Chicago – November 2, 2020 – Robert Fishman, a member of Cozen O'Connor’s Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring Practice, has been named a Top Attorney Fee Expert by The National Association of Legal Fee Analysis. The list recognizes the nation’s top attorney fee experts retained by fee-seeking or fee-challenging parties in litigation to independently prove reasonable attorney fees and expenses in court or arbitration.
Fishman represents trustees, debtors, equity committees, secured and unsecured creditors, receivers and asset buyers, and litigants in various insolvency proceedings, including informal out-of-court workouts. As a bankruptcy mediator, Fishman regularly handles a range of traditional two-party matters, including preference, fraudulent conveyance, and automatic stay disputes, as well as broader plan mediations involving all of the significant parties in interest in the case.
Fishman has been recognized by the American Bankruptcy Institute in 2018 and previously served as the president, chairman, and vice president of education within the organization. He has also been honored by Chambers USA for Bankruptcy and Restructuring, Illinois, also by Best Lawyers for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights and Insolvency and Reorganization law in Illinois.
The National Association of Legal Fee Analysis is a nonprofit group, building a worldwide network of attorney fee expertise. The network includes members, faculty, and fellows with experience in the reasonableness of attorney fees. They help to organize and recognize qualified attorney fee experts from across the United States and around the globe.
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