Sponsors
Platinum Sponsors
Citrin Cooperman
http://www.citrincooperman.com/
Citrin Cooperman is a top-25 nationally recognized full-service assurance, tax, and advisory firm with offices conveniently located throughout the Northeast. Since 1979, Citrin Cooperman has steadily built its business by helping companies and high net worth individuals find smart solutions. Whether your operations and assets are located around the corner or across the globe, Citrin Cooperman can provide new perspectives on strategies that will help you achieve your short- and long-term goals. Citrin Cooperman's daily mission is to enhance the businesses and personal lives of its clients through its services, guidance, and enthusiasm for building long-standing relationships. Citrin Cooperman is driven to meet this mission by its passion for providing clients with an objective viewpoint and insightful advice on whatever challenges they bring to the table. Finding innovative solutions is what drives Citrin Cooperman's professionals and helps its clients succeed.
CohnReznick LLP
CohnReznick LLP provides clients with forward thinking advice that helps them navigate complex business and financial issues. With more than 2,000 employees nationwide, we provide the resources, technical skills and deep industry knowledge to help them succeed.
CohnReznick's mission is to give enterprises the accounting, tax and business advisory insight and technical expertise they need to seize those opportunities. That insight might come from seeing the implications of a small change in a state or local tax code, or from knowing how to respond to sweeping legislation. It might come from a deep understanding the latest accounting standards, or from ideas shared between our industry professionals in areas from valuation to corporate governance to wealth management. Our flat organizational structure means that our clients have direct access to the financial knowledge they need and the resources required to move their businesses forward.
For more than 90 years, CohnReznick has been built around the belief that excellent client service is the surest path to success. We are proud to continue that legacy today.
Cole Schotz P.C.
Cole Schotz serves clients throughout the United States with offices in New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Texas. The firm represents hundreds of closely-held businesses and individuals – many for decades – as well as Fortune 500 companies.
Founded in 1928, the firm has grown to 114 attorneys who work in eleven primary areas of practice: Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring; Construction Services; Corporate, Finance & Business Transactions; Employment Law; Environmental Law; Intellectual Property, Litigation; Real Estate; Real Estate Special Opportunities Group; Tax, Trusts & Estates and White Collar Defense & Investigations.
Porzio Bromberg & Newman P.C.
Porzio Bromberg & Newman P.C. was founded in 1962 in Morristown, NJ, and has have offices in New York City, Princeton, NJ and Westborough, MA.
Although we built our reputation on our litigation and trial skills, we have expanded our practice to include regulatory law, bankruptcy, commercial real estate, corporate law, governmental affairs, intellectual property, land use, mergers and acquisitions, securities law, labor and employment law and dispute resolution. In total, we serve our clients through 27 practice areas.
Our clients are some of the nation’s largest and most reputable companies including Pfizer Inc., Wal-Mart, Huntington Learning Centers, LifeTime Fitness, ProLogis, Leggett & Platt, Inc., and The Hertz Corporation.
Our attorneys receive guided, hands-on experience early in their careers. We develop the “whole attorney,” which means highly skilled legal talent for our clients and greater job satisfaction for our people.
SM Financial Services Corporation
www.smfinancialservicescorp.com
SM Financial Services Corporation was launched in 2005 as an innovative response to the needs of bankruptcy trustees: to sell financial assets, to fund cases where estate funds are inadequate, and to liquidate receivables.
Since then, our experience in purchasing non-performing assets, funding trustee litigation and managing corporate wind-downs has helped many trustees, attorneys, creditors’ committees, secured lenders and turnaround professionals bring matters to a successful, timely conclusion. We have also supervised numerous auction and sale matters and served in a variety of fiduciary agent roles. Additionally, our expertise in processing class action claims has increased overall case efficiencies.
We offer:
- Expertise – We understand what assets are worth and how to minimize inefficiency in the asset sale and collection processes.
- Excellent Reputation – We have earned a reputation for being fair and for establishing an easy process.
- Broad Network – We are active participants in the corporate restructuring industry and have built an extensive network of trusted resources.
- Financial and Human Capital Strength – We have the resources to follow matters through to a successful conclusion.
- Speed – We are responsive to our clients and move toward resolution quickly.
- Reach – We work across the United States and internationally.
