Joshua D. Stiff

Joshua D. Stiff

COUNSEL
VIRGINIA BEACH
T: 757.271.9751
F: 757.271.9736

RICHMOND
T: 804.762.6870

Mr. Stiff's practice focuses on commercial litigation, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, with an emphasis on representing creditors, creditors’ committees, trustees and other parties in complex liquidations, restructurings, workouts, distressed asset transactions and other insolvency related matters. He has participated in all manner of bankruptcy related litigation, including preference and fraudulent transfer actions, claims litigation, non-dischargeability proceedings, and disputes concerning the bankruptcy estate.  He has further represented all manner of creditors, including, institutional lenders, trade vendors & suppliers, commercial & residential landlords, equipment lessors and transportation providers.
 

Recognitions

  • Virginia Super Lawyers®, Rising Star, Bankruptcy (2017–present)
  • Selected and listed as one of Virginia’s “Legal Elite” (Bankruptcy/Creditors' Rights), Virginia Business Magazine, 2020
  • Selected as one of Coastal Virginia Magazine’s, “Top Lawyers”
 

Memberships & Associations

  • Norfolk Portsmouth Bar Association
  • Virginia Beach Bar Association
  • Tidewater Bankruptcy Bar Association

Notable Cases

  • Counsel to commercial landlord in In re: Pier 1 Imports, Inc., et al., Case No. 20-30805
  • Counsel to multiple vendors in In re: Murray Energy Holdings Co., et al., Case No. 19-56885
  • Counsel to commercial landlord in In re: Windstream Holdings, Inc., et al., Case No. 19-22312
  • Counsel to vendor & member of unsecured creditors’ committee in In re: Welded Construction, L.P., et al., Case No. 18-12378
  • Counsel to multiple vendors & members of unsecured creditors’ committee in In re: Westmoreland Coal Company, et al., Case No. 18-35672
  • Co-counsel to TRU Creditor Litigation Trust in In re: Toys “R” Us, Inc, et al., Case No. 17-34665
  • Co-counsel to unsecured creditors’ committee in In re: Toys “R” Us, Inc, et al., Case No. 17-34665
  • Co-counsel to Liquidating Trustee in In re: Health Diagnostic Laboratories, Inc., et al., Case No. 15-32919
  • Counsel to vendor & member of unsecured creditors’ committee in In re: Armstrong Energy Inc., et al., Case No. 17-47541

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