Douglas Candeub

Doug Candeub has long and broad experience working to achieve effective outcomes for his clients in matters pertaining to bankruptcy, insolvency, and creditors’ rights. As a litigator, Doug represents business clients in both state and federal court, at the trial and appellate level, while as a business lawyer, he provides advice and representation to clients on business issues and disputes.

Doug has represented a wide range of creditors as well as corporate and individual debtors, creditors' committees, purchasers of debtor assets, and chapter 7 trustees. Creditor representations have included prepetition lenders, trade creditors, landlords, homeowner associations, tort plaintiffs, construction contractors, equipment lessors, health care providers, private equity funds, predecessor entities, insurers, directors and officers, and lawyers and accountants. Doug is regularly involved in litigating and negotiating the range of disputes arising in bankruptcy cases.

Experience:
• Representing the interests of creditors through all appropriate means, such as motions for stay relief, notices to preserve mechanics liens, motions to assume or reject executory contracts and unexpired leases, motions to allow administrative expense claims, proofs of claim and oppositions to claim objections, and plan objections.
• Representing secured parties in preserving their interests in debtor assets
• Representing defendants in estate actions to recover preferential transfers and fraudulent transfers
• Investigating and pursuing estate causes of action for debtors, committees and trustees
• Advising small business owners on prepetition asset protection
• Representing corporate debtors in gaining use of their cash collateral, obtaining DIP financing, and restructuring debt

Practice areas:
• Bankruptcy and Restructuring
• Bankruptcy in Mass Tort Litigation
• Distressed Entity, Insolvency Counseling

dcandeub@morrisjames.com
302.888.6854

University of Pennsylvania Law School

J.D. (1982)

1982

New Rules Amendments Would Excise Mention of Core or Noncore

American Bankruptcy Institute Journal

When a Non-Executory Insurance Policy Is Assumed: A Case Study

American Bankruptcy Institute Journal

When Does A Post-Petition Ordinary-Course Expense Become A Dischargeable Claim?

American Bankruptcy Institute Journal

Douglas N. Candeub Speaks At The National Business Institute CLE Program, The National Business Institute CLE Program

Douglas N. Candeub will be a speaker at the National Business Institute CLE program at the Embassy Suites Newark-Wilmington South.

U.S. News - Best Lawyers Recognizes Morris James Among Best Law Firms

U.S. News - Best Lawyers

State Bar of Delaware  # 004211

Member

Current

American Bar Association

Business Bankruptcy Committee in the Business Law Section

Current

American Bankruptcy Institute

Current

Delaware Bankruptcy Inns of Court

Team Leader for CLE program on “The Art of Presentation,” May 2011. Led other CLE program sub-groups

Current

Philadelphia Bar Association

Member

Current

Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference

Co-chaired preparations for topical seminar materials at annual conference

Current

Delaware

Delaware Supreme Court

ID Number: 004211

Pennsylvania