Education
- Rutgers University (B.A. 1991, high honors in Spanish)
- Pepperdine School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1995)
- California State University, Northridge (M.B.A. 1999, College Honors and University Distinction)
Bar and Court Admissions
- 1995, California
- 1999, New York
Clerkships
- Judicial law clerk, Judge Richard T. Ford (Bankr. E.D. Cal.)
- Judicial law clerk, Judge Vincent P. Zurzolo (Bankr. C.D. Cal.)
Joshua M. Fried
Joshua Fried has significant experience representing debtors and creditors' committees in large chapter 11 cases throughout the county, including True Religion, Prince Sports, Filene's Basement, Fresh Choice, and Champion Enterprises. Mr. Fried is a graduate of Rutgers University, received his J.D. magna cum laude from Pepperdine School of Law, and an MBA from Cal State Northridge. He has been listed in every edition of Best Lawyers in America since 2019 for his work in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law. Mr. Fried is admitted to practice in California and New York, and is resident in our San Francisco office.
Representations
- Chapter 11 debtors: True Religion; Malibu Lighting; Forbes Energy; Mesa Air Group; Ultura (LA); Digital Domain Media; Solyndra; Prince Sports; MagnaChip; Premier Trailer; William Lyon Homes; Filene's Basement; Latham International; Fresh Choice (2004); Champion Enterprises; Luna Innovations; Global Motorsport Group; Western Nonwovens; Global Home Products; Aegis Mortgage; Mortgage Lenders Network; Yipes Communications; Redback Networks; PG&E (parent of chapter 11 debtor Pacific Gas & Electric Company in its 2001 chapter 11 case)
Programs and Lectures
Turnaround Management Association (Northern California chapter), Practising Law InstituteNews
- August 15, 2024
- August 17, 2023
- August 18, 2022
- August 19, 2021
- August 20, 2020
- August 15, 2019
- August 15, 2018
- Third Annual ACG New York Champion’s AwardsJune 2013
- September 24, 2012
- August 2012
- June 2011
- January 26, 2010
Publications
- Co-author, "Financing the Debtor in Possession," in Norton Bankruptcy Law & Practice (3d ed.)
- Co-author, "Measuring Anticompetitive Effects of Mergers When Buyer Power Is Concentrated," 79 Texas Law Review 6 (2001)
Events
- American Bankruptcy Institute Cross-Border Insolvency ProgramNew York, November 7, 2017
- 7th Annual TMA Western Regional ConferenceCarlsbad CA, July 17, 2015
- Turnaround Management Association Western Regional ConferenceLaguna Beach CA, July 9, 2014
- Turnaround Management AssociationNovember 21, 2013
- Nuts & Bolts of Corporate Bankruptcy 2012November 5, 2012
- Growing, Fixing, Restructuring, Financing, and Investing in the Business: An Insider's ViewJune 28, 2012