Mr. David G. Heiman

David G. Heiman founded Jones Day in 1984 and practices in Cleveland. He has focused on the bank- ruptcy and restructuring area for more than 35 years, playing a key role in many of the largest business bankruptcy and out-of-court business restructurings in the U.S. His practice is broad-based, including representations of debtors, lenders, creditors and purchasers of distressed assets. Notably, Mr. Heiman led the City of Detroit's chapter 9 case. His representative chapter 11 and out-of-court debtor represen- tations include Allied Stores and Federated Department Stores (also as acquirer of R.H. Macy), Ra- dioShack, NII Holdings, Boscov's Department Stores, Burlington Industries, Cardinal Industries, Child World, Chrysler LLC, Imperial Home Decor Group, Kendavis Industries, LTV Steel, Oglebay Norton, Pillowtex, Tribune Companies, USG and White Motor. In addition, he has represented lenders in the Carmike Cinemas, Olympia & York and Phar-Mor restructurings, and creditors in the Allegheny Health, Education and Research Foundation; Home Place; and Paragon Trade Brands restructurings. Mr. Hei- man has advised numerous acquirors of distressed assets, including American Greetings and WL Ross & Co., in various matters, including American Home Mortgage, Bethlehem Steel, Collins & Aikman and Horizon National Resources. Among his current engagements is counsel for the debtors in Alpha Natural Resources's chapter 11 case. Mr. Heiman is a past chair of the American College of Bankruptcy, currently co-chairs the Governance Advisory Board of ABI Commission for the Study of the Reform of Chapter 11, and has led numerous bar-related and community and charitable groups. He was named as a leading lawyer in bankruptcy/restructuring in virtually all of the relevant ranking publications, and was one of The American Lawyer's 2015 "Dealmakers of the Year" and received Law360's 2014 MVP Award for Business Restructuring and Reorganization. Mr. Heiman received his B.A. in 1967 and his J.D. in 1970 from the University of Cincinnati, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and an articles editor for its law review.