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Founded in 1978, Jager Smith has been committed to building long-term relationships with our clients, operating under the highest standards of service and ethics to address their unique and ever-changing legal needs. We work hard to achieve solid, measurable results for our clients.

Jager Smith serves the diverse legal needs of our sophisticated individual and corporate clients in the areas of:

Notable Experience

The Changing Face of Chapter 11 for Large Operating Businesses: Jonathan M. Landers was published in the February/March 2012 edition of Pratt's Journal of Bankruptcy Law.; You've Been WARNed: Delaware Bankruptcy Court Affirms Affiliated Company Liability for WARN Act Violations
Jonathan M. Horne recently wrote an article discussing the recent Delaware Bankruptcy Court decision in favor of WARN Act class action claimants in In re Tweeter Opco, LLC.

Recent Engagements

Kingsbury Corporation et al.: Jager Smith represents the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Kingsbury Corporation and two related debtors. The lead debtor is the manufacturer of special-purpose high production assembly systems; special machining systems, including rotary index machines and transfer line machines; flexible manufacturing systems, machining centers, and vertical turning systems. The case is pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Hampshire.
Baytown Navigation Enterprises, Inc., et al.: Jager Smith represents the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Baytown Navigation Enterprises, Inc. (Omega Navigation) and its nine subsidiary debtors. The lead debtor, which is based in Athens, Greece, is a shipper of refined fuels such as gasoline and heating oil. The debtors, which own eight vessels and have a 50% interest in two other vessels, have debt of approximately $396 million. The case is pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Majestic Capital, Ltd. f/d/b/a CRM Holdings, Ltd.: Jager Smith has been selected to serve as counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Bermuda-based Majestic Capital, Ltd. and its five subsidiaries in their Chapter 11 cases pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The lead debtor, through its subsidiaries, was a specialty provider of workers' compensation insurance products and services.
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May 2012
: Jager Smith Attorneys' Recent Awards and Recognition
Jager Smith P.C. is pleased to announce that Attorneys Bruce F. Smith, Michael J. Fencer, Edward Gerard Jager, Andrew J. Ley, and Howard P. Blatchford, Jr. have been honored in Boston’s Top Rated Lawyers for 2012, a list of Top Rated Lawyers created by LexisNexis® utilizing its Martindale-Hubbell database. In that search, LexisNexis® tapped the comprehensive database of Peer Review Ratings™ to identify lawyers who have been rated by their peers to be AV® Preeminent™— the highest Peer Review Rating available. Ratings are established via confidential opinions of lawyers and members of the judiciary who have been invited to provide reviews of lawyers of whom they have professional knowledge.

Partners Bruce Smith and Michael Fencer were named to the list of top Bankruptcy lawyers in Boston, and partner Howard P. Blatchford, Jr. was named among the top rated in Boston for Commercial Litigation. Partners Edward Gerard Jager and Andrew J. Ley were named to the list of top Boston attorneys in Business/Commercial law and Real Estate law respectively.

May 2012
Jager Smith Secures 100% Dividend, with Interest, for Unsecured Creditors in Hotel Owner's Bankruptcy: Jager Smith successfully represented the official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of SW Boston Hotel Venture LLC and its affiliated debtors in connection with the negotiation and confirmation of their joint plan of reorganization providing for payment of unsecured claims in full, with interest, in three equal distributions. The debtors have commenced their initial distributions under hte plan. Prior to commencement of their cases, the debtors developed and owned the 28-story tower housing both the W Boston Hotel and 123 luxury condominiums. The reorganized debtors continue to own and market the remaining condominiums at The Residences at W Boston.
April 2012
Jager Smith Announces New Partner in New York Offices: In addition to expanding its presence in New York City, Jager Smith welcomes Jonathan M. Landers to the firm. Jon brings extensive experience in bankruptcy, restructuring, financing transactions, litigation defendants and asset sellers and purchasers. Jon will head the Jager Smith office at its new location on the 25th floor of 730 Third Avenue in New York. Click here to read the release in its entirety. Contact Jon.
January 2012
Baytown Navigation Enterprises, Inc., Makes Waves: There is quite a bit of action in the shipping industry in the wake of the Baytown Navigation proceedings. Jager Smith has a front row seat as an integral part of this reorganization process. Click here to read all about it.
September 2011Joint Plan of Liquidation Confirmed in Boston Generating, LLC: Jager Smith represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Boston Generating, LLC and its affiliated debtors in connection with the negotiation and confirmation of their joint plan of liquidation, which the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York confirmed. Prior to seeking bankruptcy protection, the debtors owned and operated the third-largest power generating portfolio in New England and labored under a debt load that exceeded $1.9 billion. Now that the joint plan of liquidation has been confirmed, Jager Smith is representing the Liquidating Trustee of the BosGen Liquidating Trust.
August 2011
Bruce Smith cited as Notable Practitioner in Chambers 2011 Client Guide: Chambers highlighted Bruce F. Smith as an insolvency specialist at Jager Smith. In the article, Bruce is recognized as, "A very intelligent practitioner with an impressive courtroom presence."