John D. Fiero

Mr. Fiero serves as a co-chair of the firm's Committee Practice Group and maintains a national practice representing debtors, committees, acquirers, and other significant parties in interest in complex reorganizations and financially distressed situations, both in and out of court.

Mr. Fiero is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and received his J.D. from Hastings College of the Law, where he was associate note editor for the Hastings Journal of Communications and Entertainment Law.

Mr. Fiero is a co-chair of the 2018 California Bankruptcy Forum. Every year since 2004, he has been named a Super Lawyer by San Francisco Magazine. He is also credited for his “highly constructive approach” in Chambers USA’s list of leading bankruptcy and restructuring lawyers and has been named every year since 2013 for his work in bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights law by Best Lawyers in America. Mr. Fiero is admitted to practice in California and is resident in our San Francisco office.

Programs and Lectures

Bar Association of San Francisco, California Bankruptcy Forum, International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, American Bar Association, American Bankruptcy Institute

Events

•Forum Shopping: What Drives Venue Selection in Bankruptcy?
Bar Association of San Francisco Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section
San Francisco, April 12, 2016
•Bankruptcy Court Authority After Wellness International: A Practical Discussion of the Decision and Remaining Unresolved Issues
Bar Association of San Francisco Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section
San Francisco, September 9, 2015
•Bearing Fruit? - The Supreme Court’s Continued Foray Into Bankruptcy Jurisdiction Post-Stern
27th Annual California Bankruptcy Forum
Napa CA, May 15, 2015
•Law Firm Insolvencies: Risks and Liabilities for Professionals
International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation 21st Annual Fall Conference
Chicago, October 8, 2014
•Where the Rubber Hits the Gold: Claims and Claims Objections
26th Annual California Bankruptcy Forum: Young Insolvency Professionals Program
Santa Barbara CA, May 17, 2014
•All That You Can't Leave Behind: Law Firm Insolvencies, the Unfinished Business Rule, and Its Impact on Business Lawyers
Business Bankruptcy Committee of the ABA Business Law Section
August 9, 2013
•Law Firm Insolvencies From Finley to Dewey: Have We Learned Anything Yet?
21st Annual ABI Bankruptcy Battleground West
Los Angeles, March 22, 2013
•Breaking Up Is Expensive to Do: Recent Breakup Fee and Expense Reimbursement Trends in Chapter 11 Cases
Bar Association of San Francisco
San Francisco, April 10, 2012

News

•PSZJ Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers in America
August 15, 2019
•Prestigious Chambers Guides Again Rank PSZJ Among Leading Law Firms
April 25, 2019
•Northern California Super Lawyers and a Rising Star
March 12, 2019
•PSZJ Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers in America
August 15, 2018
•Prestigious Chambers Guides Again Rank PSZJ Among the Best Law Firms
May 7, 2018
•Thirty-Five PSZJ Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America
August 15, 2017
•Prestigious Chambers Guides Again Rank PSZJ Among the Best Law Firms
June 8, 2017
•Nineteen PSZJ Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America
August 2016
•Four Pachulski Lawyers Named Northern California's Best Lawyers
November 2015
•Seventeen PSZJ Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America
August 17, 2015
•Authoritative Chambers Guides Again Rank PSZJ Among the Best
May 19, 2015
•Thirteen PSZJ Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America
August 2014
•Four PSZJ Lawyers in San Francisco Named Super Lawyers
San Francisco Magazine
Northern California Super Lawyers, July 2014
•Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones: Five M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards
February 2014
•Three Pachulski Lawyers Named Northern California's Best Lawyers
The Recorder & Best Lawyers in America, February 2013
•Properly Structured Private Equity Fund Avoids Pension Withdrawal Liability
Pachulski Bulletin No. 11, December 2012
•Delaware Bankruptcy Court Determines Debtor’s QSub Status to Be Property of the Bankruptcy Estate, Protected by the Automatic Stay and Section 549 Avoidance Powers
March 2012
•Pachulski Stang Hired to Represent Creditors in Circuit City Chapter 11 Case
November 18, 2008
•Bankruptcy Judge Rules on Ownership of Property in Catholic Diocese Bankruptcy Case
September 9, 2005

Publications

•Music Festival Insolvencies: What Happens When the Music Stops?
37 ABI Journal 48 (No. 4 April 2018), April 2018
•Properly Structured Private Equity Fund Avoids Pension Withdrawal Liability
Pachulski Bulletin #11, December 2012
•Creditor's Self-Interest Precludes Fee Reimbursement From the Estate
September 2012