Jeffrey A. Liesemer is Of Counsel in Caplin & Drysdale's Washington, D.C. office. He specializes in complex civil and commercial litigation, with an emphasis in bankruptcy and creditors' rights cases.
Mr. Liesemer has represented clients at the trial and appellate levels of both state and federal courts. Prior to joining Caplin & Drysdale, Mr. Liesemer's practice focused on complex chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganizations and insolvency workouts, in which he represented corporate and partnership debtors as well as large, institutional creditors and lenders. He has also been involved in representing creditors' committees, third-party asset purchasers, and shopping-center landlords in large bankruptcy reorganizations and liquidations. Mr. Liesemer has defended a number of clients in so-called "claw-back" proceedings to recover alleged preferential transfers and fraudulent conveyances.
Since joining Caplin & Drysdale in 2005, Mr. Liesemer has continued to focus on complex chapter 11 cases, with an increasing percentage of his time being devoted to representing asbestos claimants in mass tort bankruptcies. He has been involved in a number of notable bankruptcy cases throughout the country, including W.R. Grace, U.S. Gypsum, Owens Corning, Armstrong World Industries, G-I Holdings (formerly GAF Corporation), Criimi Mae, Heilig Meyers, Just for Feet, and US Airways.
Prior to entering private law practice, Mr. Liesemer clerked for the Honorable Martin V. B. Bostetter, Jr., then Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. A former managing editor of the
University of Pittsburgh Law Review, Mr. Liesemer has written and lectured on numerous topics relating to civil litigation and bankruptcy law, including the effect of state sovereign immunity law in bankruptcy cases. Mr. Liesemer is a former chair of the Young Lawyers Division of the Federal Bar Association of Northern Virginia, and until recently served as commissioner of the Arlington County Fiscal Affairs Advisory Commission.