Daniel A DeMarco

Business Law

Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Insolvency

Litigation

Daniel A. DeMarco represents creditors, both secured and unsecured, creditor’s committees, indenture trustees, trustees, receivers and debtors in numerous reorganization proceedings. He served as chair the firm’s Commercial Services & Restructuring Practice Group and was a member of the firm’s Board of Directors.

Dan represents secured lenders including The CIT Group, U.S. Bancorp Equipment Finance, Inc., Textron Financial Corporation, BMW Financial Services NA LLC, Foothill Group Inc., U.S. Bank, Fifth Third Bank, Crestmark Bank, FineMark Bank, Seacoast National Bank, Community South Bank, AgriBusiness Finance, Inc., Heritage Bank SSB, Beal Bank SSB, Broadway Bank, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Dell Financial Services LP, and Navistar Financial Corp. He also represents mortgagees, equipment lessors and accounts receivable factors in connection with numerous workout, composition and extension arrangements and in bankruptcy, receivership and other insolvency proceedings.

Dan also has expertise in lender liability, business torts, bankruptcy, mechanics and materialmen’s liens, collections and commercial litigation. He has substantial experience with large case litigation, including motion practice, discovery and case management.

• Turnaround Management Association Ohio Chapter, Past President.

• Global Turnaround Management Association, Member, Board of Trustees.

• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section, Member.

• William J. O’Neil Great Lakes Regions Bankruptcy Institute, Former Co-Chair, 2014.

• American Bar Association, Litigation and Business Sections, Member.

• American Bankruptcy Institute, Member and Healthcare Committee, Former Chair.

• American Board of Certification, Board Member; Standards Committee, Member.

• National Business Institute, Legal Advisory Board Member.

• Author, “Trademark Licenses: Is that the Way the Cookie Crumbles?,” Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal Bankruptcy & Commercial Law Feature, September 2018.

University of Michigan Law School

J.D.

1983

University of Chicago

B.A., concentration in Economics

1980

Chambers USA, Bankruptcy/Restructuring

ChambersUSA

2026

Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers

Lawdragon 500

2026

Ohio Super Lawyers®, Bankruptcy: Business

Super Lawyers

2026

The Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

The Best Lawyers in America

2026

The Best Lawyers in America, Litigation - Bankruptcy

The Best Lawyers in America

2026

The Best Lawyers in America, Financial Services Regulation Law

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2026

The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation

The Best Lawyers in America

2026