Dustin Smith

Background

About Dustin Smith

Dustin P. Smith is a partner in the firm's Corporate Reorganization and Litigation departments. He represents companies restructuring their financial affairs both in and out of court, as well as representing secured and general creditors in Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 bankruptcies, out-of-court workouts, and adversary and collateral proceedings. Among other things, Dustin has assisted with the recovery of customer and proprietary assets and resolved various disputes on behalf of the trustee in the Lehman Brothers Inc. and MF Global Inc. bankruptcies, including the investigation of the events leading to the failure of these entities, resolution of thousands of individual claims, litigation regarding the status of various financial instruments and transactions in liquidations, and the distribution of billions in assets to these entities’ former customers and creditors. His representation has brought him into frequent contact with regulators, self-regulatory organizations and industry groups. In 2016, Dustin was selected for inclusion in Global Restructuring Review's "40 under 40," a list of 40 legal professionals under the age of 40 who are “the world's leading young insolvency and restructuring lawyers.” In 2014, Dustin was recognized by Turnarounds & Workouts as an Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyer—an honor bestowed upon only 12 bankruptcy lawyers nationwide.