SAMUEL R. MAIZEL leads the Firm’s healthcare industry restructuring efforts nationwide as a partner in Dentons’ Los Angeles Office. His practice includes bankruptcy matters as well as financial restructurings, in- and out-of-court, involving a broad spectrum of industries but he is a nationally recognized expert in the unique issues that arise in the restructuring of healthcare industry entities. In chapter 11 cases, he has served as lead counsel to debtors, trustees and creditors’ committees, and has acted as a trustee, examiner, patient care ombudsman and consumer privacy ombudsman. He has also represented many buyers and sellers of assets in chapter 11 cases. In chapter 9 cases, Sam has represented local hospital districts and other governmental units, serving as debtor’s counsel and as counsel to creditors’ committees.

Before joining Dentons, Sam was a partner in a national bankruptcy firm, and previous to that, as a trial attorney in the US Department of Justice’s Commercial Litigation Branch, he represented the federal government in US bankruptcy, district and appellate courts nationwide. He also served in the US Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps, including service in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, for which he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal. Previously he served as an infantry officer in the 101st Airborne Division and the 3rd US Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard).

Sam has lectured extensively, is widely published, and has been interviewed on television and radio. He is the only lawyer in the US ranked in both healthcare and bankruptcy by Chambers and Partners and Best Lawyers. A Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, the Daily Journal named Sam one of California’s “Top Healthcare Lawyers” in 2021 and Global M&A Network named him “Restructuring Lawyer of the Year” in 2020. Every year since 2007, in an annual region-wide peer survey, he has been named a “Super Lawyer,” an honor bestowed on only 5 percent of Southern California attorneys.