On August 21, 2017, the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors selected Jeffrey A. Cooper and the firm as its counsel in the Chapter 11 case filed by AMG International, Inc., case no. 17-25816 (JKS). AMG, headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, is a leading designer, manufacturer, marketer and distributor of award and recognition products including trophy components, plastic and

Utilizing a rarely invoked section of New Jersey receivership law, a judgment creditor secured an order appointing a Jonathan I. Rabinowitz as a receiver in aid of execution. Jon, with the aid of RLT partner, Jeffrey A. Cooper, then assisted the judgment creditor in assessing the available assets for collection and obtained court orders to help

RLT is pleased to announce that Larry Lesnik has joined the firm. Larry is a 1971 graduate of Duke University and a 1974 graduate of Cornell Law School who began his career in the public interest sector as a Legal Service Attorney.   He then spent close to a decade in the business world running a

While the market may have cooled for some bankruptcy firms, not RLT.  In recent months, the firm filed five (5) separate Chapter 11 cases –  Enor Corporation, United Support Solutions, Inc., BDC Shared Services LLC, 7 North Willow Corporation, and IE Test, LLC.  These cases remain active. In In re BDC Shared Services LLC, and its

RLT, through Jeffrey A. Cooper, has appeared as co-counsel with Deutsch, Levy, & Engel, Chartered, on behalf of VII Peaks in the Southern District of New York bankruptcy case of Relativity Media, an entertainment mini-conglomerate that outgrew its financial underpinnings after a decade of expansion by its founder, Ryan Kavanaugh, now a confirmed debtor.  The firm represented VII

RLT is pleased to announce that the 2016 edition of Chambers USA, which lists America’s Leading Lawyers For Business, and is a highly-respected legal directory based on in-depth interviews with in-house counsel and private practice attorneys, ranked Jonathan I. Rabinowitz (Band 2) and Jay L. Lubetkin (Band 3) as “Notable Practitioners” in New Jersey.  The internationally respected guide described Jon as “very bright and

The United States Supreme Court recently ruled in two bankruptcy cases.  First, in Harris v. Viegelahn the Supreme Court held unanimously that a Chapter 13 debtor who converts to Chapter 7 is entitled to the return of any post petition wages not already distributed by the Chaper 13 Trustee.  The Supreme Court’s ruling reversed a decision of