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Associate
Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors' Rights Practice
New York
(212) 309-1260 Phone
(212) 309-1100 Fax
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Bankruptcy,
Restructuring &
Creditors' Rights
Corporate
Restructuring and
Insolvency
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Bankruptcy practice focuses primarily on representation of corporate debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, indenture and securitization trustees, lessors, and other parties in interest in Chapter 11 bankruptcies.
Relevant Experience 
- Currently represents U.S. Energy Systems, Inc. U.S. Energy Overseas Investments, LLC and GBGH, LLC as debtors-in-possession in the Southern District of New York.
- Represented official committees of unsecured creditors in chapter 11 cases, including GB Holdings, Inc. (a holding company that owned a significant equity interest in the Sand’s Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, NJ).
- Represented acquirers and sellers of distressed businesses.
- Represented various secured and unsecured creditors in the chapter 11 cases of numerous national and international companies.
- Represented informal committees of creditors and equity securities holders.
- Represented various non-debtor parties in bankruptcy litigation matters including preference and equitable subordination actions.
- Extensive experience in proposing and opposing plans of reorganization.
- Additional experience in the area of commercial litigation.
Background
- Associate, Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy Group, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP, 2003-2007
- Law Clerk, The Honorable Robert E. Gerber, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, S.D.N.Y., 2002-2003
Membership
- Member, New Jersey State Bar
- Member, New York State Bar
- Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
- Member, Bankruptcy Law Committee of the New York State Bar Association
- Member of the 2010 Editorial Advisory Board for Bankruptcy Law360
- Eligible to Serve as a Part 36 Receiver in New York State Supreme Court
- Admitted to Practice: U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second and Third Circuits; U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey; U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut; U.S. District Court for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Pro Bono Work
- Volunteer welfare advocacy attorney for the City Bar Justice Center's Legal Clinic for the Homeless
- New York State Bar Association, Empire State Counsel 2009
Education - J.D., New York University School of Law, Articles Editor of Environmental Law Review, 2002
- B.A., University of Michigan, Honors Program with Distinction, Awarded James A. Knight Scholarship in History, 1999
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