Mr. Joseph H. Smolinsky

Joseph H. Smolinsky is a partner in Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP's Business Finance and Restruc- turing Department in New York, where he focuses his practice on providing restructuring advice and strategy to borrowers, lenders, investors and creditors. He regularly represents corporations seeking to reorganize under chapter 11, including General Motors in its historic chapter 11 case, Reader's Digest Association, AES Eastern Energy LLC, UNO Restaurants Corp., Harvard Industries, Inc., Jazztel plc, Magnesium Corporation of America, Grupo Acerero del Norte, S.A. de C.V., Canfibre of Riverside, Inc., Custom Shops Corp., Capital Gaming, Inc., General Rental, Inc., Orange County, California, Qualis Care LP, Days Inns of America, Inc. and Orion Pictures Corp. Mr. Smolinsky also maintains a robust lender practice, representing agents and lenders in such matters as Patriot Coal Corp., Northeast Park- way, Nautilus Shipping, Excel Shipping, TBS Shipping, CIT Group, Inc., FGIC, Tousa, Inc., Calpine Corp., New Century Mortgage Corp., MoneyGram, Tyco, Ciena Capital, Mirant Corp., Environmental Systems Products and Androscoggin Energy. Recently, he has been very involved in the oil & gas and mining sectors, representing debtors in out-of-court workouts and ad hoc groups of lenders in situations such as Energy & Exploration Partners and Magnum Hunter Resources, among others. Mr. Smolinsky is highly ranked in the field of Bankruptcy/Restructuring by Chambers USA and The Best Lawyers in America. He is also a widely published author and frequent speaker on myriad restructuring topics. Mr. Smolinsky is a member of ABI and the Turnaround Management Association, and he is a director of the Brooklyn Law School Alumni Association. He received his B.A. in 1985 from the State University of New York at Binghamton and his J.D. in 1988 from Brooklyn Law School.