Daniel Carrigan

Represented joint boards of trustees of multi-employer Taft-Hartley pension/health and welfare funds as major creditors and members of creditors' committees in the Wickes Companies, Inc. et al. (California) and Liberal Markets, Inc. et al. (Ohio) Chapter 11 proceedings.

Represented national banks in Philadelphia and Boston in their capacities as indenture trustees for multiple defaulted bond issues in the North American Car Corporation, et al. (California) and Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation, et al. (Pennsylvania) reorganizations.

Represented the committee of secured creditors in the liquidation, pursuant to a negotiated plan, of a public land development, sales, construction, property management and brokerage company in the Unishelter, Inc. (Wisconsin) Chapter 11 case.

Bankruptcy counsel for the debtors in the reorganization of the Benjamin Coal Company and the Swatara Coal Company (Pennsylvania) reorganization.

Seconded for two years as in-house counsel to publicly held parent of property and casualty insurance companies (core business) and their affiliates in the oil and gas, telecommunications and travel agency (non-core) businesses, to formulate and implement plans for the divestment of the non-core businesses and the run-off of investments in publicly held bonds through bankruptcy proceedings, receiverships and workouts.

In Casey OIE, DC, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated (New Jersey), was counsel for defendant insurer in defense of putative national class action seeking damages for the insurer's alleged practice of systematically underpaying its insured's medical bills in violation of applicable state law and the PIP and/or MedPay provisions of no fault automobile insurance policies issued by the insurer. The U.S. District Court denied class certification and dismissed the case with prejudice in response to the insurer's motions to dismiss and for summary judgment.

Counsel for debtor in the Chapter 11 case for Saint Mary Hospital (which was founded in 1864 and operated by the Franciscan Health System in Philadelphia); the hospital property was sold, cleared of asbestos, subdivided and converted into low-income apartments for seniors and an adult day health care center.

Served as counsel to the Statutory Liquidator for the State Board of Insurance of the State of Texas, and Permanent Receiver of the Texas Fire and Casualty Company in the Allied Fidelity Corporation, et al. (property and casualty insurance holding company and subsidiaries) Chapter 11 cases.

Lead counsel for purchaser of whole banks or selected assets from the FDIC as Receiver of failed financial institutions in federal and state court litigation involving federal preemption of state law and exhaustion of administrative remedies under FIRREA (California, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Missouri, Minnesota, New Mexico and Virginia).

Counsel, first for the Resolution Trust Corporation as Conservator/Receiver of a financial institution, and then for the debtors in the seven Landmark Land Company of Carolina, Inc. et al., bankruptcies and related litigation (South Carolina); these consolidated Chapter 11 cases involved in excess of $1.3 billion in claims and real estate assets, including nine golf/resort facilities in the United States.