Joseph L. Schwartz

Practice Areas

Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring, Loan Workout, Litigation, Corporate Trust Law, and Alternative Dispute Resolution, with an emphasis in Bankruptcy Litigation and Corporate Restructuring.

Career

Joseph L. Schwartz is Chair of the Firm’s Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring Group. He has over 25 years of experience in commercial bankruptcy and state court insolvency matters, with a focus on corporate restructurings and reorganizations. Joe also has substantial experience in state and federal receiverships and assignments for the benefit of creditors, as well as out-of-court corporate restructurings, turnarounds, workouts and commercial litigation. He regularly represents a diverse array of clients, including debtors, banks, other secured lenders, indenture trustees, Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 trustees, creditors’ committees, trade creditors, third party purchasers, insurance companies and landlords, in bankruptcy and insolvency-related cases. Joe also regularly both prosecutes and defends avoidance actions, including preference and fraudulent conveyance lawsuits.

Professional Memberships

Member, NJ Supreme Court District V-C Ethics Committee (western Essex County)

Member, Debtor/Creditor Section, New Jersey Bar Association

Board Member, New Jersey Turnaround Management Association

Corporate Advisory Council, Homeless Solutions

ABI Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Advisory Board