David Wreesman

Associate

Washington + 1.202.879.3983

Prior to attending law school, David Wreesman directed the English program at a bilingual school in Hanoi, Vietnam. During law school, he participated in successful exoneration and clemency petitions for the Philadelphia District Attorney's Conviction Integrity Unit.

Experience

  • Secured lenders win victory in Sanchez BankruptcyJones Day obtained a unanimous judgment in favor of the Ad Hoc Group of Senior Secured Noteholders and DIP Lenders (the "Ad Hoc Group") in an appeal following Sanchez Energy Company's long-running, hard-fought bankruptcy case. Once the decision becomes final, it will provide Jones Day's clients with shares of reorganized Sanchez worth approximately $700 million.
  • Labcorp argues before U.S. Supreme Court that all class members must have standingOn behalf of Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Jones Day urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule a Ninth Circuit decision holding that district courts can certify damages class actions under Rule 23(b)(3) even when the class contains members who lack an Article III injury.
  • Spark Networks obtains chapter 15 recognition of first-ever cross-border restructuring under German StaRUGJones Day represented Spark Networks SE in the first-ever cross-border restructuring under the recently enacted German restructuring law ("StaRUG") and chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code involving over $100 million of funded debt issued by a U.S.-based credit fund and guaranteed by other German and U.S. entities.