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4400 Two Union Square
601 Union Street
Seattle, WA 98101
T: 206.777.7419

Geoffrey Groshong

Partner

Geoff Groshong is a partner in Miller Nash's Seattle office and a member of the firm's insolvency practice team. Geoff advises businesses and individuals on business bankruptcy and commercial law matters, with an emphasis on Chapter 11 reorganization. His experience includes representing debtors, debtors-in-possession, Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 trustees, creditors' committees, secured lenders and other lienholders, unsecured creditors, and licensors of intellectual property. He was a Chapter 7 panel trustee for ten years for the Western District of Washington at Seattle and has served as a Chapter 11 trustee. Geoff is certified in Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification (certification not required to practice law in Washington State). Geoff was named one of Seattle's Best Bankruptcy Attorneys in Seattle magazine (Jan. 2001), has been named a Washington Super Lawyer every year since 1999, and has been named to Best Lawyers in America in 2009, 2010 and 2011.

Representative Experience

Represented unsecured creditors committee in the liquidation of debtor. Issues included intracompany claims, ownership of intellectual property, negotiation of equitable distribution between debtor estate and that of its corporate parent.
Represented indenture trustee in protecting interests of bondholders in Chapter 9 bankruptcy of housing authority. Issues included Chapter 9 resolution of debts of a municipality and preservation of rights of bondholders.
Represented Chapter 11 trustee in bankruptcy of mobile network company. Preserved FCC licenses and worked with investment banker to sell licenses through series of Section 363 sales. Issues included Chapter 11 administration and sale of assets of insolvent broadband wireless company.
Represented Chapter 11 debtor, then Chapter 11 trustee and trustee of liquidating trust of a physician hospital organization. Assisted in obtaining significant return to creditors. Issues included Chapter 11  plan drafting and negotiation, liquidating trust creation and administration, and health insurer-provider payment and claims issues.
Represented a Chapter 11 debtor developer of a 4,200-acre business-based residential development. The issues included determination of single-asset real estate, extension of exclusivity periods, defending relief-from-stay motions, and researching the limits of cramdown in plan formulation.