Douglas Spelfogel is a partner and business litigation attorney with Foley & Lardner LLP. He concentrates his practice on representation of creditors, creditors’ committees, venture funds, lenders, landlords, trustees, officers, directors, and debtors in complex financial restructurings, asset sales, workouts, and business reorganizations both out-of court and through Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. Prior to joining Foley, Mr. Spelfogel was a partner with Baker Hostetler where he was the head of their bankruptcy and creditors’ rights practice in New York City and was also appointed a senior trial attorney with the United States Department of Justice, Office of United States Trustee earlier in his career, where he oversaw many of the largest Chapter 11 cases in New York. This was an appointment with distinction under the prestigious United States Attorney General’s Honors Program earned following his graduation from law school. While with the Justice Department, Mr. Spelfogel supervised hundreds of reorganizations, conducted numerous trials, presided over statutory meetings of creditors and addressed congressional and public inquiries.