SM Law PC
SM Law is an insolvency firm, specializing in state court insolvency matters, bankruptcy trustee representation and multi-party preference and collection actions. We provide exceptional and cost-effective representation to our clients in both bankruptcy and non-bankruptcy contexts. With a 30 year track record, we bring dedicated experience and personal service to every case.
Steven Mitnick specializes in representing creditors and trustees in cases involving business insolvency, bankruptcy and liquidations. He also provides services in the areas of debt collection, assignments for benefit of creditors and receiverships.
Before founding SM Law, Steven was the founding principal of Mitnick & Malzberg, P.C., a boutique law firm that he founded in 1986. Steven also serves as Secretary of SM Financial Services Corporation, which invests in and manages the purchases of financial assets from trustees and others, especially judgments, notes, mortgages and preferences; as well as supervises the wind-downs of all forms of corporate entities.
Gold Sponsors
Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP
For nearly 100 years we have earned the trust of our clients by helping them succeed in their business and personal lives in New Jersey. While we serve large regional, national and multi-national clients doing business in New Jersey, we have a mid-market business focus. Although many law firms in New Jersey have expanded through mergers, we have grown organically and we have developed with our clients. As a result, we have never lost interest in helping entrepreneurial ventures succeed. Our enduring client relationships spring from our commitment to working with clients with our sleeves rolled up. We are sensitive to each client's specific circumstances, goals and requirements, and the need to be responsive and innovative.
We have handled some of the very largest business and real estate transactions in the state. Likewise, our Litigation Department has handled major cases for New Jersey, regional and national clients, in state and federal courts, before administrative and regulatory agencies, and arbitrators and mediators. We also represent individuals in tax and estate planning and family law matters.
Outside of the office, our lawyers are known for their involvement in their communities and volunteer organizations, as well as leadership within the profession and in civic and business associations. The firm is a trusted name in the legal profession, in business and in government relations.
McManimon, Scotland & Baumann, LLC
McManimon, Scotland & Baumann, LLC is a law firm focused on New Jersey – serving both government and private clients – with an extensive history in public finance law. Founded in 1971, the firm brings a unique ability to bridge the public sector with the private sector in order to realize groundbreaking projects.
•Our team of attorneys represents the most skilled, experienced and creative teams of attorneys in the area of public sector law and public/private projects.
•Our firm has regularly been ranked by Thompson Financial Group the number one bond counsel firm in New Jersey for total issues and total dollars issued.
•Our firm represents hundreds of municipalities, school boards, counties, State agencies and authorities. We also count Fortune 500 companies, banks and developers as our clients.
•We regularly shepherd large and complicated projects from conception to completion – and offer legal expertise in all relevant areas, including: redevelopment, special tax, environmental and litigation, among others.
•We are known for being on the cutting edge of financing techniques, and have blazed the trail for new types of financing for redevelopment, brownfields and economic development projects throughout the State.
•We often advise private sector clients on how to best navigate the public landscape in order to ensure the successful completion of their projects.
Walsh Pizzi O'Reilly Falanga LLP
The law is undergoing constant change but what matters most to clients has not really changed much. Experience, responsiveness, pragmatism, integrity: these are all traits clients seek in legal counsel. Based in Newark, New Jersey with additional offices located in New York City and Philadelphia, Walsh lawyers strive to provide what matters most to clients with a team of seasoned attorneys bringing together over 150 years of combined experience in a law firm poised to deliver high-quality, sophisticated legal services, with the personal attention and responsiveness more common to smaller organizations.
As a majority women-owned business, we are focused on building a diverse law firm of the highest caliber with an esteemed team of professionals dedicated to resolving multifaceted legal issues for our clients efficiently and effectively. With decades of experience in litigation, compliance and transactional matters, Walsh comprises 19 dedicated, forward-thinking professionals who enjoy practicing law with each other and finding solutions and achieving results for clients. Walsh lawyers practice across a wide range of areas including business and commercial litigation, intellectual property and trade secret protection, class action defense, financial services and risk management with a focus on insolvency & creditors’ rights, labor and employment, internal investigations, cyber security and data protection, alternative dispute resolution and transactional work.
Before private practice, many of our attorneys completed prestigious clerkships at both the federal and state courts. Our lawyers hold positions of leadership in national, state and county bar associations, serve on Supreme Court committees and volunteer on the boards of numerous non-profit organizations that work in the public interest. Many of our attorneys are also highly regarded in their respective practice areas, having received recognition from some of the nation’s most selective professional associations and accrediting bodies.
Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly Falanga LLP is located at Three Gateway Center, 100 Mulberry St., 15th Floor, Newark, New Jersey 07102; 140 Broadway, 46th Floor, New York, New York 10005; and 1500 Market Street, 12th Floor, East Tower, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102.
Silver Sponsors
AuctionAdvisors
Auction Advisors, based in the New York metropolitan area, is a full-service real estate auction company. With strategically located offices around the country, AuctionAdvisors services clients in the disposition of real estate and real estate related assets. For a complete list of auctions and sales or to learn more about AuctionAdvisors visit www.auctionadvisors.com.
Bederson & Company LLP
Bederson is a full service regional accounting firm that has been successfully serving clients for over 75 years. Founded in Newark by Sidney Bederson in 1937, the firm has a history of strong and steady growth. Through our two offices in New Jersey and one in Delaware, we serve thousands of clients in over 60 industries – providing accounting, financial and business advisory services to individuals and start-ups, local businesses, middle market companies and larger corporations.
Bederson’s team of professionals have decades of experience and advanced designations including: CPA, MBA, JD, CFE, LLM, CFF, CVA, CIRA, CFP®, ABV, CMA, CLU, FLMI, PSA and CGMA. Many Partners hold leadership positions in NJCPA Chapters, Chambers of Commerce, Boards of Directors, Not-for-Profits and more. They are frequently solicited by the media for their expertise and appear in a variety of NJ business magazines every month.
Duane Morris LLP
EisnerAmper
With 1300 professionals and 12 U.S. offices, EisnerAmper offers business organizations and individuals a comprehensive set of accounting and audit, tax, and advisory services to help them respond quickly to urgent issues, anticipate opportunities and risks, and grow profitably.
EisnerAmper's professionals work with businesses of all sizes and inclusive of all organizational structures – public companies, private or closely held companies; not-for-profit organizations and high net worth individuals. Clients engage EisnerAmper to help address a range of financial and accounting issues, from the routine to the extraordinarily complex, counting on EisnerAmper for solutions that are specifically tailored to their requirements, resources and goals. To focus experience and subject-matter expertise in areas to meet our client’s demands, EisnerAmper services are organized by service lines: Audit & accounting: comprised of audit and assurance, compliance and regulatory, employee benefit plans, outsourced finance and accounting, private business accounting, and royalty audit and contract compliance. Tax Services: includes tax preparation, advocacy and advisory services; with tax practice groups for corporations; individual and family; estates, trusts and private foundations; international tax services; state and local tax; tax controversy and advocacy; and specialized business tax information. Advisory Services: includes consulting services, corporate finance, employee benefit plans, federal government contracting, forensic litigation and valuation, and bankruptcy and restructuring.
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Forman Holt
Forman Holt specializes in sophisticated corporate bankruptcy cases, assisting both debtors and creditors through three key practice areas: trustee & fiduciary representation, debtor representation and bankruptcy litigation. Additionally, Forman Holt offers customized state court insolvency services and has broad strengths in all areas of business law, including traditional commercial litigation.
Forman Holt attorneys have the depth of experience and the dedication to help our clients succeed, whether they are confronted with sophisticated bankruptcies, complex litigation or the routine issues that challenge many businesses and individuals. Forman Holt litigators successfully handle all types of bankruptcy, commercial, civil and criminal cases in courts of all jurisdictions.
Forman Holt brings expertise and integrity to the unique challenges of the legal system.
Fox Rothshild LLP
Fox Rothschild is a bit different from other big law firms — and we’re proud of that.
We’re entrepreneurial. We’re resourceful. We’re nimble.
Clients tell us they value such qualities in their lawyers. We're refreshingly flexible, delightfully innovative and exceptionally driven in solving problems.
This service-oriented, can-do philosophy has allowed us to build a firm of bright, creative, responsive attorneys with solid legal know-how and valuable industry experience.
Our lawyers partner with clients and work hand-in-hand with them to keep pace with their business objectives and anticipate the challenges on the horizon.
We're also traditional in all the important ways.
We’re smart. We’re solid. We’re established.
Fox has been serving clients for more than a century, and we’ve been climbing the ranks of the nation’s largest firms for many years. Now ranked in the Am Law 100, we are a national, full-service firm with 22 offices coast to coast that provide services in more than 60 practice areas.
