Bio

Since joining Goldberg Kohn in September 2002 as a principal in the Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights Group, Ronald Barliant has represented debtors and creditors in complex bankruptcy cases. As head of the firm's "burgeoning practice in debtor work,"[1] his debtor representations include a machine tool manufacturing company in a Delaware Chapter 11 case involving significant environmental and mass tort liabilities (plan confirmed with future claimants trust 11 months after filing), a wireless telecommunications carrier in a Chapter 11 case requiring the restructuring of debts owed the FCC for PCS licenses (plan confirmed 5 months after filing), and a home products manufacturing company in a pre-negotiated Chapter 11 case involving a debt-for-equity swap and the issuance of new debt securities (plan confirmed 75 days after filing).