Stephen V. Falanga

Bankruptcy, Reorganization & Creditors’ Rights, Financial Services & Risk Management

American Bankruptcy Institute, Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys, Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey, New Jersey State Bar Association, Essex County Bar Association

Stephen V. Falanga has more than two decades of experience representing financial institutions, corporations, insurance companies, real estate developers, landlords and individuals in the financial services and risk management area including significant work in all aspects of insolvency law.

A versatile practitioner, Stephen handles both transactional and litigation matters in the commercial law field. Transactional matters include asset sales and dispositions, secured transactions, loan and mortgage financings, and other credit-related transactions. In the litigation area, Stephen represents debtors and creditors in bankruptcy proceedings and in complex commercial and bankruptcy litigation in the Federal Courts of New York, New Jersey, and Delaware.

Hugh M. Leonard Award

New Jersey Bankruptcy Lawyers Foundation

2025

Award for Exemplary Service to Committee

American Bankruptcy Institute

2013

40 under 40

NJBIZ Magazine

2006

Special Merit Award

Essex County Bar Association

2001