The Diocese of Buffalo, N.Y.
Case Number:
1:20-bk-10322
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Nature of Suit:
Firms
- Merson Law
- Pfau Cochran
- Jones Day
- Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC
- Kenney Shelton
- Pryor Cashman
- Archer & Greiner
- Dentons
- Connors LLP
- WilmerHale
- Rivkin Radler
- Gibson McAskill
- Clyde & Co
- Gleichenhaus Marchese
- Phillips Lytle
- Mintz Levin
- ArentFox Schiff
- Gerber Ciano
- Burns Bair
- Carlton Fields
- Blank Rome
- David Christian Attorneys LLC
- Slater Slater
- Choate Hall
- Schiller Knapp
- Lipsitz Green
- Phillips & Paolicelli
- Goldberg Segalla
- Mackenzie Hughes LLP
- Kennedys Law LLP
- Pachulski Stang
- Hodgson Russ
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Steptoe LLP
- Crowell & Moring
- Coughlin Midlige
- Woods Oviatt
- Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian
- Janet Janet
- Lippes Mathias
- Ruggeri Parks
- White and Williams
- Barclay Damon
- Gimigliano Mauriello
- Shipman & Goodwin
- Bond Schoeneck
- Jeff Anderson & Associates
Companies
- Phoenix Management Services
- QBE Insurance Group Ltd.
- Stout Risius Ross LLC
- Santander Consumer USA Inc.
- M&T Bank Corp.
- Sentry Insurance Group
- Stretto Inc.
- The Travelers Cos. Inc.
- The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.
- Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.
- Aetna Inc.
- Liberty Mutual Insurance Group
- Hanna Holdings Inc.
- Utica Mutual Insurance Co. Inc.
- Arrowpoint Capital
- Allianz SE
- Zurich Insurance Group AG
Sectors & Industries:
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September 25, 2025
Buffalo Diocese Delays Bid To Hire Jones Day For Ch. 11 Help
A New York bankruptcy judge agreed on Thursday to table a request by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, New York, to hire Jones Day for help working out legal issues related to a nonprofit, as the debtor races to propose a Chapter 11 plan by Oct. 1 to support a $272.5 million settlement.
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June 18, 2025
Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed
The Roman Catholic diocese in Buffalo, New York, was ordered to use only a share of proceeds from the sale of a seminary building for a settlement with sexual abuse survivors. Meanwhile, a charter school funding company asked a bankruptcy judge to approve its speedy Chapter 11 sale process. And bankrupt electric-vehicle maker Nikola Corp. requested more time to draft its liquidation plan.
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April 22, 2025
Buffalo Diocese Agrees To Pay $150M To Sex Abuse Survivors
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, New York, on Tuesday announced it has reached a $150 million agreement in principle that would settle the diocese's liability for about 900 claims of child sexual abuse.
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January 14, 2025
Judge Sets Sept. Deadline For Buffalo Diocese Ch. 11 Plan
A New York bankruptcy judge has told the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo and its creditors they have until September to come up with a plan to settle the diocese's liability for approximately 900 claims of child sex abuse.
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November 28, 2023
NY Parishes Protected While Ch. 11 Mediation Proceeds
A New York bankruptcy judge vowed Tuesday to preserve legal protections for the nondebtor parishes of the bankrupt Diocese of Buffalo, New York, saying sexual abuse claimants would be barred from pursuing legal action against them while mediation continues this week.
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October 16, 2023
Buffalo Diocese Creditors Push For Insurance Info In Ch. 11
The official committee of unsecured creditors of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo told a New York bankruptcy judge Monday that an examination of the debtor's insurers is necessary to move the Chapter 11 case forward after more than three years.
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September 21, 2023
Buffalo Diocese Creditors Seek Insurance Co. Records
The unsecured creditors in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo's Chapter 11 case asked a New York bankruptcy judge Thursday for permission to subpoena insurance companies for decades-old policy information the diocese says it can't find itself.
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September 11, 2023
NY Diocese Wants Atty Sanctioned For Violating Ch. 11 Stay
The Diocese of Buffalo has asked a New York federal bankruptcy judge to sanction a Brooklyn-based lawyer for allegedly violating an automatic stay order in the organization's Chapter 11 case by continuing to prosecute a sex abuse lawsuit in state court.
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November 08, 2022
Buffalo Diocese Gets OK To Join Boy Scout Settlement
A New York bankruptcy judge on Tuesday allowed the Diocese of Buffalo to join the sexual abuse claims settlement for diocese-sponsored Boy Scout troops in the Boy Scouts of America's Chapter 11 plan.