AREAS OF EMPHASIS
Business Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Litigation, Creditors Rights and Insolvency, and Commercial Litigation
John Guzzardo is an associate attorney at Shaw Gussis Fishman Glantz Wolfson & Towbin LLC. Mr. Guzzardo concentrates his practice in corporate reorganization and bankruptcy litigation, representing debtors, creditors, committees, trustees and lenders in chapter 7 and 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
In particular, Mr. Guzzardo has experience in matters involving executory contracts, debtor-side pre-trial litigation management, and the administration of employee benefit programs. During his tenure at the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Mr. Guzzardo was engaged extensively in that firm’s representation of an automotive parts supplier in Chapter 11.
Mr. Guzzardo graduated from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2004, Order of the Coif. While in law school, Mr. Guzzardo was a member of the Chicago-Kent Law Review, the ATLA Trial Advocacy team, and the Honors Scholars Program. During this time, Mr. Guzzardo also served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Senior Judge George W. Lindbergh of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois.
EDUCATION
Northwestern University (B.S. 1994)
Chicago Kent College of Law (J.D. 2004)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Bar Association
American Banktuptcy Institute
BAR ADMISSIONS
2004 U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
2004 State of Illinois
PUBLICATIONS
The Show Must Go On…: Production Assistants, Overtime Pay Exemptions, and the Fair Labor Standards Act, § 9 Emp. L. Update (2005)
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