Duane Morris LLP - Michael R. Lastowski, Partner

Michael R. Lastowski

Michael R. Lastowski
Partner
Duane Morris LLP
222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1600
Wilmington, DE 19801-1659
USA
Phone: +1 302 657 4942
Fax: +1 302 397 2138
Email: MLastowski@duanemorris.com

Michael R. Lastowski is the managing partner of Duane Morris' Wilmington office. Mr. Lastowski practices in the areas of bankruptcy law and commercial litigation.

Admitted to practice in Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York, Mr. Lastowski is a member of the Section of Litigation of the American Bar Association and is the former chair of the Bankruptcy Subcommittee of the Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. He is also a member of the Unsecured Trade Creditor Subcommittee of the American Bankruptcy Institute.

Mr. Lastowski is a 1980 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a graduate of Brown University. He speaks French.

The listing of areas of practice in the foregoing profile does not represent official certification as a specialist in those areas.

Representative Matters

Represented purchaser and its joint venture partners in securing the highest bid for purchase of Montana resort in the resort's Chapter 7 bankruptcy case.
Represented Sleep Innovations Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of specialty sleep products, in its chapter 11 case and was co-recipient of the 2010 Turnaround of the Year Award in the Large Company category from the Turnaround Management Association.
In re Archway Cookies, LLC (Counsel to the Debtors)
In re Borden Chemicals & Plastics Operating Limited Partnership (Counsel to the Debtors)
In re Buffets Holdings, Inc. (Co-counsel to the First Lien Lenders)
In re CareMatrix Corp. (Counsel to the Debtors)
In re Comfort Co., Inc. (Counsel to the Debtors)
In re Cone Mills Corp. (Counsel to Asset Purchaser)
In re Digital Broadband Communications (Counsel to the Debtor)
In re Dura Automotive Systems, Inc. (Co-counsel to the First Lien Lenders)
In re Lids Corp. (Counsel to the Debtor)
In re Safety-Kleen Corp. (Counsel to Asset Purchaser)
In re Spansion Inc. (Co-counsel to the Debtors)
In re Tropicana Entertainment, LLC (Co-counsel to the First Lien Lenders)
In re USG Corporation (Co-counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors)
In re VF Brands Inc. (Co-counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors)
In re Video Update, Inc. (Co-counsel to the Debtor)
In re Vitts, Inc. (Counsel to the Debtor)
In re W.R. Grace & Co. (Co-counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors)
In re White Energy, Inc. (Counsel to the Debtors)

Professional Activities

American Board of Certification
- Member, Board of Directors
ABI Certification in Business Bankruptcy, 2005-2010
American Bar Association
- Section of Litigation
Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section
-- Bankruptcy Subcommittee
--- Chair, 1998-2000
American Bankruptcy Institute
- Unsecured Trade Creditor Subcommittee
Law360 Editorial Advisory Board
- Bankruptcy Section, 2010

Admissions

Delaware
Pennsylvania
New York
Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of Delaware
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Education

University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1980

Experience

Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2000-present
Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Partner, 1988-2000
- Associate, 1984-1988
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Associate, 1980-1984

Honors and Awards

Listed in Delaware Super Lawyers, 2012
Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013
AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

AV® Preeminent™ and BV® Distinguished™ are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.

Selected Speaking Engagements

Speaker, "Recent Developments in Chapter 11 Practice in Wilmington," Boston Bar Association, October 2012
"Second Lien Lenders and Intercreditor Issues," PBI Bankruptcy Forum, October 2009
"Post-Confirmation Trusts," AIRA New York Symposium, September 2008
ABI Trial Advocacy Symposium, 2003
"Creditor's Committee Strategies," PBI Business Forum, September 2002
"Fundamentals of Bankruptcy Law and Procedure in Delaware," NBI Forum, September 2001
"Acquiring Assets Through Bankruptcy," Pennsylvania Bar Institute's Business Lawyers' Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 10, 2000, and November 28-29, 2001