HARVEY MILLER: MARCH 1, 1933 - APRIL 27, 2015

http://www.wsj.com/articles/harvey-miller-bankruptcy-law-pioneer-dies-1430150361

By 

MATT JARZEMSKY and

 

MIKE SPECTOR

bANKRUPTCY LAW GIANT HARVEY MILLER WITH FORMER GM HEAD FRITZ HENDERSON DURING THE BANKRUPTCY HEARING OF GM IN 2009

Updated April 27, 2015 12:10 p.m. ETHarvey R. Miller, who was widely credited for developing the modern practice of bankruptcy law while giving legal counsel to Texaco Inc., Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., General Motors Co. and other firms at the center of the U.S.’s largest-ever corporate failures, died Monday. He was 82.

Mr. Miller, who founded the bankruptcy practice at law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, died after battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.