John focuses his practice on commercial litigation, workouts, financial reorganizations, and creditors’ rights. A respected and particularly well-rounded insolvency lawyer, he has represented an extensive slate of clients that comprises debtors, secured lenders, creditors’ committees, landlords, administrative agents for syndicates of lenders, foreign representatives, and more. Throughout his decades-long career, he has handled mid-size to multibillion-dollar bankruptcy matters on both national and international scales, securing favorable settlements, proposing beneficial recovery plans, and successfully litigating cases that have enabled his clients’ businesses to thrive and prosper. His significant experience has included complex restructuring and antitrust multidistrict litigation. John is known by his clients and colleagues alike for his leadership qualities, legal acumen, and strategic thinking, which over the course of his career have yielded impressive results and garnered him numerous recognitions. In particular, he is an INSOL International Fellow and committee member of the INSOL Insolvency Practitioners Group, and one of only three bankruptcy attorneys in the Third Circuit selected for induction in March 2025 as a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. Additionally, in 2020, Best Lawyers® featured him as “Lawyer of the Year” for Litigation/Bankruptcy in the Newark area.
John was most recently with Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C., serving as both Chair of the Commercial Practice Group and Co-Chair of the Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Department.
Seton Hall University School of Law|Boston College
J.D.|B.A., cum laude
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Law Clerk, Legal Intern, Honorable Rosemary Gambardella, Bankruptcy Judge for the District of New Jersey, 1994–1995, 1992–1993
State of New Jersey|State of New York|United States District Court, District of New Jersey|United States District Court, Northern District of New York|United States District Court, Southern District of New York|United States District Court, Eastern District of New York|Supreme Court of the United States
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Included on the Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business list, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (2016-2025)
Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2014 – 2026 Editions); Litigation – Bankruptcy (2013 – 2026 Editions); Commercial Litigation (2021-202 Editions); “Lawyer of the Year,” Newark Area – Litigation/Bankruptcy (2020 Edition)
Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers® (2010 – 2013 and 2015-2025); Top 100 (2016 – 2022); Super Lawyers Business Edition, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights (2011); New Jersey Rising Stars® (2009)
Recognized for Pro Bono Service (2020) by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey
Member, Lawyers Advisory Committee of the Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey
Mediator, U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New Jersey
Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy
Fellow, INSOL International
Committee Member, INSOL Insolvency Practitioners Group, 2021-present
American Board of Certification, Business Bankruptcy Law
Standards Committee for American Board of Certification (Business Bankruptcy), 2009-2011
American Bankruptcy Institute
New Jersey Turnaround Management Association
New Jersey State Bar Association
New York City Bar Association
