WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 16, 2025--
Gregory W. Werkheiser has joined Dorsey & Whitney LLP as Of Counsel in the Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring group in Delaware and New York, the international law firm announced today. Greg comes to Dorsey from the U.S. Department of Justice, where for the last two years, he served as a trial attorney in the Commercial Litigation Branch, Corporate/Financial Litigation Group. Prior to his government service, for over two decades, Greg focused his practice on business bankruptcy, restructuring, and related insolvency litigation as a member of a leading Delaware law firm and another AmLaw 200 business law firm.
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Greg has extensive experience representing distressed businesses, lenders, creditors, and other stakeholders in complex bankruptcies and out-of-court restructurings. Greg has appeared on behalf of clients in federal courts throughout the United States on a range of bankruptcy and related commercial litigation matters. His practice spans a multitude of industries such as healthcare, energy, retail, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, pulp and paper, franchising, restaurants, commercial real estate, regulated cannabis, CBD and hemp, insurance, shipping, construction, broadcast media, and performance rights management.
Greg received his J.D. from Widener University, Delaware Law School, and his B.S. in Finance from Pennsylvania State University.
“We are excited to welcome Greg to our Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring team and the Delaware office. His depth of experience representing financially distressed companies and significant creditors for over 25 years in private practice and his more recent experiences within the Department of Justice will serve our clients well,” said Eric Lopez Schnabel, Delaware Office Head and Finance & Restructuring Practice Group Co-Leader for Dorsey.
“Dorsey has a strong and long-term presence in the Delaware bankruptcy practice as well as a robust national platform,” said Greg Werkheiser. “I look forward to contributing to Dorsey’s outstanding team and to serving our clients.”
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Gregory W. Werkheiser has joined Dorsey & Whitney LLP as Of Counsel in the Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring group in Delaware and New York.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Richard “Dick” Codey, a former acting governor of New Jersey and the longest serving legislator in the state's history, died Sunday. He was 79.
Codey’s wife, Mary Jo Codey, confirmed her husband’s death to The Associated Press.
“Gov. Richard J. Codey passed away peacefully this morning at home, surrounded by family, after a brief illness,” Codey's family wrote in a Facebook post on Codey's official page.
"Our family has lost a beloved husband, father and grandfather -- and New Jersey lost a remarkable public servant who touched the lives of all who knew him," the family said.
Known for his feisty, regular-guy persona, Codey was a staunch advocate of mental health awareness and care issues. The Democrat also championed legislation to ban smoking from indoor areas and sought more money for stem cell research.
Codey, the son of a northern New Jersey funeral home owner, entered the state Assembly in 1974 and served there until he was elected to the state Senate in 1982. He served as Senate president from 2002 to 2010.
Codey first served as acting governor for a brief time in 2002, after Christine Todd Whitman’s resignation to join President George W. Bush’s administration. He held the post again for 14 months after Gov. Jim McGreevey resigned in 2004.
At that time, New Jersey law mandated that the Senate president assume the governor’s role if a vacancy occurred, and that person would serve until the next election.
Codey routinely drew strong praise from residents in polls, and he gave serious consideration to seeking the Democratic nomination for governor in 2005. But he ultimately chose not to run when party leaders opted to back wealthy Wall Street executive Jon Corzine, who went on to win the office.
Codey would again become acting governor after Corzine was incapacitated in April 2007 due to serious injuries he suffered in a car accident. He held the post for nearly a month before Corzine resumed his duties.
After leaving the governor’s office, Codey returned to the Senate and also published a memoir that detailed his decades of public service, along with stories about his personal and family life.
“He lived his life with humility, compassion and a deep sense of responsibility to others,” his family wrote. “He made friends as easily with Presidents as he did with strangers in all-night diners.”
Codey and his wife often spoke candidly about her past struggles with postpartum depression, and that led to controversy in early 2005, when a talk radio host jokingly criticized Mary Jo and her mental health on the air.
Codey, who was at the radio station for something else, confronted the host and said he told him that he wished he could “take him outside.” But the host claimed Codey actually threatened to “take him out,” which Codey denied.
His wife told The Associated Press that Codey was willing to support her speaking out about postpartum depression, even if it cost him elected office.
“He was a really, really good guy,” Mary Jo Codey said. “He said, ‘If you want to do it, I don’t care if I get elected again.’”
Jack Brook contributed reporting from New Orleans.
FILE - New Jersey State Sen. and former Democratic Gov. Richard Codey is seen before New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the Legislature at the statehouse, in Trenton, N.J., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
