Nicholas A. Koffroth

NICK is a partner at Fox Rothschild LLP in Los Angeles, where he focuses his practice on complex bankruptcy cases and financial restructuring matters. He has represented debtors in matters ranging from the second-largest hospital bankruptcy case in U.S. history to subchapter V cases. He also has represented official committees of creditors in health care bankruptcy cases, official committees of equity security-holders in post-confirmation litigation, and an ad hoc committee in negotiations related to confirmation of a real estate Ponzi-scheme case. In addition, he represents a wide range of other bankruptcy stakeholders, including secured and unsecured creditors, landlords, tenants, franchisors, franchisees, directors and officers, and businesses and individuals in a wide range of industries, including commercial real estate, health care, entertainment, apparel, hospitality, sports and technology. He also works extensively with lenders and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) servicers regarding real property-secured loan litigation. His CMBS experience spans state, federal and appellate courts in matters including guarantor litigation, lender-liability litigation, borrower-liability litigation (including state law fraud and breach-of-contract claims), intercreditor disputes and foreclosure actions.

Nick is actively involved in local and national bankruptcy organizations. He sits on the advisory board for ABI’s Southwest Bankruptcy Conference and is a member of the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum, for which he served on its board of directors from 2019-21. He also is a member of the Beverly Hills Bar Association’s Bankruptcy Section, vice chair of the American Bar Association’s Business Bankruptcy Committee’s Content and Publications Subcommittee, and a Young Professionals co-chair with the California Bankruptcy Forum Conference. In addition, he is ranked by Chambers USA as an “Up and Coming” Bankruptcy/Restructuring attorney in California for 2024, and on The Best Lawyers in America’s “Ones to Watch” list for Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Real Estate Law Entertainment and Sports Law, Health Care Law, Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Litigation and Banking and Finance Litigation. He also was selected to the “Rising Stars” list for Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights from 2019-21, and for Bankruptcy: Business in 2022 in Southern California Super Lawyers. In addition to writing nationally published articles, he is a regular contributor to the firm’s “In Solvency” blog, which covers current bankruptcy and financial restructuring issues, and he has been interviewed on current bankruptcy developments by the Bloomberg Law Podcast and featured in the Washington Post, Connecticut Law Tribune, BBC Law, Law.com and NPR.

Nick’s work on health care bankruptcy cases is personal: His wife is an ER doctor, and his father benefited from Medi-Cal, California’s version of Medicaid, which helped fund some of his treatment, including his hospice care. To that end, he strives to make a difference in the practice by becoming a leader in the organizations he is involved with so that he can create educational opportunities and enhance the community for young businesspeople in the industry. He also provides pro bono services with Kids in Need of Defense by preparing asylum and special immigrant juvenile status applications for minor refugees.