Top Rated Creditor Debtor Rights Attorney in Allentown, PA

Honors/Awards:

• Selected to Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020
• Selected to Best Lawyers in America - 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 (Bankuptcy, Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency, and Reorganization Law)

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Certified bankruputcy mediator, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania

Bar/Professional Activity:

• United States District Court, Middle District, Pennsylvania
• New Jersey, 1986
• United States Court of Federal Claims
• United States District Court, New Jersey
• Pennsylvania, 1982
• Third Circuit Court of Appeals
• United States District Court, Eastern District, Pennsylvania
• New York, 1985

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Jack serves as a pro bono mediator for the United States Bankruptcy Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania.

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

• Course planner and presenter, "Ten Golden Rules for Lawyer Avoidance", Risk Management Association, East Central PA Chapter, 2019
• "Real Estate Taxes (or:  How to Lose Your Job Without Really Trying)" - Presentation to Risk Management Association, East Central PA Chapter, Presenter/Author/Course Planner, 2017
• "Sheriff's Sales in Pennsylvania" - Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Co-course planner, Co-author and Co-presenter, 2016
• "Sheriff's Sales in Pennsylvania" - Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Co-author and Co-presenter, 2010, 2012 and 2014
• "Mediation: Don't Simply Attend-Prepare and Execute Strategy," Co-author and Co-presenter (with the Hon. Richard E. Fehling, Bankr. E.D.Pa.), CLE - Lehigh County Bar Association, 2013
•  "Avoiding Litigation - How to Effectively Negotiate Your Dispute." Co-author and Co-presenter (with the Hon. Chief Judge Mary D. France, Bankr. M.D.Pa.).  18th Annual Bankruptcy Institute, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2013
• "Taking the Confusion Out of Lien Priority Problems and Lien Killers" - Pennsylvania Land Title Institute - Continuing Education for Real Estate Professionals, Co-presenter, 2009
• "Trends in Lender Liability Litigation" - Risk Management Association, Presenter, 2008
• "Liens on Real Estate:  Priority Problems" - Pennsylvania Land Title Institute and Pennsylvania Land Title Association, Lehigh Valley Chapter, Co-presenter, 2008
• "Liens on Real Estate:  Priority Problems" - Lehigh County Bar Association, Course Planner and Presenter, 2008
• "Bankruptcy Issues" - Guest Lecturer, Fox School of Business MBA Program, Temple University, 2007
• In House Lender Training and Board Presentations on Lender Liability Prevention - various banks 2006 - present
• Lender Liability Prevention and Bankruputcy/Workout Issues- Risk Management Association, 2006  - 2019

Verdicts/Settlements:

• Successfully liquidated mortgaged property by sheriff's sale after multiple bankruptcy filings and ejectment litigation, 2020
• Successful liquidation of mortgaged property by sheriff's sale despite serial bankruptcy filings  , 2019
• Successful negotiated resolution for $700,000 secured creditor after extensive Chapter 11 litigation , 2016
• Defeated three mortgagors' challenges to commercial foreclosure (through appeal), 2019
• Successfully challenged and eliminated $2 million+ judgment against a bank for failing to satisfy a mortgage, 2013

Representative Clients:

• TD Bank, N.A.; Santander Bank, N.A.; BB&T; Unity Bank; Embassy Bank for the Lehigh Valley; Univest Bank & Trust Co.; ESSA Bank and Trust Co.; Provident Bank; New Millennium Bank; New Tripoli Bank; Valley National Bank; Republic Bank; QNB Bank; New York Community Bank; Twin River Community Bank; Dollar Bank; Mechanics Cooperative Bank; St. Luke's University Health Network; Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation; Verizon Communications, Inc.; North Mill Capital LLC 

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• Selected to Best Lawyers in America - 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 (Bankruptcy, Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency, and Reorganization Law)

Newsletters:

• "Spousal Signature Defense Works - Years Later", Penna. Law Weekly, 9/25/96) - "Trends in Business Law" Section)
• Comment, Federal Parole Decisionmaking - Judicial Review for the Fortunate and Few, 85 Dick. L.Rev. 501 (1981)

Educational Background:

• State University of New York, College at Oswego, B.A., summa cum laude, 1979
• Dickinson School of Law, cum laude, 1982