Trump’s Pick for Ambassador to Israel is Prominent Bankruptcy Lawyer

Jan. 3, 2017, 3:48 PM UTC

David M. Friedman, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to head the U.S. Embassy in Israel, is a prominent New York bankruptcy attorney with decades of experience involving many high-profile cases, including Marvel, Eastman Kodak, MCI WorldCom and more recently, LightSquared.

Two of his colleagues spoke with Bloomberg BNA about Friedman—a partner at Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP in New York—as a litigator, negotiator, problem solver and a representative of the U.S. in the political turbulence of Israel.

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