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Tom is a partner in our Bankruptcy, Workout and Restructuring Department. Tom has extensive experience representing a diversity of interests in bankruptcy cases as well as out of court workouts. He has represented lending institutions, creditors' committees, secured and unsecured creditors, bond holders, equity security holders, debtors, and trustees in a wide variety of cases involving publicly and privately held corporations, businesses and individuals. Tom has also has served as a bankruptcy trustee.
With almost 20 years of experience in the bankruptcy field, Tom’s experiences include representing major corporate and individual creditors in many well known Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. Tom also regularly litigates commercial issues in bankruptcy cases, including actions involving claims for breach of contract, preferences, fraudulent conveyances, shareholder disputes, discharge and dischargeability, and other litigation matters. Tom also advises clients interested in investing in, acquiring and/or turning around distressed companies. He also represents clients in mediations.
Tom is a past President, founding member and former Chairman and current member of the Board of Directors of The Long Island Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association. The TMA is a not-for-profit association dedicated to the revitalization and turnaround of distressed companies. Tom also is the immediate past Chair of the Bankruptcy Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association, and frequently lectures on bankruptcy topics.
Tom earned his law degree, cum laude, from New York Law School in 1990, where he was a member of the Journal of Human Rights. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from St. John's University in 1987. At St. John’s, Tom played lacrosse on a four-year athletic scholarship. Tom is also Vice President and a member of the Board of Directors of the Farmingdale Lacrosse Club. He is admitted to practice in the courts of New York, as well as the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. | 