Daniel Waxman is a partner in the Lexington, Kentucky office of Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP.  Daniel is a member of the firm’s Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights Service Team and focuses his practice on in-court and out-of-court corporate restructurings and distressed asset sales, with an particular emphasis on the natural resources, health care, banking, and gaming sectors.  Daniel has represented debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, sureties, government agencies, trustees, and asset purchasers in chapter 7, 9, 11, 12 and 13 proceedings.  Daniel also frequently represents both liquidating trustees and corporate defendants in post-confirmation avoidance actions and insider litigation.

Daniel is the current co-chair of the American Bankruptcy Institute Real Estate Committee and is a frequent presenter on chapter 11 issues.  He is also the author of numerous legal publications, including Shipping Coal Through Safe Harbors: Application of the Bankruptcy Code Safe Harbors to Coal Supply Agreements, 53 Univ. Louisville L. Rev. 229 (2015).  Daniel has been recognized by Super Lawyers in Kentucky every year since 2015 in the area of bankruptcy law and prior to that as a Kentucky Super Lawyers Rising Star.

Daniel is a graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Law, magna cum laude and Order of the Coif, and has a B.A. with honors in political science from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada.