Honors and Awards:

• Rated AV every year since 2000, by Martindale Hubbell and included in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers published by Martindale-Hubbell 2001 through 2010., Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Martindale-Hubbell

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Certified by the American Board of Certification in business bankruptcy, 2007

Bar/Professional Activity:

• New York State (Chair, Bankruptcy Litigation Committee, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section); Committee on Bankruptcy Law, Business Law Section) and New Jersey State (Member, Bankruptcy Section; Legislative Coordinator—) Bar Associations; New York County Lawyers Association (Member, Committee on Corporation Law, 1983—; Committee on Bankruptcy Law, 1990—); American Bankruptcy Institute (Member, Commercial Fraud Task Force, Committee on Bankruptcy Litigation); Commercial Law League of America; New Jersey Bankruptcy Lawyers Foundation (Trustee, 2004—); New York Institute of Credit; Turnaround Management Association.

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Trustee of the New Jersey Bankrutpcy Lawyers' Foundation

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Chaired a panel on bankrutpcy Litigation for the 2006 Spring Meeting of the Commecial and Federal Litigation Section, New York State Bar Association
• Chaired a panel on bankruptcy litigation for the Bankruptcy Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association., Program Chair, New Jersey State Bar Association, 2007

Verdicts and Settlements:

• Johns-Manville Corp. v. Chubb Indem. Ins. Co. (In re Johns-Manville Corp.), 517 F.3d 52 (2d Cir 2008) The Asbestos Personal Injury Plainitffs v. Traveler's Indemnity Company, et al. (In re Johns-Manville Corporation), 476 F3d. 118 (2d Cir 2007) In re Bursztyn, 2007 Bankr. Lexis 1207 (Bankr. D.N.J. 2007) In re Dana Corp. 344 B.R. 35 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2006) Gibbs v. Marine Midland Bank, N.A., 2000 US App Lexis 2000 (2d Cir. 2000) Cassirer v. Herskowitz (In re Schick, et al), 234 B.R. 237 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1999) Condren v. Harrison (In re Borison), 226 B.R.779 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1998) In re Strober, 136 B.R. 614 (Bankr. E.D.N.Y. 1992) Johns-Manville Corp. v. Chubb Indem. Ins. Co. (In re Johns-Manville Corp.), 517 F.3d 52 (2d Cir 2008) The Asbestos Personal Injury Plainitffs v. Traveler's Indemnity Company, et al. (In re Johns-Manville Corporation), 476 F3d. 118 (2d Cir 2007) In re Bursztyn, 2007 Bankr. Lexis 1207 (Bankr. D.N.J. 2007) In re Dana Corp. 344 B.R. 35 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2006) Gibbs v. Marine Midland Bank, N.A., 2000 US App Lexis 2000 (2d Cir. 2000) Cassirer v. Herskowitz (In re Schick, et al), 234 B.R. 237 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1999) Condren v. Harrison (In re Borison), 226 B.R.779 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1998) In re Strober, 136 B.R. 614 (Bankr. E.D.N.Y. 1992)