Representative Experience

Representations have included:

• Two of the major accounting firms in various insolvency and bankruptcy settings
• Major banks, brokerage firms and other institutions in subprime, bankruptcy and litigation contexts
• Defrauded investors in the Bernard Madoff and Bayou Securities Ponzi scheme bankruptcies
• The California Department of Corporations in the FPA Chapter 11 and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the Adelphia Chapter 11 
• The Chapter 11 examiner for a failed hedge fund
• Successful litigation in In re United Merchants and Manufacturers, 674 F.2d 134 (2d Cir. 1982) (establishing unsecured creditor's right to attorneys' fees and liquidated damages in a reorganization); In re G. Heileman Brewing Co., 128 B.R. 876 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1991) (holding unconstitutional the Bankruptcy Code power to reject contracts when in conflict with state liquor regulations); In re Trans World Airlines, 145 F.3d 124 (3d Cir. 1998) (establishing aircraft lessor’s right to an administrative claim for airline’s failure to meet maintenance conditions); In re NTL (Maxcor v. Schoenfeld, N.Y. Index No. 600410/03) (2004) (Ordering equitable adjustment of Chapter 11 company's post-confirmation "when-issued" market); and In re Bayou Group (U.S. v. Israel, 05-CR-1039(CM)) (2008) (District Court establishing new law requiring reserve fund for Ponzi-scheme investors)

Publications/Speeches

• Speaker, Bankruptcy for Bankers, New York, New York (February 25, 2010)
• Co-author, Deepening Insolvency: A Doctrine in Decline?, California Bankruptcy Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2 (2007)
• Co-author, Preparing for a Downturn, Buyouts (April 16, 2007)
• Revision Author, Bankruptcy Section, New York Practice Guide: Business and Commercial, LexisNexis/Matthew Bender (2003)
• Co-author, Creditors’ Rights Handbook (2d ed.), Clark Boardman Callaghan (1982 and 1987)

Media Mentions

• SEC Supports Inflation Adjustment For Madoff Victims By Ciaran McEvoy, Law360
• Deloitte Takes Aim at AMR Trustee's 'Radical' Policy By Max Stendahl, Law360
• Anderson Examiner Spots $75M In Avoidable Payments By Samuel Howard, Law360

Affiliations

• Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Committee on Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization (1997-2000)

Distinctions

• Former Co–Managing Partner, National Litigation Section, Loeb & Loeb LLP (1999–2005)
• Highest "AV Preeminent (5 out of 5)" Professional Rating, Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
• Selected ‘2013 Top Rated Lawyers in Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy,’ American Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell™