Joshua Dorchak advises financial institutions and other businesses—often as creditors of troubled companies—and represents these clients in complex litigation in state, federal, and bankruptcy courts. Josh has experience defending bankruptcy avoidance claims, including in the landmark Enron and Quebecor safe harbor cases and the Lehman Brothers “waterfall flip” case. Josh advises and litigates on behalf of clients in matters involving derivatives and other financial contracts; contracts for goods or services; tortious interference, fraud, and other commercial torts; leveraged leases; and corporate governance disputes. He also represents dealers and buyers in bankruptcy claims trades and other transactions concerning distressed companies.
Josh has represented creditors and other parties in interest in the bankruptcy cases of, among others, American Airlines, Arcapita Bank, Avaya, Brazos Electric, Dana Corp., Delta Air Lines, Doral Financial Corp., Energy Future Holdings, Enron, Fairfield Sentry (Chapter 15), FirstEnergy, FTX (counsel to debtor Emergent Fidelity Technologies Ltd.), General Motors, GenOn Energy, Genuity, LATAM, Lehman Brothers (Chapter 11 and SIPA), LightSquared, Madoff (SIPA), Malinckrodt plc, MF Global (Chapter 11 and SIPA), Nortel, Pacific Gas & Electric, Quebecor World, Refco (counsel to Refco Capital Markets and Refco Chapter 11 plan administrator), Sears, Silicon Valley Bank (FDIC receivership), Silicon Valley Bank Financial Group, SunEdison, Suntech Power (Chapter 7 and Chapter 15), The International Banking Corporation (Chapter 15), Westinghouse, and WorldCom.
Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, New York (2022–2025)
Rising Star IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate (2014, 2016–2023)
Rising Star, IFLR1000 United States (2019, 2020)
Recommended, Finance – Restructuring (including bankruptcy) – corporate, The Legal 500 US (2017)
Member, New York State Bar Association (Bankruptcy Committee)
Member, Federal Bar Council (Bankruptcy Litigation Committee)
Member, New York Law Institute
Member, Massachusetts Bar Association