In this LexisNexis Practical Guidance article, Jackson Walker partner Jennifer F. Wertz and associate Beau Butler explain the growing financial and operational pressures driving Chapter 11 filings in the senior care industry and highlight why Section 363 sales are often central to these restructurings.

Using the Genesis HealthCare bankruptcy as a case study, they outline the legal and practical issues practitioners must navigate, including successor liability, insider sale scrutiny, regulatory hurdles, tort exposure, and the importance of a transparent, market-tested process. The article offers a practical roadmap for attorneys handling nursing home and senior care reorganizations in an increasingly complex and closely watched sector.

To read more, view the LexisNexis Practical Guidance article “Senior Care Bankruptcy Cases: A Practitioner’s Guide to Nursing Home Reorganizations” (subscription required).

Meet Jennifer

Jennifer F. Wertz is an attorney in the Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Recovery section at Jackson Walker. She represents companies in reorganization and liquidation proceedings, with extensive experience on behalf of debtors and creditors across industries, including oil and gas, real estate, and healthcare. She also represents private equity and other parties in distressed asset purchases, landlords in tenant distress and bankruptcy matters, equipment lenders, agricultural vendors in chapter 11 and 12 proceedings, and financial institutions in out-of-court workouts. Additionally, she represents liquidation trustees and chapter 7 trustees in complex commercial litigation involving fiduciary and fraudulent transfer claims.

Meet Beau

Beau Butler is an attorney in the Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Recovery practice at Jackson Walker’s Austin office. He represents debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, landlords, and trade vendors in both in-court and out-of-court restructurings, including Chapter 7, Chapter 11, and Subchapter V matters across multiple jurisdictions. His practice spans the full lifecycle of restructuring and insolvency matters—from plan drafting and confirmation to DIP financing, avoidance actions, adversary proceedings, and relief from stay litigation—and includes loan workouts, creditors’ rights enforcement, commercial lease issues involving distressed tenants, and merchant cash advance (MCA) agreements.