Experience and Representative Clients
Experience
Counsel for numerous chapter 11 debtors, comprising both public and privately held companies, in a variety of industries, including retail, real estate, construction, healthcare, renewable energy, and mortgage servicing.
Represented secured and unsecured creditors in the chapter 11 cases of numerous national and international companies in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, construction, communications, real estate, healthcare, airlines, and financial services companies.
Represented plaintiffs and defendants in commercial and bankruptcy litigations involving breach of contract, fraud, mortgages, judgment collection, declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, preference, fraudulent conveyance, and breach of fiduciary duty claims.
Represented both lenders and borrowers in commercial and residential foreclosure actions.
Represented both lenders and guarantors in breach of guaranty actions.
Advised purchasers and sellers of distressed companies.
Negotiated and documented out-of-court restructurings on behalf of both debtors and secured or unsecured creditors.
Represented contractors seeking relief from the automatic stay under section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code in bankruptcy cases of developers and owners to continue state court actions to foreclose their mechanic’s liens.
Represented landlords seeking relief from the automatic stay under section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code in tenants’ bankruptcy cases to continue state court eviction actions.
Represented landlords seeking to enforce guarantees against their tenants’ principals and to pierce the corporate veil of their tenants to hold the principals of the tenants liable for their companies' liabilities under lease agreements.
Represented architects in the prosecution of breach of contract actions and in the defense of malpractice and professional negligence claims.
Represented developers, owners, contractors, and suppliers in payment disputes and actions in which at least one party is seeking to foreclose a mechanic's lien.
Co-counsel to law firms seeking knowledgeable, cost-efficient legal services in New York and New Jersey.
Co-counsel to law firms on bankruptcy and creditors' rights matters throughout the Northeast.
Representative Clients
Acquirer of the assets and operations of United Business Freight Forwarders in an involuntary bankruptcy proceeding filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey.
Mortgage servicing company in its successful reorganization through a pre-packaged chapter 11 plan confirmed within 45 days of the filing of its bankruptcy petition in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey.
Owner of a medical office building in its reorganization through a chapter 11 plan confirmed in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey.
Initial stage solar energy company in a chapter 11 case in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey, which was voluntarily dismissed to enable an out-of-court workout.
Iconic Manhattan retailer in its reorganization under Subchapter V of the Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
Petitioning creditors in an involuntary bankruptcy case filed against a packing delivery company in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey.
Non-financial institution lender as a secured creditor in bankruptcy cases throughout New York and New Jersey.
Non-financial institutional lender in the enforcement of mortgages, guarantees, and promissory notes throughout New York and New Jersey.
Chapter 7 Trustee in a fraudulent transfer action in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, which resulted in the recovery of millions of dollars for the benefit of the estate’s creditors.
Subcontractors and suppliers as creditors in bankruptcy proceedings of developers and general contractors.
Businesses and individuals as defendants in avoidance actions in which chapter 7 trustees asserted chapter 5 causes of action to avoid and recover allegedly preferential and/or fraudulent transfers.
Landlords in bankruptcy cases filed by their tenants.
Design professionals, contractors, and suppliers in commercial collection actions.
Honors & Awards
Recipient of 14th Annual Turnaround Award for Restructuring of the Year ($10MM to $25MM) from The M&A Advisor.
Recipient of The Legal Aid Society's 2010 and 2011 Pro Bono Publico Awards for outstanding service to The Legal Aid Society and its clients.
Named Empire State Counsel by the New York State Bar Association in 2009, 2010, and 2011 for his contributions to pro bono clients.
Membership
American Bankruptcy Institute.
New York State Bar Association and former elected Chairman of the Bankruptcy Law Committee of the Business Law Section Law of the New York State Bar Association.