Joshua J. Angel is a graduate of New York University (‘56 B.S. Accounting), and Columbia Law School (J.D. ‘59), with near 67 years of commercial insolvency practice experience in restructuring matters, representing debtors, creditors, shareholders, class action plaintiffs, and mega-bankruptcy plan funders.
For nearly his entire legal career — predominantly at Angel & Frankel, PC, which he founded, and served as managing partner for near forty-six years, Joshua served as one of the leading members of the New York Bankruptcy Bar.
Following the death of his wife Rita in 2013, Joshua for the most part, has limited his Joshua J. Angel PLLC practice to issues involving the conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Initially publishing “Government PERFIDY and Mismanagement of the GSEs in Conservatorship” in February 2016. Most recently serving as both Plaintiff, and Plaintiff lead counsel, in four Court of Federal Claims Angel v. United States, complaint filings June 2020 to present date.
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Joshua J. Angel v. United States CFC No. 20-737 - Voluntarily dismissed August 4, 2022 (Angel II)
Joshua J. Angel v. United States CFC No. 22-867 - Dismissal Without Prejudice May 12, 2023, available here. (Angel III)
Joshua J. Angel v. United States CFC No. 23-800 (Angel IV)
Complaint filed June 1, 2023, available here.
Defendant MTD October 13, 2023, available here.
Plaintiff Cross Motion For Continuation to Permit Discovery October 17, 2023 available here.
January 23, 2024 Decision denying Discovery, available here.
February 21, 2024 Decision Denying Plaintiff Motion to Amend Complaint, available here.
March, 2024 Plaintiff Response to Government Motion to Dismiss, available here.
June 25, 2024 Decision Granting Defendant MTD Without Prejudice available here.
July 12, 2024 Plaintiff Motion for Reconsideration, available here.
June 26, 2025 Opinion and Order CFC 23 CV-800, Docket No. 41, denying Plaintiff Motion for Reconsideration, available here.
January, 2026 Joshua J. Angel v. United States, No. 26-CV-2040, available here.
Joshua J. Angel v. United States No. 26-CV-2040 (Angel V) available here.
Defendant March 1, 2026 MTD, available here.
Court April 3, 2026 OSC, available here.
Plaintiff April 9, 2026 Extension of Time and OSC Response, available here.
Court April 23, 2026 Opinion and Order, available here.
Plaintiff April 27, 2026 MFR, available here.
Plaintiff May 11, 2026 2nd MFR, available here.
Plaintiff June 19, 2026 Notice of Appeal, available here.
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“A Few Essential Elements of Distressed Asset Transactions" in Buying and Selling Distressed Businesses, 2010 ed., Aspatore
"Ultra Stores Success in the Chapter 11 Fast Lane" (2009 Financial World), available here.
Government Perfidy and Mismanagement of the GSEs in Conservatorship (2016), available here
Angel v. United States (A La Mancha Man’s Improbable Tilt in Defense of the Government’s Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Conservatorship Windmill) (Estimated publication date Winter 2026)
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Education
New York University (B.S.) 1956
Columbia Law School (J.D.) 1959
Admissions
New York
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. District Court, E.D. New York
U.S. District Court, S.D. New York
U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Cir.
United States Court of Federal Claims
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President: The Angel & Wachter Families Foundation