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Practice Experience

Gerard Uzzi is a partner in the Firm's Financial Restructuring and Insolvency Group. Mr. Uzzi regularly appears nationwide in corporate bankruptcy matters and workouts on behalf of troubled companies and other parties in interest.

Recent and noteworthy restructurings and bankruptcy representations include:

Mirant Corporation, one of the largest producers, generators and marketers of electricity in the world. White & Case served as lead debtors' counsel in its successful Chapter 11 reorganization before the US Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas involving more than $10 billion in debt-the largest bankruptcy filing in the US in 2003 and the 10th largest bankruptcy filing in US history. The Mirant engagement was a critical component of the Firm being named the 2006 IFLR "Restructuring Team of the Year";
Adelphia Communications Corporation, among the largest and most complex ever filed in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, White & Case served as counsel to the Ad Hoc Committee of Arahova Noteholders, one of the principal protagonists in the inter-debtor litigation. After extensive litigation, White & Case was able to secure an additional US $2 billion of distribution for Arahova Noteholders, resulting in a near full recovery for the Firm's clients;
Delphi Corporation, the spun-off parts manufacturer of GM, whose Chapter 11 filing constitutes the largest manufacturing bankruptcy case in US history. White & Case is currently acting as counsel to Appaloosa Management, one of the largest shareholders of Delphi and principal investor under Delphi’s proposed restructuring; and
Communications Dynamics, Inc. ("CDI"), as one of the leading suppliers of construction, maintenance, and rebuild products to the cable industry, CDI accounted for 25 percent of the US market for cable infrastructure equipment sold through distributors. White & Case acted as lead counsel to CDI in the Chapter 11 cases before the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Bars and Courts
Florida State Bar, 2004
US District Court for the District of Colorado, 2001
New York State Bar, 1997
New Jersey State Bar, 1997
US District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 1997
US District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1997

Education
JD, St. John's University School of Law, summa cum laude, 1996
BE, Stevens Institute of Technology, with High Honors, 1991

Languages
English

Citizenship
United States