Juan Martinez

Juan Martinez

Managing Associate

He / Him / His

Wilmington

T 302.442.7011

Languages: Spanish

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Overview

Juan is a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group and focuses on complex bankruptcy matters and commercial litigation.

Juan has broad experience representing debtors, official creditors’ committees, secured and unsecured creditors, lenders, and parties to adversary proceedings in chapter 11 and chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings across the country, including bankruptcy appeals before Federal District Courts. Juan has represented clients in various commercial litigation cases involving breach of contract, foreclosure, corporate law, trade secrets, unfair competition, and breach of fiduciary duty. In addition, Juan works on complex commercial transactions such as mezzanine financing, commercial loans, transfer instruments, and purchase agreements. He has experience in representing clients in a variety of industries, including energy, real estate, transportation, lending, manufacturing, retail, and pharmaceuticals.

Within the Delaware State Bar Association, Juan serves as Secretary of the DSBA’s Multicultural Judges and Lawyer Section. Recently, Juan spoke on a panel discussing his experience as an LBGTQ+ attorney of color in Delaware.

Juan is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Delaware.

What I Do

Bankruptcy Litigation
Bankruptcy Reorganizations
Litigation
Restructuring & Bankruptcy

Experience

Represents an investment firm in litigation pending in the New Jersey Superior Court to recover a $70 million loan secured by an office complex in Short Hills, New Jersey. The motion was granted to dismiss several counterclaims filed by the defendant in full, eliminating all the defendants’ defenses to the client’s claims.

Key Contacts: Michael J. BarrieKevin M. CapuzziJuan MartinezJacob H. Marshall

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Credentials

Education

Emory University School of Law, 2021, J.D.
  • Notes and Comments Advisory Committee Editor, Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal;
  • Secretary, Student Bar Association
  • Latino American Law Student Association
  • Publication:  Sexual Abuse and Bankruptcy: How Organizations Abuse Chapter 11 to Avoid Victims’ Demands for Answers, 37 EMORY DEV. J.
  • Keith Shapiro Award for Excellence in Corporate Bankruptcy Writing
Georgia State University, 2017, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
  • summa cum laude

Clerkships and Bar Admissions

Delaware

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  • Member, Delaware State Bar Association
    • Secretary, Multicultural Judges and Lawyers Section (2022 – Present)
  • Member, Delaware Bankruptcy Inn of Court

  • Member, American Bankruptcy Institute

  • Member, Delaware Hispanic Bar Association

  • Member, Hispanic National Bar Association

In his free time –

Juan enjoys board games, playing tennis, and building model figures.