Neil Harris Ackerman

Personalized care & attention to your concerns & issues by atty with 35+ years' experience, rated 5.0 " "AV® Preeminent" on lawyers.com and martindale.com (highest ratings achievable). Experience includes successful representation of numerous individuals in Chapters 7, 11 and 13 cases; public corporations & other businesses in Chapter 11 Bankruptcies; defendants in preference, fraudulent conveyance, & other bankruptcy & commercial litigation; and buyers and sellers in real estate transactions. Former bankruptcy trustee in LI for 20+ years. Interviewed on television twice about Bankruptcy Law and issues. Former Chief Law Clerk for Bankruptcy Judge. Wrote numerous articles published in NY Law Journal & Banking Law Journal. Past "expert of month" for expert.com. Many lectures on Bankruptcy Law to attorneys, trade ass'ns, students & public. Listed, Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers; Selected as 1 of the Top Bankruptcy Attorneys to follow on Twitter by justipedia. We are compassionate, experienced, and knowledgeable attorneys. We know that each of you have unique needs and concerns. We take the time to understand your issues and goals. Then, we go to bat for you using our skills and expertise to provide winning solutions. You get to maximize your legal dollars, because we operate as cost-efficiently as possible. We represent our clients beginning at any phase of a case, from the early planing stages through settlement discussions or trial, and appeals.

• Debt Negotiations and Workouts
• Mortgage Modifications
• Plaintiffs and Defendants in Business and other Commercial Litigation

• Free Consultation
  Free consultations to consumers with one parcel of real property, no businesses

EDNY & SDNY

Since 1982

New York

Since 1982

Of Counsel

Pryor & Mandelup, LLP

2019 - Current

Managing Member

Ackerman Fox, LLP

2012 - 2019

Member

Ackerman Spence, PLLC

2010 - 2012

Partner, Head, Bankr. and Debtor and Creditor Law Dept

Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone, LLP

2003 - 2010

Partner, Head, Bankr. and Debtor and Creditor Law Dept

Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger & Kuh, LLP

2001 - 2003

Head of Law Firm

Ackerman & Gallipoli, LLC

1997 - 2001

Partner, Bankr. and Debtor and Creditor Law Dept

Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone, LLP

1995 - 1997

Partner, Head, Bankr. and Debtor and Creditor Law Dept

Rivkin Radler & Kremer

1993 - 1995

Partner, Head of Bankruptcy Department

Finkelstein, Bruckman, Wohl, Most & Rothman, P.C

1991 - 1993

Head of Law Firm

Ackerman & Falcon

1987 - 1991

Associate Attorney, Bankruptcy and Debtor/Creditors' Rights Department

Shaw, Goldman, Licitra, Levine & Weinberg, P.C.

1984 - 1986

Associate Attorney, Bankruptcy and Debtor/Creditor Lawr

Holland & Zinker, P.C.

1982 - 1984

Head Law Clerk

Hon. Cecelia H. Goetz, United States Bankruptcy Judge, Eastern District of New York

1982 - 1982

American University Washington College of Law

J.D. (1981) | Law

1978 - 1981

Honors: Graduated Cum Laude; Member, American University Law Review, Comment for American Unitversity Law Review, entitled "Considering the Two-Tier Model of the Fourth Amendment" published at 31 American University Law Review 85

State University of New York - Binghamton

B.A. (1978) | Majors, Philosophy and Political Science

1973 - 1977

Honors: Graduated with Outstanding Academic Achievement (equivalent of Magna Cum Laude)

5.0

5.0 "AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rating" in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory of Attorneys (the highest rating given to attorneys, based on competence and ethics) since 1987; Selected as one of the Top Bankruptcy Attorneys to follow on Twitter by justipedia.com; Editor, Bankruptcy for Bankers, Banking Law Journal, 1999-2000; Listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers; Interviewed on CNBC and News 12-Long Island; Interviewed by, and quoted in, article published in Inc. Magazine on Bankruptcy and Creditor’s Rights Law, and in many articles published in New York Newsday; Wrote briefs and argued precedent-setting decisions such as In re Gusam Restaurant Corp., 737 F.2d 274 (2d Cir. 1984) (causing Congress to enact 11 U.S.C. Section 105(c); In re Northern Star Industries, Inc., 38 B.R. 1019 (E.D.N.Y. 1984); North Fork Bank, as Substitute Trustee of Group Trust No. 47, Debtor in Possession, and the Official Committee of Investors in the Chapter 11 Case of Group Trust No. 47 v Abelson

Nassau County Bar Assocation

Member

Current

American Bankruptcy Institute

Member

Current

New York State Bar  # 1805811

Member

1982 - Current

Although Courts Often State That Creditors' Liens Pass Through Debtors' Bankruptcy Cases Unaffected, Secured Creditors That Fail to File Claims Against Ch. 11 & Ch. 13 Debtors, Or That Do Not Monitor Debtors' Ch. 11 or Ch. 13 Cases, may be at some ris

Banking Law Journal: Bankruptcy for Bankers, 116 Banking L.J. 389

Beyond the Veil: Concealed Assets, Creditors Seek to Enforce Claims

New York Law Journal

Click to edit publication titleSingle Asset Real Estate Chapter 11 Bankruptcies

New York Law Journal

Considering the Two-Tier Model of the Fourth Amendment

31 American University Law Review 85

Courts Generally are Reluctant to Bar Creditors From Taking Action Against Non-Debtors, Although Some Cases May Warrant Section 105(a) Injunctions of Such Actions

Banking Law Journal: Bankruptcy for Bankers (116 Banking L.J. 172)

Bankruptcy Jurisdiction Revisited: The Marathon Case" and "The New Bankruptcy Rules"., Suffolk County, NY

June 20, 1983

Suffolk Academy of Law

"Changes under Title III of the Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984", Suffolk County, NY

March 15, 1985

Nassau and Suffolk Academies of Law

"Hands-on Workshop in Bankruptcy Law for Attorneys", Nassau County, NY

November 15, 1990

Nassau Academy of Law

Advanced Real Estate Law in New York: Lien and Credit Issues (Both Inside and Outside of Bankruptcy)", NY

April 16, 1992

National Business Institute

How to Protect Secured Interests in Bankruptcy in New York, NY

August 29, 1993

National Business Institute