Profile
Danny Duerdoth is a shareholder in the Restructuring & Special Situations Practice in Greenberg Traurig's Chicago office. He focuses his practice on complex corporate restructurings involving distressed companies with an emphasis towards healthcare. Danny has represented debtors, creditors’ committees, receivers, landlords and other creditors in these matters.
Capabilities
Experience
- Represented Cosmed Group, Inc., a medical sterilization business, and its affiliate in their chapter 11 cases and subsequent 363 sale.
- Represented NewAge, Inc., a large Nasdaq-listed and international health/nutritional products company, and its affiliates in their chapter 11 cases and subsequent 363 sale.
- Represented Zosano Pharma Corporation in its chapter 11 case involving a 363 sale of its clinical biopharmaceutical assets.
- Represented A.B.C. Carpet Co., Inc., a home furnishing business, and several of its affiliates in their chapter 11 cases and subsequent 363 sale.
- Represented American Addiction Centers (AAC Holdings, Inc.) regarding its options for effectuating a financial restructuring, which emerged from chapter 11 with an improved balance sheet, reducing the company’s secured debt and preserving its 2,000 employees
- Represented YouFit Health Clubs, LLC, an operator of a chain of fitness centers, and its affiliates in their chapter 11 cases and subsequent 363 sale.
- Represented 20 East 76th Street Co., LLC (aka the Surrey), an operator of a hotel, in its involuntary chapter 7 case.
- Represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 cases of SC Healthcare Holding, LLC.
- Represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 cases of Gulf Coast Health Care, LLC.
- Represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 cases of Washington Prime Group Inc.
- Represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 cases of Senior Care Centers, LLC.
- Represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 cases of Hospital Acquisition, LLC (aka LifeCare Holdings, LLC).
- Represented Michael Ragano, as receiver, for a consumer car lending company located in Texas.
- Represented SAK Management-Ohio, LLC, as receiver for a group of skilled nursing facilities located in Ohio, which facilities were operated for several months and ultimately sold at an aggregate gross sale price of $79.5 million.
- Represented Long Hill at Rosewood LLC, as receiver for 13 skilled nursing facilities, which facilities were operated for over a year during the receivership and ultimately transitioned to a new operator.
- Represent the plan administrator in the chapter 11 case of Alpha Entertainment LLC (aka the XFL).
- Represented the landlord in the chapter 11 cases of PNW Healthcare Holdings, LLC.
- Represented a creditor predecessor of abandoned oil and gas properties (196 wells, 8 structures and 30 pipelines) in the chapter 11 cases of Fieldwood Energy LLC.
- Staff Attorney, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2016-2017
- Legal Intern, Illinois General Assembly, 2015
- Judicial Extern, Cook County Bridgeview Courthouse, 2014
Recognition & Leadership
- Member, The M&A Advisor's Turnaround Awards, "Consumer Discretionary Deal of the Year (under US $1billion)," 2025
- Member, Winning Team, TMA Chicago/Midwest Awards, “Small Transaction of the Year” for Premier Health Care Management, Inc., 2022
- Member, The M&A Advisor’sTurnaround Awards, “Restructuring Deal of the Year” for the restructuring of A.B.C. Carpet Co, Inc. and affiliates, 2022
- Member, Winning Team, Turnaround Management Association, “TMA Annual Turnaround/Transaction of the Year Award,” 2021
- Member, Winning Team, The M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards, “Restructuring of the Year ($500 MM - $1B),” for the restructuring of American Addiction Centers, 2021
- Member, Turnaround Management Association
- Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
- Member, Chicago Bar Association
- Volunteer, Credit Abuse Residence Education
Credentials
Education
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J.D., cum laude, University of Illinois College of Law
- Member, University of Illinois Law Review
- B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Judicial Clerkships
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2017-2019
Admissions
- Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois