Sam Maizel leads Dentons Distressed Healthcare efforts nationwide as a partner in Dentons’ Los Angeles Office. He is a nationally recognized expert in the unique issues that arise in the restructuring of healthcare industry entities. Maizel co-led the representation of Verity Health System of California, Inc. and 16 related entities in their chapter 11 cases—the second largest nonprofit hospital bankruptcy case in American history with more than $1.4 billion of debt. The court approved the sale of Verity’s hospitals and senior living facility, and confirmed the joint plan of liquidation, which resolved complex litigation and cre-ated a liquidating trust for the benefit of creditors. Previously, Maizel was a partner in a national bank-ruptcy firm headquartered in Los Angeles, 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.