Our clients are individuals and businesses — public and private companies — ranging from startups and family-run businesses to multinational corporations. We also represent nonprofits, charitable, medical and educational institutions in the United States and more than 50 countries worldwide.
The common thread running through all of the matters we take on is an unwavering commitment to client satisfaction.
When you choose Fox, you gain an adviser as dedicated to your success as you are.
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Lowenstein Sandler competes directly every day with the biggest, most well-known law firm brands in the world. And we succeed, because we are in business for you, our clients. Our outstanding features, those for which we are best known — our industry knowledge, our entrepreneurial drive, our proven commitment to our communities —deliver a different and better law firm experience to our clients. We’re all about you.
At Lowenstein Sandler, we work harder than our competitors to understand our clients’ businesses. We train our lawyers more intensely to respect and respond to clients’ needs. We immerse ourselves more deeply in clients’ industries, so that we can understand their world better. We are fearless, entrepreneurial, creative, trusted and absolutely passionate about serving our clients.
Every member of Lowenstein Sandler makes — and must deliver on — a commitment to his or her colleagues, clients and community.
McCarter & English, LLP
McCarter & English, LLP is a firm of over 400 lawyers with offices in Boston, Hartford, Stamford, New York City, Newark, Philadelphia and Wilmington. In continuous business for more than 160 years, we are among the oldest and largest law firms in America.
Clients come first at McCarter & English. Their goals and priorities are what count. Our job is to listen to our clients, stay on top of the frequent changes that can affect their goals, and implement the strategies that will lead to success. Applying this approach effectively and consistently requires dedication and constant attention to many details. This client-centered philosophy has served our clients well and is responsible for our success and stability.
We are honored to be the chosen law firm of clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to mid-market and emerging growth companies to individual people. When our clients do great things, we are pleased to get the assist.
Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland Perretti LLP
With a rich history of New Jersey-focused litigation and business experience and a dedicated team that includes former key state government officials, our understanding of the intricacies in the state’s legal system is second to none. We believe our role is to address our clients’ legal needs in concert with their business goals, in the most cost-effective manner. Following the Riker Danzig tradition to always put the clients’ needs first, we anticipate change, evaluate options and provide solutions.
Through over 125 years of practice, our passion, dedication and commitment have generated the kind of results for our clients that have made us the "go-to" firm for numerous clients from Fortune 500 companies to closely-held and family-owned businesses. Our clients are foremost in their industries; our lawyers are leaders in their fields.
In addition to our Morristown and Trenton offices in New Jersey, our Midtown Manhattan office provides for our clients with business concerns and needs in New York. The firm’s affiliate office in London, Riker Danzig London LLP, reflects an expansion of Riker Danzig’s international insurance and reinsurance practice, and is staffed with both English solicitors and U.S. attorneys.
Bronze Sponsors
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC
For more than 40 years, Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi, formerly Wolff & Samson, has been respected for the in-depth insight and creative solutions we provide to clients as legal and business advisors. Extending beyond the uncommon legal acumen of our professionals, CSG is highly regarded for advancing our clients’ legal and business success in matters big and small, on a local, regional and national basis.
Regarded as a powerhouse business and public policy law firm, we attract enterprises and individual clients seeking to benefit from practical, value-added counsel – the type of representation that leads to innovative and enduring solutions. We focus intently on our clients’ business goals, and are accountable and careful with our clients’ time.
Over the past four decades, we have expanded into a close family of more than 130 attorneys, supported by experienced paralegals and trained administrative staff. CSG is proud of its collaborative culture. Firm members, associates, counsel and staff are all dedicated to sharing years of wisdom, knowledge and judgment so that clients are optimally served with the benefit of our collective capabilities.
Our attorneys represent a broad cross-section of clients, from Fortune 10 corporations to family-run businesses, across a myriad of industries and practices – including highly experienced practice groups in corporate, litigation, government, real estate, intellectual property, environmental, fidelity and surety law, white collar, public finance, trusts and estates and renewable energy.
