| Top bankruptcy law firms, by number | ||||
| Rank | Firm name | No. of cases | Percent U.S. | Percent non-U.S. |
| 1 | White & Case LLP | 1,003 | 9% | 91% |
| 2 | Duane Morris LLP | 315 | 100 | 0 |
| 3 | Greenberg Traurig LLP | 286 | 100 | 0 |
| 4 | Ballard Spahr LLP | 267 | 100 | 0 |
| 5 | Latham & Watkins LLP | 243 | 93 | 7 |
| 6 | Reed Smith LLP | 241 | 100 | 0 |
| 7 | Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP | 229 | 99 | 1 |
| 8 | Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP | 219 | 100 | 0 |
| 9 | Rattet, Pasternak & Gordon-Oliver LLP | 200 | 100 | 0 |
| 10 | King & Spalding LLP | 196 | 98 | 2 |
| Top bankruptcy lawyers, by number | |||
| Rank | Person | Firm name | No. of active assignments |
| 1 | Leanse, Thomas | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | 438 |
| 2 | Pollack, David | Ballard Spahr LLP | 428 |
| 3 | Huben, Brian | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | 311 |
| 4 | Bähr, Biner | White & Case LLP | 304 |
| 5 | Carr, James | Kelley Drye & Warren LLP | 214 |
| 6 | Schulte-Kaubrügger, Christoph | White & Case LLP | 194 |
| 7 | Undritz, Sven-Holger | White & Case LLP | 164 |
| 8 | Meyers, Jeffrey | Ballard Spahr LLP | 139 |
| 9 | Pasternak, Jonathan | Rattet, Pasternak & Gordon-Oliver LLP | 134 |
| 10 | Collins, Mark | Richards, Layton & Finger PA | 112 |
| Top investment banks, by number | ||||
| Rank | Firm name | No. of cases | Percent U.S. | Percent non- U.S. |
| 1 | Jefferies & Co. | 38 | 100% | 0 |
| 2 | Duff & Phelps Corp. | 34 | 97 | 3 |
| 3 | Blackstone Group LP | 24 | 100 | 0 |
| Lazard | 24 | 92 | 8 | |
| 4 | Mesirow Financial Holdings Inc. | 23 | 100 | 0 |
| Moelis & Co. LLC | 23 | 96 | 4 | |
| 5 | Rothschild | 17 | 100 | 0 |
| 6 | SSG Capital Advisors LLC | 14 | 100 | 0 |
| 7 | General Capital Partners LLC | 13 | 100 | 0 |
| Navigant Capital Advisors LLC | 13 | 100 | 0 | |
| 8 | Houlihan Lokey Inc. | 12 | 100 | 0 |
| 9 | Carl Marks Securities LLC | 11 | 100 | 0 |
| 10 | Broadpoint Gleacher Securities Group Inc. | 10 | 100 | 0 |
| Gordian Group LLC | 10 | 100 | 0 | |
| Top investment bankers, by number | |||
| Rank | Person | Firm name | No. of active assignments |
| 1 | Victor, J. Scott | SSG Capital Advisors LLC | 13 |
| 2 | Barrow, J. Gregory | General Capital Partners LLC | 12 |
| Casas, Edward | Navigant Capital Advisors LLC | 12 | |
| Madden, John | Duff & Phelps Corp. | 12 | |
| Williams, Brent | Duff & Phelps Corp. | 12 | |
| 3 | Luria, Neil | Navigant Capital Advisors LLC | 10 |
| 4 | O'Connor, Tim | Broadpoint Gleacher Securities Group Inc. | 9 |
| 5 | Augustine, Neil | Rothschild | 8 |
| Owsley, Henry | Gordian Group LLC | 8 | |
| 6 | Kaufman, Peter | Gordian Group LLC | 7 |
| Lattig, Larry | Mesirow Financial Holdings Inc. | 7 | |
| Murphy, Brendan | Duff & Phelps Corp. | 7 | |
| Ridings, Barry | Lazard | 7 | |
| 7 | Belinsky, Russel | Duff & Phelps Corp. | 6 |
| Derrough, William | Moelis & Co. LLC | 6 | |
| Herman, David | Gordian Group LLC | 6 | |
| Henkin, Michael | Jefferies & Co. | 6 | |
| Huffard, Paul | Blackstone Group LP | 6 | |
| Merola, Frank | Jefferies & Co. | 6 | |
| Nabholz, Bob | Duff & Phelps Corp. | 6 | |
| Szlezinger, Leon | Jefferies & Co. | 6 | |
| Wu, Christopher | Carl Marks Securities LLC | 6 | |
| 8 | Bilbao, Marc | Imperial Capital LLC | 5 |
| Caldwell, Patricia | Gordian Group LLC | 5 | |
| Carlson, Thomas | Jefferies & Co. | 5 | |
| Feltman, James | Mesirow Financial Holdings Inc. | 5 | |
| Goodman, Michael | SSG Capital Advisors LLC | 5 | |
| Klein, Richard | Jefferies & Co. | 5 | |
| Manning, Jeffrey | BDO Capital Advisors LLC | 5 | |
| Zelin, Steve | Blackstone Group LP | 5 | |
| 9 | Buckfire, Kenneth | Miller Buckfire & Co. LLC | 4 |
| Cullen, Brian | Duff & Phelps Corp. | 4 | |
| Genereux, Michael | Blackstone Group LP | 4 | |
| Gentile, Robert J. | Blackstone Group LP | 4 | |
| Golman, Jeffrey | Mesirow Financial Holdings Inc. | 4 | |
| Hardie, William | Houlihan Lokey Inc. | 4 | |
| Karlson, Matthew | SSG Capital Advisors LLC | 4 | |
| Kennedy, Hal | Jefferies & Co. | 4 | |
| Krakora, Kevin | Mesirow Financial Holdings Inc. | 4 | |
| Kurtz, David | Lazard | 4 | |
