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Bonnie Pollack is a partner in the firm’s Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights department. She has substantial experience representing all types of debtors, including public and private corporations, retailers, e-tailers, real estate developers, partnerships, construction companies and represents creditors’ committees in bankruptcy proceedings and she also routinely represents commercial lending institutions, businesses and individuals in bankruptcy cases and workouts. 

Bonnie has represented lenders and borrowers in workouts and restructurings of real estate loans and commercial business loans, and she has extensive experience negotiating and drafting forbearance agreements and other types of standstill agreements.

Areas of Concentration:

  • Secured Lenders in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Proceedings
  • Creditors’ Committees in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Proceedings
  • Select Debtors in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Proceedings
  • Restructuring/Commercial Loan Workouts
  • Commercial Lending
  • Participation Agreements

Practice Areas

Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Banking and Financial Services Commercial Finance Commercial Foreclosures/ Total Debt Restructuring Debtor Representations Creditors’ Committees Secured Creditors’ and Lenders Loan Workout

Industries

Admissions

  • New York
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York 

Education

  • J.D., New York Law School, magna cum laude, 1989
  • B.A., University at Buffalo, 1985

Representative Experience

  • College of Saint Rose, USBC NDNY 2024
  • College of New Rochelle, USBC SDNY 2019
  • KBC Bank – Exelco N.V., USBC Del. 2017
  • Wordsworth Academy, USBC E.D. Pa. 2017
  • Peekay Acquisition, USBC Del 2017
  • In re. MedCision, LLC
  • In re. Metroplex on the Atlantic
  • In re. Trocom Industries
  • In re. Global Container Lines
  • Representation of several large and community banks in numerous bankruptcy cases and state and federal court litigations in New York and New Jersey.
  • Participation Agreement litigation and negotiation for represented lending institutions.
  • Representation of creditors in several large bankruptcy case including Toys R Us, Joe’s Crab Shack, Westinghouse, Fortunoff’s and Lyondell Industries.

Professional and Community Activities

  • Leadership Group Member, workOUT Professionals
  • Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
  • Member, New York Institute of Credit
  • Member of Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah 

Honors and Awards

  • Rated “AV” by Martindale-Hubbell

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