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George W. Fitting

Senior Associate | Bankruptcy & Restructuring

Overview

George is a Senior Associate in WH Burkley’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring Group. He represents borrowers, lenders, debtors, creditors, insurers, and related parties in a wide range of matters involving insolvency proceedings, restructurings, and complex commercial litigation. He also advises buyers, sellers, and private equity sponsors in distressed mergers and acquisitions.

George’s practice spans all stages of insolvency, including workouts, commercial bankruptcy, receiverships, assignments for the benefit of creditors, dissolutions, wind-downs, and Article 9 foreclosures.

George began his legal career as a judicial extern for the Hon. Celeste F. Bremer in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa before serving as a judicial clerk for the Hon. Gregory L. Taddonio in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Before joining WH Burkley, he gained sophisticated experience practicing in the restructuring groups of international firms and a premier Delaware firm.

Associations

  • Chair ex officio, Allegheny County Bar Association, Bankruptcy & Commercial Law Section
  • Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
  • President ex officio, Judith K. Fitzgerald Western Pennsylvania Bankruptcy American Inn of Court
  • Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • Member, Turnaround Management Association

Education

  • The University of Iowa College of Law, J.D. (2017)
    • with distinction
    • American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence
    • Jurisprudence Award for Academic Excellence (Complex Litigation)
    • Jurisprudence Award for Academic Excellence (Terrorism, I.S.I.S., & International Criminal Law)
    • Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence (Foundations of International Law)
    • Segal AmeriCorps Education Award
    • Boyd Service Award
  • Dickinson College, B.A. (2010)
    • cum laude
    • Benjamin Rush Academic Scholarship
    • Engage the World Fellowship