Robert J. Feinstein

Robert J. Feinstein is the managing partner of the firm's New York office, which he opened in 2001. He has had extensive experience representing debtors, creditors' committees, equity committees, and acquirers, among others, in business reorganizations and related litigation. Mr. Feinstein is an adjunct professor in the LL.M. in Bankruptcy program at St. John's University School of Law and the associate editor of the Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law & Practice. He frequently lectures and has authored numerous articles on bankruptcy topics, and is a regular contributor to the Norton Bankruptcy Law Advisor and Norton Bankruptcy Law & Practice 2d. He was profiled in the American Lawyer for his work as debtors' counsel in the Penthouse and Mike Tyson chapter 11 cases. Mr. Feinstein is a graduate of Lafayette College and received his J.D. magna cum laude from Boston University School of Law. He holds an AV Peer Rating, Martindale-Hubbell's highest peer recognition for ethical standards and legal ability. Mr. Feinstein is admitted to practice in New York and Massachusetts.

Publications

• "Charitable Hospitals in Chapter 11," 1999 Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law 25 (1999/2000).
• Co-author with I. Scharf, "Update on the Role of Examiners in Chapter 11 Cases," 2004 Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law 421 (2004).
• Co-author, "LBO Litigation, Financial Projections and the Chapter 11 Plan Process," 21 Seton Hall Law Review 559 (1999).
• "Second Circuit Review," Norton Bankruptcy Law Advisor (1992 - 2006).

Programs and Lectures

• Norton Bankruptcy Institute
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• St. John's University School of Law

Representative Matters

• Chapter 11 debtors in Penthouse Magazine publisher General Media (named one of the "Top 10 Successful Restructurings of 2004" by Turnarounds & Workouts); boxer Mike Tyson; Dice (named one of the "Top 10 Successful Restructurings of 2003" by Turnarounds & Workouts); ACandS, Inc.; Hvide Marine; Venture Stores; Hexcel Corporation; conflicts counsel in Dana Corporation.
• Creditors' committees in JHT Holdings Inc.; Jevic Holding Corp.; Movie Gallery; Empire Beef; Lou Pearlman and Trans Continental Airlines; Foss Manufacturing; Berry-Hill Galleries; Agway; Penn Fashions; Wehrenberg; Stylesite Marketing; Circle Fine Art; Loews Cineplex Entertainment.
• Equity holder in Elite Model Management Corporation case.
• Out-of-court restructurings: N.W. Ayer & Company; Astechnologies.