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Johnathan C. Bolton, Esq.
Johnathan Bolton’s practice includes the areas of
business law, commercial litigation, real estate
litigation, and creditors’ rights and bankruptcy
involving matters of finance, real estate, construction,
energy, retail, hospitality, business transactions,
collections, insurance, foreclosures, and insolvency. He
is admitted to practice law in Hawaii, New York and
Texas (inactive) and is qualified to practice as a
solicitor by the Supreme Court of England and Wales.
Johnathan is the head of Goodsill’s Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights
group.
BUSINESS LAW
 Johnathan has assisted clients with formation of new business
entities in Hawaii, including drafting operating agreements and
obtaining protection for intellectual property rights
 Johnathan has assisted clients with business contracts and
agreements
 Johnathan has assisted clients with obtaining trademarks from the
USPTO
 Johnathan has drafted escrow agreements and intellectual property
license agreements
 Johnathan has advised clients regarding corporate restructuring
issues
 Johnathan has assisted clients with structuring of loan agreements
 Johnathan has advised clients in connection with sales of
substantially all of their assets
 Johnathan has advised directors and officers regarding corporate
governance issues, including fiduciary duties, conflicts of interest
and matters relating to the zone of insolvency
 Johnathan has assisted clients with dissolution proceedings under
state law
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
 Johnathan has represented clients in commercial disputes
including breach of contract, business torts, professional
malpractice and deceptive acts and practices claims
 Johnathan has represented clients bidding on Hawaii State
construction jobs
 Johnathan has represented Trust Administrators in commercial
disputes
 Johnathan has represented clients in defense of securities litigation
matters
 Johnathan has defended clients in fraudulent conveyance litigation
 Johnathan has represented creditor clients in receivership
proceedings
 Johnathan has assisted clients with judgment enforcement
including writs of garnishment
Education
Baylor Law School, J.D. 2000
Stony Brook University, B.A. (cum
laude), 1996
Practice Areas
Corporate and Securities
Commercial Litigation
Real Estate & Construction Litigation
Securities Litigation
Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy
Mergers and Acquisitions
Bar Admissions
Hawaii
New York
Texas (inactive)
England and Wales (solicitor)
Admitted to Practice
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts for
the Southern & Eastern Districts
of New York
U.S. District & Bankruptcy
Courts of Texas
U.S. District & Bankruptcy
Courts of Hawaii
Address
First Hawaiian Center
999 Bishop Street, Suite 1600
Honolulu, HI 96813
Direct Dial
(808) 547-5854
E-Mail Address
jbolton@goodsill.com
Firm Website Address
www.goodsill.com

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REAL ESTATE LITIGATION
 Johnathan represents corporations and financial institutions in
collection, repossession and foreclosure matters
 Johnathan has represented clients in landlord-tenant disputes,
quiet title actions and foreclosure proceedings
 Johnathan has assisted clients with summary possession and
eviction proceedings and obtaining writs of possession
CREDITORS’ RIGHTS AND BANKRUPTCY
 Johnathan represents commercial and investment banks, lending
institutions, hedge funds and other major creditors in chapter 7,
chapter 11 and chapter 13 bankruptcy cases
 Johnathan has acted as debtors’ counsel to several publicly-traded
and privately-held companies in their chapter 11 reorganization
cases. He has also worked on several successful out-of-court
restructurings on behalf of both creditor and debtor clients
 Johnathan has represented official committees of unsecured
creditors and equity holders in chapter 11 cases
 Johnathan has experience with cross-border insolvency matters,
including chapter 15 bankruptcy cases filed in the U.S.
 Johnathan has represented purchasers and sellers of assets in
connection with section 363 sales and plans of reorganization
 Johnathan has represented clients in preference, fraudulent
conveyance and bankruptcy-related litigation matters
During law school, Johnathan served as an Assistant Managing Editor of
the Baylor Law Review and was a member of the Order of Barristers.
Following graduation from law school, Johnathan practiced law with
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. (now Norton Rose Fulbright) in Houston,
Texas for over a decade before joining Goodsill in 2012.
Johnathan is Board Certified in Business BankruptcyLaw bythe American
Board of Certification and holds a Certificate of Specialization in Business
Bankruptcy Law from the Supreme Court of Hawaiʻi. The Supreme Court
of Hawai‘i grants Hawai‘i certification only to lawyers in good standing
who have successfully completed a specialty program accredited by the
American Bar Association.
Johnathan served as President of the Hawaii Bankruptcy Bar Association
in 2015 and has published articles in the Hawaii Bar Journal, USLaw
Magazine and many leading bankruptcy publications including the ABI
Journal, the TMA Journal of Corporate Renewal, and INSOL World. He
is a co-author of the 2013 Hawaii Bankruptcyand Collections Law Manual
and the author of the Bankruptcy Appeals chapter in the Hawaii State Bar
Association’s 2013 Federal Appellate Practice Manual. He frequently
writes and speaks on the topics of business bankruptcyand collections law.

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Honors and Awards
 Listed in “Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy & Creditor-
Debtor Rights Law” (2009-2017)
 Selected to the Hawaii Super Lawyers list (2013-2016)
 Selected to the 2016 Top 25 Hawaii Super Lawyers list
 Ranked in "Chambers & Partners" Bankruptcy/Restructuring -
Hawaii (2016)
 “AV” Peer Review Rating – Martindale-Hubbell
 Named as a “Future Star” in Benchmark Litigation 2015
Memberships and Affiliations
 American Bankruptcy Institute
 Hawaii State Bar Association
 Hawaii Bankruptcy Bar Association
 State Bar of Texas (inactive)
 New York State Bar Association
 Law Society of England and Wales
Selected Recent Publications
 “Evicting the Commercial Tenant,” Sterling Educational Services
(August 2016)
 “Bankruptcy Appeals,” HSBA Federal Appellate Practice Manual
(2013)
 "Where Collection Law Meets Bankruptcy Law,” USLaw
Magazine (Spring/Summer 2013)
 “Intellectual Property Considerations in Times of Financial
Distress,” Hawaii Bar Journal (2013)
 “Navigating the Complex World of International Insolvency,”
ExecSense (2012)
 “Claim Buyers Beware: Timing is Critical” ABI Journal (2012)
 “Supreme Court, Appellate Justices Weigh in on Trio of Notable
Cases,” TMA Journal of Corporate Renewal (2011)
 Co-author, “Risks and Problems of Forum Selection in a Cross-
Border Insolvency Case,” Norton Annual Review of International
Insolvency (2011)
 Co-author, “Grupo Mexicano: Has Picard resurrected the Right to
Pre-Judgment Attachments?” ABI Journal (2011)
 Co-author, “English High Court Recognizes, Enforces U.S. Court
Judgments in Adversary Proceedings,” ABI Journal (2010)
 “Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims,” Turnaround Management
Association’s Journal of Corporate Renewal (2009)