David Posner

Practice Areas

Bankruptcy & Restructuring Department

Career

David Posner focuses his practice on bankruptcy and insolvency matters, representing companies, creditors’ committees, acquirers, financial institutions, and other significant parties-in-interest in complex reorganizations and financially distressed situations, as well as debtor/creditor rights, and commercial litigation. He has represented the official committees of unsecured creditors in a number of notable Chapter 11 cases with $100 million or more in debt in industries including aviation, oil and gas, financial services, and retail.

In addition to his work with creditors’ committees in Chapter 11 reorganization proceedings, David represents companies and financial institutions as secured and unsecured creditors in reorganization proceedings and federal litigation. He is also highly knowledgeable in the areas of lender liability, debt collection, judgment enforcement, and bankruptcy appellate practice.

David also has substantial litigation experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in commercial litigation inside the context of complex reorganization cases, and in state and federal courts across the country. He has tried both jury and non-jury trials in bankruptcy, state, and federal courts.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Posner was a member of the Insolvency and Creditors’ Rights group of a New York City law firm where he represented creditors’ committees in chapter 11 reorganization proceedings, commercial corporations, and financial institutions as both secured and unsecured creditors in chapter 11 reorganization proceedings, and in litigations pending before federal courts. Mr. Posner also worked extensively representing clients in the areas of lender liability, debt collection, judgment enforcement, and bankruptcy appellate practice. Previously, Mr. Posner was a partner in the Lending, Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights group in the New York City office of an international law firm where his emphasis was in the areas of bankruptcy, creditors’ rights, business restructuring, asset-based lending, and commercial litigation.

Professional Memberships

American Bankruptcy Institute, member

-Unsecured Trade Creditors Committee, Co-chair (2010-2013)

Turnaround Management Association, New York City Chapter Education Committee, member

American Bar Association, Bankruptcy Sub-Committee of the Business Law Section, member

New York State Bar Association, member

Education