Douglas T. Tabachnik - Freehold, NJ

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Syracuse University College of Law, Syracuse, New York
    J.D.
    Law Review: Syracuse Law Review, Member, Board of Editors, 1979 - 1980

• Non Legal Education

  • Syracuse University, Whitman School of Management
    M.B.A. (Joint Degree with J.D.)
  • George Washington University
    B.A.
    Honors: Special Honors

Current Employment Position(s)

• Member

Representative Cases

• In re Scandia Seafood (New York) Inc. , 2017 Bankr. LEX 1298
• Schwartz v. Boom Batta Inc., 137 A.D. 3d 512
• In re Crumbs Bake Shop, Inc., 522 B.R. 766 (Bankr. D.N.J., 2014)
• Johns-Manville Corp. v. Chubb Indem. Ins. Co. (In re Johns-Manville Corp.), 517 F.3d 52 (2d Cir 2008)
• The Asbestos Personal Injury Plaintiffs v. Traveler's Indemnity Company, et al. (In re Johns-Manville Corporation), 476 F3d. 118 (2d Cir 2007)
• In re Dana Corporation, 2008 U.S. Dist Lexis 71430 (S.D.N.Y. 2008)
• Youngman v. Bursztyn, (In re Bursztyn), 366 B.R. 353 (Bankr. D.N.J. 2007)
• In re Dana Corp. 344 B.R. 35 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2006)
• Gibbs v. Marine Midland Bank, N.A. (In re Gibbs), 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 23769 (2d Cir. 2000)
• In re Gibbs, 230 B.R. 471 (Bankr. D.Ct., 1999)
• Cassirer v. Herskowitz (In re Schick, et al), 234 B.R. 237 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1999)
• Condren v. Harrison (In re Borison), 226 B.R.779 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1998)
• In re Strober, 136 B.R. 614 (Bankr. E.D.N.Y. 1992)

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1981
• New Jersey, 1990
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1982
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1982
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 2000
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 2004
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2008
• U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 2009
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 2013

Other Affiliations

• New York State Bar Association, Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy Litigation Committee, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, 2005 - 2017 (Chair Emeritus and immediate past Co-Chair)
• New York State Bar Association (Committee on Bankruptcy Law, Business Law Section)
• New Jersey State Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section, Legislative Coordinator (Member, 2004)
• New York County Lawyers Association, Committee on Corporation Law (Member, 1983)
• New York County Lawyers Association (Committee on Bankruptcy Law, 1990)
• American Bankruptcy Institute, Commercial Fraud Task Force, Committee on Bankruptcy Litigation (Member)
• Commercial Law League of America
• New Jersey Bankruptcy Lawyers Foundation (Trustee, 2004)
• New York Institute of Credit
• Turnaround Management Association
• Federal Bar Council (Bankruptcy Committee, 2016)