Bryce Suzuki represents secured and unsecured creditors, debtors, landlords, vendors, bankruptcy investors, and equity security holders in all aspects of commercial restructuring and bankruptcy, including non-bankruptcy business workouts, asset sales, Chapter 11 bankruptcy administration and reorganization, liquidation, creditors’ rights, bankruptcy litigation and appellate work, and distressed financing issues.

Mr. Suzuki is active in various bar organizations.  He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, the immediate past president of the Arizona Asian American Bar Association, and a past chair of the Arizona State Bar’s Committee on Minorities and Women in the Law.  In 2010, he was invited to the White House as a guest of President Barack Obama for a reception honoring Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

In law school, Mr. Suzuki served as managing editor of the Iowa Law Review and was invited to join the University of Iowa College of Law’s national appellate advocacy team.  He is fluent in Spanish and has conversational ability in French and basic proficiency in Japanese.

Select Representations

• Debtor’s counsel to a prominent Arizona homebuilder and affiliated debtors in chapter 11.
• Counsel to secured creditor group in the chapter 11 cases of supermarket chain Bashas’ Inc. and affiliated companies.
• Counsel to post-confirmation liquidation trustee in the Phoenix Coyotes bankruptcy case.
• Debtor’s counsel to “single asset” real estate developer in chapter 11.
• Counsel to defrauded aircraft purchasers in chapter 11 case of private jet manufacturer Eclipse Aviation.
• Defense counsel for a skateboard distribution company in bankruptcy preference litigation involving action-sports retail chain.
• Representation of distressed loan purchaser in connection with borrower workouts and foreclosure issues.
• Representation of creditors and estate professionals in various appeals to Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit and the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.

Bar and Court Admissions

Arizona, 2003

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

United States District Court for the District of Arizona

Education

University of Iowa, J.D., with distinction, 2003

Brigham Young University, M.A., 2000

Brigham Young University, B.A., 1998

Languages

French

Japanese

Spanish

Publications

• "How Much for How Long: Chapter 11 Cramdown Term and Interest Rates," Co-Author, American Bankruptcy Institute Spring Meeting, April 2011

Speeches and Seminars

• “A Fresh Look at Avoidance Actions, ” Presenter, Arizona Bankruptcy Practice, PESI, October 2010
• "Real World: Zone of Insolvency (Doing Business with a Financially Distressed Company)," Presenter, NAPABA National Conference, November 2011

Professional Affiliations

• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Turnaround Management Association
• Bankruptcy Section of the State Bar of Arizona
• Arizona Asian American Bar Association, President 2010-2011, Board Member 2007-present
• National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
• State Bar of Arizona Committee on Minorities and Women in the Law, Member 2006-present, Co-Chair 2007-2008
• Maricopa County Bar Association
• American Bar Association

Civic Involvement and Honors

• Southwest Super Lawyers - Rising Stars, 2012
• Best Lawyers Under 40, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA), 2011
• Fellow, American Bar Foundation, 2011-present
• Arizona Bankruptcy Inn of Court, 2011-present