Bio

John Steiner is a Partner with Leech Tishman and Chief Operating Officer of the firm, where he oversees the administrative departments including finance, IT, HR and Marketing. John is based in the Pittsburgh office. John is a member of the Business Restructuring & Insolvency Practice Group, where he served as Co-Chair for many years. John co-leads the Bankruptcy Chapter 11 Debtor Group and leads the firm’s Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Proceeding Group. John is also a member of the firm’s Management Committee. John is a regular lecturer on various bankruptcy and creditors’ rights law matters. John represents and provides advice and counsel to creditors, debtors, creditors’ committees, lenders, bankruptcy trustees and purchasers of assets in Chapter 11 bankruptcies, state court receiverships and other insolvency proceedings. John also represents and provides advice to both debtors and creditors in out-of-court workouts and restructurings. Over the course of John’s career, John has represented and assisted numerous creditors in the collection of debts from the filing of actions to obtain judgment, to enforcement and execution. John was lead debtor’s counsel in the successful Chapter 11 reorganization of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, Pittsburgh’s professional soccer team, and its stadium, Highmark Stadium. Recently, John was selected to represent the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Somerset Regional Water Resources, LLC Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case. Academics: J.D., Duquesne University School of Law, B.S., magna cum laude, University of Pittsburgh.