La Insolvencia – A view of Bankruptcy from Puerto Rico
NJ State Bar, San Juan, Puerto Rico
David Edelberg
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Bio Overview
Mr. Edelberg Chairs the Bankruptcy Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association, Chairs the Law Committee of the Bergen County Bar Association and is a Trustee of the New Jersey Bar Association. Mr. Edelberg is a past President of the Bergen County Bar Association and is a Member of the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI.)
Education
- Brooklyn Law School, (JD, 1983)
- Rutgers University, (BS, 1980)
Admissions
- New Jersey
- New York
U.S. District Court(s):
- District of New Jersey
- Eastern District of New York
- Northern District of New York
- Southern District of New York
Affiliations
- Chair of the Bankruptcy Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association.
- Past President of the Bergen County Bar Association.
- Chair of the Bankruptcy Law Committee of the Bergen County Bar Association.
- Tennis Chair of the New Jersey Bankruptcy Lawyers Golf and Tennis Outing.
- Trustee of the New Jersey State Bar Association.
- Liaison to the Banking Law Section on behalf of the Board of Trustees of the New Jersey State Bar Association.
- Liaison to the Bankruptcy Law Section on behalf of the Board of Trustees of the New Jersey State Bar Association.
- Member of the Bankruptcy Section of the New Jersey Bar Association.
- Member of the Debtor-Creditor Section of the Bergen County Bar Association.
- Member of the American Bankruptcy Institute.
- International Association of Women in Insolvency, Member
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David Edelberg is a member of Scarinci Hollenbeck’s Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights practice group. Mr. Edelberg has extensive experience handling a wide variety of bankruptcy matters. He focuses his practice on Debtor Representation, Creditors’ Rights, and Banking and Financial Services Litigation. Mr. Edelberg represents businesses, financial institutions, and individuals in distressed financial situations at every stage of the process.
Mr. Edelberg Chairs the Bankruptcy Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association, Chairs the Law Committee of the Bergen County Bar Association and is a Trustee of the New Jersey Bar Association. Mr. Edelberg is a past President of the Bergen County Bar Association and is a Member of the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI.)
Mr. Edelberg’s representative matters include representing a celebrity fashion designer in a successful execution of a contested cramdown plan of reorganization and contesting confirmation of plans of reorganization on behalf of secured creditors. He has also successfully prosecuted involuntary bankruptcy filings against insolvent entities.
Mr. Edelberg has published articles and speaks regarding bankruptcy-related matters. He spoke at the New Jersey State Bar Mid-Year Conference in Puerto Rico (November 2019) on La Insolvencia – A View of Bankruptcy from Puerto Rico. He published, Fraudulent Transfers of Customer Lists and Other Intangible Assets, New Jersey Law Journal (2016)
Mr. Edelberg was appointed by the Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey to the District Ethics Committee, District II-B. He is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has been named to the New Jersey Super Lawyers® list from 2012-2019 and again in 2024.
An avid tennis player, Mr. Edelberg is the Tennis Chair of the New Jersey Bankruptcy Lawyers Golf and Tennis Outing.
- Represented debtor as lead counsel in Country Inns Magazine Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
- Served as lead counsel for the debtor in Governor Morris Hotel case which resulted in confirmed Plan of Reorganization.
- Represented celebrity fashion designer in a successful execution of “cram down” Plan of Reorganization.
- Represented debt purchaser as defense counsel in class action litigation.
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Meadowlands Chamber of Commerce, Small Business Council
- The Best Lawyers in America©, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Commercial Litigation, New Jersey 2020-2025
- Martindale-Hubbell, AV-Rated
- Super Lawyers magazine, New Jersey Super Lawyers®, Bankruptcy Category, 2012-2023
No Aspect of the advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court. Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.