Connell Foley LLP
Established in 1938, Connell Foley is a full-service law firm with 140 lawyers and six offices across the Mid-Atlantic region. We have built our firm on the goal of providing clients with outstanding legal service while maintaining a firm culture predicated by client service and teamwork. Our firm is well recognized throughout the region as a leader in numerous areas of law and includes 12 lawyers who are Certified Civil Trial Lawyers, as well as others who are highly ranked by peers and leading legal directories. Our broad range of legal services involves established and emerging areas of law, including alternative dispute resolution, construction, insurance, corporate law, banking, business crimes and regulatory defense, professional liability, intellectual property, toxic torts, environmental, taxation and estate planning, real estate and land use, employment and labor, antitrust, ERISA, and bankruptcy.
Through nearly 75 years of practice, we have amassed an impressive track record of helping clients achieve their business objectives when they confront high-profile and high-risk legal challenges. Individuals, startups and closely held corporations, large public and private corporations, financial institutions, insurance companies, nonprofits, government agencies, and educational institutions, among others, all turn to Connell Foley for customized, high-quality legal solutions. Our firm responds with a unique mix of personalized counsel and firm-wide expertise that covers an impressive range of skills.
Connell Foley maintains a dynamic, multifaceted law practice with lawyers who take a hands-on approach in partnering with clients, who maintain the highest ethical standards, and who offer keen insight and strategies that will lead to success. Our mission is to exceed our clients’ expectations – to anticipate and stay on top of the frequent changes in the law and regulations that can affect our clients’ goals.
K&L Gates
The legal market is rapidly changing, and so is the practice of law. It is both science and art. Clients want their law firm to be diligent and meticulous, but they also want it to solve problems with innovation and creativity.
At K&L Gates, we foster an inclusive and collaborative environment across our fully integrated global platform that enables us to diligently combine the knowledge and expertise of our lawyers and policy professionals to create teams that provide exceptional client solutions. We marry process with vision, success with dedication, and method with passion. The outcome:
“The K&L Gates Experience.”
Meyner and Landis LLP
Meyner and Landis LLP was founded in 1962 by former New Jersey Governor Robert B. Meyner. The firm has a general civil and commercial practice throughout the State of New Jersey, with concentrations in banking, corporate/business transactions, creditor's rights, immigration, real estate and land use, environmental law, bankruptcy law, commercial litigation, construction litigation, appellate practice and trusts and estates.
Meyner and Landis attorneys represent some of the nation's largest corporations. Our attorneys currently possess an average of over 15 years in practice. This permits us to handle complex and sophisticated matters normally undertaken by firms many times our size, with the cost advantage that comes from dealing with experienced attorneys.
We are one of the most respected law firms in New Jersey, earning the highest rating given to law firms by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory for both the quality of our legal services and our professional reliability and ethical standards. Our attorneys are dedicated to providing the highest quality, most cost effective legal services for our clients.
Norgaard O'Boyle
Norgaard O'Boyle, Attorneys At Law, is a firm that has been serving clients for more than 35 years. The firm was originally established by Gary K. Norgaard, who has been in practice since 1976. The firm grew to include Partner John O'Boyle in the 1990s.
Since that time, our operation has continued to grow. The firm's impressive list of attorneys also includes partner Karl J. Norgaard, and associates Brian J. Hannon, Anthony E. Hope, Cassandra Norgaard, and Mark E. Norgaard, and William H. Schmidt of counsel.
Norgaard O'Boyle, Attorneys At Law, offers full-service representation in matters of bankruptcy, foreclosure, real estate and business law. Together, our firm boasts more than a century of combined legal experience.
WithumSmith + Brown, PC
With 14 offices throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, Florida and Colorado, WithumSmith+Brown (WS+B) brings clients the benefits of a larger organization without sacrificing the attention and personal service that one expects from a local business. WS+B’s regional offices ensure easy access to our dedicated, experienced team and the advice you need to achieve greater growth and financial success. Our clients represent a broad spectrum of industries and range in size from small, entrepreneurial startups to billion-dollar, publicly-held companies.
Our Firm’s stability and overall growth encourages first-rate talent to join WS+B and grow with us. The Firm has over 450 staff, with over 200 CPAs. Our clients benefit from the expertise and continuity of their engagement team and the rapport which develops in time from this crucial business relationship. Your engagement team provides timely service and accessibility—simply put, WS+B is there when you need us.
Our stability has permitted us to develop long-term relationships in the banking, legal and financial services fields. With strong roots in the business community, we have built relationships which afford our clients with referrals to the finest services available in these areas. Also, the Firm is involved in a broad range of civic and charitable activities, a further indication of our commitment to the communities in which we are based.
