Burton S. Weston is a Partner/Director of Garfunkel Wild, P.C., which he joined in 2002, after administering his own firm for 15 years. Mr. Weston is Chair of the firm’s Corporate Reorganization and Bankruptcy Practice Group, representing debtors, creditors and creditor constituencies in all aspects of the Chapter 11 process. He is also a member of the firm’s Business Practice Group, which advises clients on a broad array of corporate and transactional matters. Mr. Weston’s practice includes the preparation and prosecution of Chapter 11 cases for corporate debtors, the representation of creditors’ committees, creditor constituencies and individual creditors in reorganization cases, the acquisition and disposition of assets and business in the Chapter 11 context, the development of competing plans of reorganization for potential acquirors of distressed entities, the advise of parties in connection with the claims trading process, debtor-in-possession financing, the defense of preference and fraudulent conveyance actions, and the representation of landlords to Chapter 11 debtors. Mr. Weston has co-authored a bankruptcy text for inside counsel and other practitioners entitled “Bankruptcy Strategies for Corporate Creditors," and lectures frequently on creditors’ rights and asset protection issues to professional groups and attorneys. In addition, Mr. Weston has represented numerous distressed hospitals and health care related facilities, and mid-market companies in the retail, technology, and manufacturing sectors and has successfully concluded many reorganizations, both formal and informal restructurings, allowing companies to emerge with new financial life. He has also represented landlords and other large creditors in many of the nation’s largest Chapter 11 cases. Mr. Weston's past experience reflects a blend of public and private service. Mr. Weston served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and he is a member of the Board of Directors of Transition Services of Long Island, a Suffolk County based not-for-profit agency.