Bradford J. Sandler

Mr. Sandler is a member of the firm's Management Committee and Long-term Planning Committee and co-chair of the firm’s Creditors’ Committee Practice Group. He has substantial experience representing debtors, committees, acquirers, fiduciaries (including receivers and trustees), and other significant parties in interest in complex reorganizations and financially distressed situations, both in and out of court. Mr. Sandler’s recent committee representations include Ditech Holdings, Gymboree II, Payless I and II, Shopko, the Weinstein Company, Bon-Ton Department Stores, Woodbridge Group, BCBG Max Azria, Aeropostale and Sports Authority. Mr. Sandler was lead counsel in the LifeCare Hospital case that led to a substantial recovery to unsecured creditors after making new “class skipping” law in the Third Circuit. He has been selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America every year since 2013. He is ranked among Bankruptcy/Restructuring attorneys by Chambers USA, which states that he “boasts deep expertise in the representation of creditors' committees in complex Chapter 11 proceedings," and that he “blend[s] traditional legal skills with commercial negotiating and business sense." Chambers USA also notes that Mr. Sandler has been described as “a creative, calm, effective lawyer who is also quick, smart and aggressive.” He regularly speaks on insolvency topics around the United States. He is a graduate of Drexel University (MBA) and Temple University School of Law (J.D.).

Representations

• Creditors' committees: Payless ShoeSource (2019), Gymboree Corporation, Shopko, The Weinstein Company, Bon-Ton Stores, Woodbridge Group of Companies, Payless ShoeSource (2017), BCBG Max Azria, The Limited, Haggen Supermarkets, Sports Authority, Aeropostale, Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P), Fox & Hound and Champps, Joe's Crab Shack, National Air Cargo, Ashley Stewart, Fired Up (Johnny Carino's), Quantum Leap (TGI Friday franchisee), Martifer Solar, LifeCare Hospitals, Namco Holdings, Bakers Shoes, Coach America, Buffets Restaurants, Smurfit-Stone, Eddie Bauer, Harry & David Holdings, Back Yard Burgers, Joan Fabrics, Quaker Fabrics, Emivest Aerospace Corporation, Oasys Mobile, SSI Group (Souper Salad), KH Funding, PJComn Acquisition Corp (Papa John's), 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
• Fiduciaries: Adaptive Health, Global Aviation, Leading Edge Logistics, Evergreen International Aviation, TSC, VeraSun Energy, Net2000 Communications, Ultimate Electronics, US Automotive Friction, Carolina Fluids, Somody, American Remanufacturers

Professional Affiliations

• Life member, American Bankruptcy Institute
• Member: Turnaround Management Association, Association for Corporate Growth, International Federation of Insolvency Practitioners (INSOL), Delaware Bankruptcy American Inn of Court
• Director, Turnaround Management Association (Philadelphia Chapter), Settlement Music School, Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Art Alliance
• Member, Law360 Bankruptcy Editorial Board (2020)

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Publications

• Coauthor, "Suggested Amendments to US Bankruptcy Code," Law360 (February 3, 2009)
• Coauthor,"'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)
• Coauthor, "Statutory Employer Immunity Under Pennsylvania Law," Pennsylvania Bar Quarterly (Winter 1998)
• Coauthor, Statutory Employer Immunity in Tort Cases Involving Work-Related Injuries, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association Pub. No. 148-1997 (1997)
• Coauthor, "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)

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