Law Firm Sedgwick Files for Bankruptcy After Closing Its Doors

Oct. 2, 2018, 9:56 PM UTC

Trial and litigation law firm Sedgwick LLP shut down and sought Chapter 11 protection after more than 84 years in business.

The firm listed debt of as much as $50 million and assets of as much as $10 million in documents filed Oct. 2 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in San Francisco where the firm was based.

Sedgwick retained Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP as its bankruptcy counsel.

The firm began winding down in January.

The case is In re Sedgwick LLP, 18-31087, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California (San Francisco), petition filed 10/2/18.

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