Honors and Awards
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Regina Stango Kelbon, Michael B. Schaedle, and Josef W. Mintz Recognized in the 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that partners Regina Stango KelbonMichael B. Schaedle, and Josef W. Mintz have been named to the 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers. The annual list recognizes the nation’s top bankruptcy and restructuring attorneys. 

Lawdragon describes the honorees as the "best of the best helping companies navigate ailing economies and uncertain times" whose signature traits include "the ability to be calm, deliberate, and creative while it feels worlds crash around them." The attorneys are selected based on journalistic research and submissions from peers, competitors, and law firms. The chosen candidates are "respected, if not beloved, by clients and other counsel."

To view the 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers, please click here.


About the Lawdragon 500 Honorees

RK

Regina Stango Kelbon represents creditors’ committees, debtors, institutional lenders, lender groups, creditors, executory contract parties, equipment lessors, plan of reorganization proponents, and asset purchasers. Chambers USA ranks Regina as a leader in the field of bankruptcy and restructuring law in both Delaware and Pennsylvania. She serves as a mediator for the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and also frequently lectures and writes for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and the American Bar Association on insolvency and restructuring issues. In addition, Regina is a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. Regina has been recognized in Lawdragon's 500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers list since 2020.


Mike Schaedle

Michael B. Schaedle concentrates his practice on bankruptcy, reorganizations and workouts, debt and equity restructuring, and commercial and public debt transactions. Ranked by Chambers USA as a leading bankruptcy lawyer, he is a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, a member of the International Insolvency Institute, and has been certified as a Business Bankruptcy Specialist by the American Board of Certification. He has been recognized in Lawdragon's 500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers list since 2020.


mintz

Josef W. Mintz is an experienced and versatile business bankruptcy and restructuring attorney. He represents a diverse range of parties including creditors, debtors, trustees, lessors, and asset purchasers in matters. Chambers USA has ranked Joe as “Up and Coming” in the field of bankruptcy and restructuring law. Joe serves as Chair of the board of directors for the Philadelphia/Wilmington Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association (“TMA”) and Vice Chair of the Chapter Presidents' Council of TMA Global, where he serves as Vice President, Membership, on the TMA Global Executive Board. Joe also serves on the steering committee of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference and is a barrister of the Delaware Bankruptcy Inns of Court.