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Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLPAttorney
Gail S. Greenwood
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Gail S. Greenwood

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150 California St, 15th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111

About Gail S. Greenwood

Gail Greenwood, resident in the firm’s San Francisco office, specializes in bankruptcy-related litigation. Gail has prosecuted multimillion-dollar breach-of-fiduciary-duty claims against directors and officers in connection with the firm’s representation of official committees of unsecured creditors in chapter 11 cases, including in Liberty Asset Management Corporation and Rochester Drug Cooperative . In addition to director and officer litigation, Gail regularly investigates and assists the firm’s litigation in diocesan bankruptcies on behalf of creditors who survived childhood sex abuse, typically in opposition to preliminary injunction demands and so-called religious-freedom defenses. Gail’s prosecution of derivative standing to bring fraudulent-transfer claims against related nondebtors was critical to reaching a favorable global settlement in the diocesan bankruptcy of the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe . Her experience encompasses all phases of bankruptcy litigation from advice to trial and settlement. She was listed by Lawdragon as one of the 2023 and 2022 “500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers” and has been listed since 2019 in Best Lawyers in America for her work in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law. Gail has been a member and former co-chair (2021-2023) of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) since 2011. Gail is a magna cum laude graduate of Amherst College and received her J.D. from UCLA School of Law, where she was editor of the Environmental Law Journal.

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April 16, 2025

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March 28, 2025

PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2025 Edition of Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

August 15, 2024

Six PSZJ Attorneys Named to 2024 Northern California “Super Lawyers” List

June 26, 2024

Eighteen PSZJ Attorneys Named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers for 2024

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PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2024 Edition of Best Lawyers in America

August 17, 2023

Six PSZJ Attorneys Named to 2023 Northern California “Super Lawyers” List

June 27, 2023

Eighteen PSZJ Attorneys Named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers for 2023

Lawdragon June 16, 2023

PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2023 Edition of Best Lawyers in America

August 18, 2022

Fourteen PSZJ Attorneys Named to 2022 Lawdragon '500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers' Guide

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PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2022 Edition of Best Lawyers in America

August 19, 2021

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Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Attorney
    Firm Name
    Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Representations: Creditors' committees
    liquidating trustees: Liberty Asset Management, Rdio Inc., Fox & Hound/Champps, ERG Intermediate Holdings, The Billing Resource, Clement
    Ann Marie Carinalli, Humboldt Creamery, At Home
    Chapter 11 debtors: SFX Entertainment, NewZoom Inc., Heller Ehrman LLP

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1994, California
    Memberships

    Professional Affiliations

    •Member, Bar Association of San Francisco Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Committee (2008-)
    •Member, International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) (Membership Chair, 2019
    Events co-chair, 2018
    Secretary, 2016-17)

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    University of California School of Law, Los Angeles
    Class of 1993
    J.D.
    Other Education
    Amherst College
    Class of 1988
    B.A.
    magna cum laude
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1966
    Pasadena, California, September 1, 1966

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    Gail S. Greenwood was admitted in 1994 to the State of California.
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    Gail S. Greenwood attended University of California School of Law, Los Angeles.
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    Gail S. Greenwood is listed in the Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Litigation and Creditors Rights section of the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.

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