Practice Areas
As a restructuring attorney and litigator, Michael Small focuses his practice on corporate restructuring, bankruptcy, and finance, as well as litigation related to each. He represents financial institutions, asset purchasers, creditors’ committees, secured and unsecured creditors, and debtors in reorganization cases, workouts, transactions, and a variety of federal and state court litigation.
Michael has been a partner with the firm since 2000 and previously led the firm’s Bankruptcy & Business Reorganizations Practice Group. He is a member of the firm’s Sports & Entertainment and Food & Beverage Industry Teams, the Health Care & Life Sciences Sector, and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) Team. He continues to be a member of the Trial Bar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Personal
• University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 1991)
• Jewish Theological Seminary of America (M.A., 1988)
• Brown University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1985)