| Miller, Henry | Miller Buckfire & Co. LLC | 4 | |
| Singh, Rajinder | Raymond James & Associates Inc. | 4 | |
| Strom, Steve | Jefferies & Co. | 4 | |
| Top crisis management firms, by number | ||||
| Rank | Firm name | No. of cases | Percent U.S. | Percent non-U.S. |
| 1 | FTI Consulting Inc. | 174 | 77% | 23% |
| 2 | GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group LLC | 66 | 97 | 3 |
| 3 | Alvarez & Marsal LLC | 65 | 83 | 17 |
| 4 | AlixPartners LLP | 40 | 100 | 0 |
| Begbies Traynor Group plc | 40 | 0 | 100 | |
| 5 | MorrisAnderson & Associates Ltd. | 39 | 100 | 0 |
| 6 | Zolfo Cooper LLC | 36 | 58 | 42 |
| 7 | NHB Advisors Inc. | 35 | 100 | 0 |
| Protiviti Inc. | 35 | 100 | 0 | |
| 8 | Capstone Advisory Group LLC | 32 | 100 | 0 |
| 9 | Huron Consulting Group Inc. | 30 | 100 | 0 |
| 10 | MCR | 26 | 8 | 92 |
| Top crisis managers, by number | |||
| Rank | Person | Firm name | No. of active assignments |
| 1 | Glass, Ronald | GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group LLC | 35 |
| 2 | Gavin, Edward | NHB Advisors Inc. | 27 |
| 3 | Greenspan, Ronald | FTI Consulting Inc. | 17 |
| 4 | Eisenband, Michael | FTI Consulting Inc. | 16 |
| 5 | Atkinson, Michael | Protiviti Inc. | 15 |
| Reiss, Freddie | FTI Consulting Inc. | 15 | |
| 6 | Ratner, Ian | GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group LLC | 13 |
| 7 | Nolan, B; Simms, S. | FTI Consulting Inc. | 12 |
| Scouler, Dan | Scouler & Co. | 12 | |
| 8 | Davis, G.; Goldstein, C. | Protiviti Inc. | 11 |
| Joffe, Steven | FTI Consulting Inc. | 11 | |
| Pacchia, Anthony | Traxi LLC | 11 | |
| 9 | Smith, Margaret | GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group LLC | 10 |
| Buenzow, M.; Fok, V.; Medlin, J. | FTI Consulting Inc. | 10 | |
| 10 | DuFrayne, Michael | Executive Sounding Board Associates Inc. | 9 |
| Conly, A.; Star, S.; Tucker, M.; Watson, G. | FTI Consulting Inc. | 9 | |
| Dooley, Dan | MorrisAnderson & Associates Ltd. | 9 | |
| Pauker, David | Goldin Associates LLC | 9 | |
| Top non-investment banks, by number | ||||
| Rank | Firm 1 | No. of cases | Percent U.S. | Percent non-U.S. |
| 1 | Deloitte | 1,403 | 6% | 94% |
| 2 | BDO Consulting | 566 | 7 | 93 |
| 3 | Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC | 174 | 100 | 0 |
| 4 | Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions LLC | 153 | 100 | 0 |
| 5 | BMC Group Inc. | 113 | 100 | 0 |
| 6 | Pricewaterhouse Coopers | 105 | 21 | 79 |
| 7 | Ernst & Young | 96 | 36 | 64 |
| 8 | Garden City Group Inc. | 90 | 99 | 1 |
| 9 | KPMG | 70 | 14 | 86 |
| 10 | Raymond Chabot Inc. | 34 | 0 | 100 |
| 1 Deloitte includes Deloitte & Touche Inc., Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, Deloitte Tax LLP and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu; Ernst & Young includes Ernst & Young Inc. and Ernst & Young LLP; KPMG includes KPMG Corporate Recovery, KPMG Inc. and KPMG LLP; Pricewaterhouse Coopers includes Pricewaterhouse Coopers EC Inc., Pricewaterhouse Coopers Inc. and Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP | ||||
| Top non-investment bankers, by number | |||
| Rank | Person | Firm name | No. of active assignments |
| 1 | Carson, J.; Kurtzman, E. | Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC | 174 |
| 2 | McElhinney, Daniel | Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions LLC | 154 |
| 3 | Lombe, David | Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | 136 |
| 4 | Greig, John | Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | 101 |
| 5 | Cussen, Neil | Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | 100 |
| 6 | Feil, Tinamarie | BMC Group Inc. | 95 |
| 7 | Wallace-Smith, Simon | Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | 84 |
| 8 | Stein, Jeffrey | Garden City Group Inc. | 69 |
| 9 | Hamel, Denis | Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | 45 |
| 10 | Campbell, Chris | Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | 44 |
| Hamilton, Jim | BDO Consulting | 44 | |
| Includes all debtor, creditor and other assignments within active bankruptcy cases. All assignments active as of Dec. 31, 2010.
Source: The Deal Pipeline |
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