Biography
Gordon is Managing Partner of the Chicago office, a member of the firm's Executive Committee and focuses his practice on financial restructuring and bankruptcy law. He handles a broad range of bankruptcy and insolvency matters as well as complex litigation.
Gordon is one of the leaders of the firm’s nationwide unsecured creditor committee practice. He has served as lead counsel in more than a dozen committee engagements in bankruptcy courts throughout the country. Gordon is a strong voice for unsecured creditors and brings a practical approach with creative solutions to preserve value and maximize recoveries. Gordon also has extensive experience representing corporate debtors and bankruptcy trustees, which complements his committee practice.
Before Fox Rothschild
Gordon was a member of Shaw Fishman Glantz & Towbin LLC, which merged with Fox Rothschild in 2018.
He previously clerked for Judge Eugene R. Wedoff of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Northern District of Illinois.
Beyond Fox Rothschild
Gordon serves on the Steering Committee for the Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association, and is Co-Chair of its Executive Speaker Forum Committee. For several years, he has participated in the Vanderbilt Law School alumni interview program. He is also a member of the Munster, Indiana Little League Board of Directors and a director of the Munster High School Booster Club.
Bar Admissions
- Illinois
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
Education
- Vanderbilt University Law School (J.D., 2004)
- Boston College (B.A., summa cum laude, 2001)
Memberships
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- Turnaround Management Association
Board of Directors
- Turnaround Management Association, Chicago/Midwest Chapter
- Special Programs Committee, Co-Chair
Honors & Awards
- Selected to the Chambers USA list of ranked attorneys for Bankruptcy/Restructuring in Illinois (2025)
- Named a "Small Turnaround of the Year" honoree by TMA Chicago/Midwest Chapter (2022)
- Selected to the "Super Lawyers" list for Bankruptcy: Business in Illinois by Super Lawyers (2020-2026)
- Named to American Bankruptcy Institute's class of "40 Under 40" Emerging Leaders in Insolvency (2018)
- Named an “Emerging Lawyer” by Leading Lawyers (2015-2016)
- Selected to the "Rising Stars" list for Bankruptcy: Business & Creditor/Debtor Rights in Illinois by Super Lawyers (2011-2019)

