Paul M. Singer

Senior Partner

Paul practices principally in the area of commercial restructuring and bankruptcy. He is the founder of the firm’s corporate reorganization practice and chaired the section for more than 20 years. Paul represents both debtors and creditors. He has appeared in bankruptcy courts around the country and has acted as lead counsel in a number of major out-of-court workouts. He has also acted for purchasers and sellers of businesses, both in and out of bankruptcy, and has served as a court-appointed Chapter 11 trustee and bankruptcy mediator.

Experience

Representative matters

Served as lead bankruptcy counsel in the mass tort chapter 11 cases of Pittsburgh Corning Corporation and Metex Manufacturing Corporation. He also was lead bankruptcy counsel on the asbestos-related chapter 11 cases of Durabla Manufacturing Corporation, Hercules Chemical Corporation, North American Refractories Company (“NARCO”), Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, A.P. Green Industries, Inc., Rapid-American Corporation, Oakfabco, Inc., Geo. V. Hamilton, and The Fairbanks Company.
Represented the following debtors in steel and mining related Chapter 11 cases: Mesta Machine Company, Wean Industries, Inc., Songer Corporation, The Carbide/Graphite Group, Inc., Levinson Steel Company and Franklin Industries, Inc.
Represented the following creditors’ committees in steel and mining related Chapter 11 cases: Birmingham Steel, Inc., Geneva Steel, Inc., LTV Steel Co., Inc., National Steel, Inc., Republic Engineered Products, Rouge Industries, Inc., WCI Steel, Inc., Aleris International, Inc., Eveleth Mines, and US Metal Source Corporation

Recognitions

  • Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Litigation - Bankruptcy), 1987–2027; “Lawyer of the Year” for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law in Pittsburgh, 2011, 2016, and 2025; “Lawyer of the Year” for Litigation - Bankruptcy in Pittsburgh, 2012; “Lawyer of the Year” for Bet-the-Company Litigation in Pittsburgh, 2021

  • Listed as a Notable Practitioner in IFLR1000 Global for United States, Pennsylvania Restructuring and Insolvency, 2020, 2023-2025

  • Chairman of the American College of Bankruptcy, the national honorary organization of bankruptcy professionals that is active in pro bono matters and legal education, 2010-2012

Credentials

Education

  • Harvard Law School, 1970, LL.M.
  • University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 1968, J.D., Editor, Law Review
  • University of Minnesota, 1965

Professional admissions & qualifications

  • Pennsylvania

Professional affiliations

  • Allegheny County Bar Association – Former Chair of the Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section, 1994
  • American Bankruptcy Institute
  • American Bar Association
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • Turnaround Management Association

Clerkships

  • State Supreme Court - Pennsylvania, Honorable Thomas W. Pomeroy, Jr. (deceased)

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