Biography
Andrew G. Lizotte
Shareholder / 617 226-3415 / Email / PDF
Office: Boston
Experience
Mr. Lizotte has extensive experience representing different factions in bankruptcy proceedings, including operating Chapter 11 businesses, committees of unsecured creditors, lenders, both liquidating and operating trustees, examiners, and individuals.
Mr. Lizotte also has experience in representing debtors in pre-bankruptcy workout negotiations and in representing estate representatives in assignments for the benefit of creditors and other non-bankruptcy alternatives.
Prior to joining Hanify & King, Mr. Lizotte served as a law clerk to the Honorable James F. Queenan, Jr., U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Massachusetts.
Mr. Lizotte is also a Certified Public Accountant and, prior to joining Hanify & King, was employed by KPMG Peat Marwick.
Representative Engagements
- Represented a multinational capacitor manufacturer in a Chapter 11 proceeding involving claims asserted by three substantial secured creditors, environmental authorities, and trade creditors. Hanify & King advised the debtor in negotiating the sale of the company’s assets in four separate components as operating enterprises.
- Represented a committee of unsecured creditors relating to a $300 million small ticket leasing company and in representing the post-confirmation estate representatives in prosecuting litigation and resolving claims against the estate.
- Lead counsel representing an 80-bed nursing home facility in connection with its successful negotiations with governmental authorities and reorganization in Chapter 11.
- Lead counsel representing a jewelry manufacturer in its successful negotiations with its pre-bankruptcy lender and Chapter 11 restructuring.
Education
- Bryant University, B.S.B.A., magna cum laude, 1986
- Suffolk University, J.D., cum laude, 1991
Bar and Court Admissions
- Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
- U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
Speeches
- December 2004 panelist on Bankruptcy Basics seminar sponsored by Mass Continuing Legal Education (MCLE)
- Chaired the September 2005 MCLE conference on real estate aspects of the new bankruptcy law
Honors
- Summer Author, Suffolk University Law Review
- Member, Suffolk Transnational Law Journal
- Nominated for Super Lawyer edition of Boston Magazine in 2006
Recent Publications
- Coauthor of February 2005 article in Boston Business Journal on the tax consequences of insolvency proceedings
