Overview
Jerry L. Hall focuses his practice on restructuring, bankruptcy, and insolvency with a focus on distressed situations. He counsels clients on financial and operational restructurings across the United States, including Puerto Rico.
Jerry guides troubled companies, independent directors, indenture trustees, debtors-in-possession, committees, distressed debt investors, secured lenders, and lessors in mapping new and transformative paths. He regularly represents clients from a variety of industries, such as agriculture, aerospace and aviation, entertainment, finance, gaming and hospitality, life sciences, manufacturing, real estate, retail, and telecommunications.
In addition to his more than two decades of experience, Jerry draws on his professional tenacity and creativity to develop effective solutions in challenging times and help clients achieve outcomes that align with their unique needs.
Results
- Counseled a mortgage loan originator in connection with the ResCap RMBS litigation*
- Counseled a pork processing enterprise debtor in its chapter 11 case*
- Counseled the debtor of a specialty airline offering business class only service to London in its chapter 11 case*
- Counseled the debtor of a major online advertising company in its chapter 11 case, which involved three separate sales of assets*
- Represented a mezzanine lender in its chapter 11 case involving multi-debtor real estate developers, which included related substantive consolidation and intercreditor litigation*
- Counseled the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of a skin, hair, and oral care products seller, achieving significant recovery for unsecured creditors in a chapter 11 case despite the secured creditors being substantially undersecured*
- Counseled an operator in the hospitality industry in connection with the purchase of substantially all assets in multiple chapter 11 restaurant cases*
- Counseled a court-appointed monitor in the chapter 15 case of a popular entertainment company*
- Counseled a court-appointed receiver of a large fashion company in its chapter 15 case*
- Counseled the independent directors of a national pharmacy and retail company in their chapter 11 case*
- Counseled the independent directors of a large media enterprise in their chapter 11 case*
- Counseled the independent directors of a large ambulatory surgery enterprise in their chapter 11 case*
- Counseled the independent directors of a global biopharmaceutical company that produces and sells opioid and non-opioid products*
- Counseled the independent directors of an oil and gas enterprise in their chapter 11 case*
- Counseled independent directors in connection with multiple, separate retail bankruptcy cases, including JCPenney*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott.
Recognitions
- Super Lawyers, New York, Bankruptcy, 2024 – 2025
- Legal 500 United States, Recommended Attorney, 2022
Credentials
Education
The George Washington University Law School, LLM, 1998
The University of Tennessee College of Law, JD, 1997
Allegheny College, BA, 1994
Admissions
District of Columbia
New York
Virginia
Courts/Agencies
US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
US District Court for the Southern District of New York
US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
US District Court for the District of Maryland
US District Court for the District of Columbia
US District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
