Industries
Education
- Drexel University (B.S. 1989, summa cum laude)
- Drexel University (M.B.A. 1989)
- Temple University School of Law (J.D. 1995)
Bar & Court Admissions
- Pennsylvania (1996)
- New Jersey (1996)
- Delaware (2001)
- New York (2008)
Attorneys
Bradford J. Sandler
Mr. Sandler is a partner of the firm, and practices out of its Delaware and New York offices. He represents debtors, creditors’ committees, and acquirers in complex reorganizations and financially distressed situations, both in and out of court. He also has substantial experience in representing businesses and entrepreneurs in both healthy and distressed corporate and commercial transactions. He represents clients in a wide variety of industries, including retail and consumer products, technology, food and beverage, construction, life sciences, and manufacturing.
Mr. Sandler is an active member of his community, continues to publish numerous articles, and is a frequent speaker on the topics of corporate law and business reorganization. He is an adjunct professor of law at Temple University School of Law in Philadelphia, and is admitted to practice in Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. In 2008, Leadership Philadelphia listed him as one of "Philadelphia’s 101 Top Connectors.” Mr. Sandler is a court-approved standing mediator for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Districts of Delaware, New Jersey and New York, and the Superior Court for the State of Delaware.
He received a B.S. and an MBA at Drexel University and his J.D. at Temple University, where he served as executive editor of the Temple Environmental and Technological Law Journal.
Professional Affiliations
- Cochair, American Bar Association Asset Valuation and Disposition Subcommittee
- Member, American Bar Association Preference and Avoidance Subcommittee of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Litigation Committee
- Immediate Past Chair and Executive Committee Member, Philadelphia Bar Association Business Law Section Bankruptcy Committee
- Court-approved standing mediator for the United States Bankruptcy Courts (Delaware, New Jersey, New York) and the Superior Court for the State of Delaware
- Steering Committee Member, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference Education Committee
- Cochair, American Bankruptcy Institute Special Projects Task Force of the Asset Sales Committee
- Member, Delaware Bankruptcy American Inn of Court
- Member, Turnaround Management Association
- Member, Association for Corporate Growth
- Member, International Federation of Insolvency Practitioners (INSOL)
- Member, Association for Corporate Growth
- Ambassador, Select Greater Philadelphia
- Member, The Union League of Philadelphia
- Director, The Settlement Music School
- Director, The Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia
- Director, The Philadelphia Art Alliance
Publications
- Co-author, "Suggested Amendments to US Bankruptcy Code," Law360 (February 3, 2009)
- Co-author,"'Decoupling' Issues in Bankruptcy," Business Bankruptcy Newsletter (ABA Business Law Section January 2009)
- Author, "Corporate Guidance in M&A Transactions From Chancery Court," 8 Delaware Law Weekly No. 36 (Sept. 14, 2005)
- Co-author, "Statutory Employer Immunity Under Pennsylvania Law," Pennsylvania Bar Quarterly (Winter 1998)
- Co-author, Statutory Employer Immunity in Tort Cases Involving Work-Related Injuries, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association Pub. No. 148-1997 (1997)
- Co-author, "Recent Significant Case Decisions Involving Design Professionals," in program materials for 36th Annual Meeting of Invited Attorneys (Schinnerer & Co. 1997)
- Regular law columnist for the monthly national magazine, The Construction Specifier
- Author, "Alcan Revisited: Does the Denial of a De Minimis Defense Help Achieve a 'Polluter's Pay' Policy?" 8 Temple Environmental Law & Technology Journal 141 (1994)
Programs and Lectures
- Temple University School of Law (adjunct professor of law), Hildebrandt Institute, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, New York State Bar Association, American Bankruptcy Institute, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference, Philadelphia Bar Association, Turnaround Management Association
Representations
- Creditors' committees: Coach America, Buffets Restaurants, Smurfit-Stone, Eddie Bauer, Harry & David’s, Joan Fabrics, Quaker Fabrics, Emivest Aerospace Corporation, Oasys Mobile, SSI Group, KH Funding, PJComn Acquisition Corp, Freedom Rings, Old Original Bookbinders, National Envelope Corporation, National Dry Cleaners, Neff Corporation, Pure Beauty Salons & Boutiques (Trade Secret), Bowe Bell & Howe, Anchor Blue Retail Group, Charlie Brown's Restaurant Group, Dan River Holdings, Goodys, Specialty Packaging Holdings, Palm Harbor Homes, Frank Parsons Inc., Custom Cable Industries
- Debtors: DVI Financial Services, Charleston Associates, Forward Foods, Network Access Solutions Corporation, Protarga, Kitchen Etc., Home Health Care of America, Avant-Garde Enterprises
- Trustees (postconfirmation or chapter 7): VeraSun Energy, Net2000 Communications, Ultimate Electronics, US Automotive Friction, Carolina Fluids, Somody, American Remanufacturers