New York Bankruptcy Lawyers

Bankruptcy Law

1 Penn Plaza, 3335, New York, NY 10119

A highly respected "dean" of the bankruptcy bar and one of the most accomplished restructuring attorneys of our time, Albert Togut has for the past 45 years specialized in bankruptcy law to the exclusion of all other areas of practice. His deal list speaks for itself; Mr. Togut has had a central role in the most famous reorganization cases in history.

Bankruptcy Law

707 Westchester Ave suite 302, White Plains, NY 10604, USA

Area of Practice: Default Management & Financial Litigation

Bankruptcy Law

26 Court Street, Suite 2400, Brooklyn, NY 11242

Gregory Messer, a principal in The Law Offices of Gregory M. Messer, has been practicing bankruptcy law for over 38 years. He represents business and consumer debtors and creditors in Chapter 7, Chapter 11 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy matters. Mr. Messer has the legal acumen needed to handle even the most complex bankruptcy matters for consumers and companies. He frequently receives referrals from other attorneys and past clients who speak highly of his professional abilities. Board Certified in Consumer Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification since 1995, Mr. Messer has been a panel trustee for the Chapter 7 Trustee Panel for the Eastern and Southern districts of New York for 38 years. He has served as a Chapter 11 Trustee, Post Confirmation Trustee and Plan Administrator in various bankruptcy cases. Mr. Messer also served as a Mediator in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Bankruptcy Law

480 Mamaroneck Ave., Harrison, NY 10580

Mr. Bronson has practiced law for over 30 years and has extensive experience in Debtor-Creditor law, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Bankruptcy (Chapter 7, Chapter 11 and Chapter 13), tax law, corporate law and real estate. Mr. Bronson has an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell which he has maintained for 20 years (the highest rating an attorney can achieve).

Bankruptcy Law

230 Park Avenue, 30th floor, New York, NY 10169

Melanie L. Cyganowski joined Otterbourg P.C. as a partner in 2008, after serving a full 14-year term as a Bankruptcy Judge in the Eastern District of New York. From November 29, 2005 through the end of her term, she was the Court’s Chief Judge. Graduating magna cum laude from the School of Law at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Ms. Cyganowski then served as a law clerk to the late Hon. Charles L. Brieant, former Chief Judge in the Southern District of New York. Following her clerkship, Ms. Cyganowski was a litigator at Sullivan & Cromwell, and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy. Ms. Cyganowski presently chairs Otterbourg’s Bankruptcy practice. She was lead co-counsel to the Official Committees of Claimants in LTL 1 and LTL 2, and Aearo Technologies (3M); co-counsel to the Ad Hoc Committee of consenting governmental parties in Purdue Pharma, and counsel to the Ad Hoc Committee of States with Acthar-related claims in Mallinckrodt. She has been appointed as Receiver in SEC v. StraightPath Management, SEC v. Platinum Partners, and in ÂCP Investment Group, LP. Her other fiduciary appointments include (a) Chief Restructuring Officer and Temporary Operator of Brooklyn’s Interfaith Medical Center, a 287-bed acute care teaching hospital with ambulatory and out-patients clinics in the surrounding Bed-Stuy neighborhood, and (b) Patient Care Ombudsman in Randolph Health, Promise Healthcare, 21st Century Oncology and California Proton. She has also represented Official Committees of Unsecured Creditors in bankruptcy cases, including L&L Wings, Quirky and Escada. In addition, Ms. Cyganowski has represented the FDIC as Receiver in various bankruptcy cases; has served as the Auditor of Capital One in connection with a consent judgment in a national matter; and is an arbitrator/mediator in numerous disputes, including Drivetrain (Puerto Rico post-confirmation), Madoff, Lehman, Century 21, Quebecor and Metaldyne. In 2014, Ms. Cyganowski was inducted as a Fellow into the American College of Bankruptcy. An author of numerous articles, she sits on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Practice & Law. Ms. Cyganowski is also a Fellow of the American and New York State Bar Foundations, and a retired adjunct professor of law at St. John’s University School of Law.