Education
- Yeshiva University (B.A., cum laude, 1998)
- University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D. 2001)
Clerkships
- Law clerk, Judge Robert E. Gerber (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2001-02)
Ilan D. Scharf

Ilan Scharf specializes in financial restructuring and bankruptcy litigation with a particular focus on representing creditors' committees of religious institutions and nonprofit entities.
Mr. Scharf's practice focuses on representing tort claimant and creditors’ committees in chapter 11 cases. He has also represented debtors, equity holders, asset purchasers, trade creditors, chapter 11 trustees, and other parties in business reorganizations and related litigation. He has appeared before bankruptcy courts across the United States, including New York, Delaware, New Jersey, New Mexico, California, Missouri, Montana, Texas and Pennsylvania.
In 2012, Mr. Scharf was named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers magazine and has been selected as a Super Lawyer every year since.
He received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and is a graduate of Yeshiva University.
Prior to joining PSZJ in 2003, Mr. Scharf was a law clerk to the Honorable Robert E. Gerber in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York and was an associate at a multinational law firm. He is admitted to practice in New York and is resident in our New York office.
Representations
- Tort claimants' committees in Christian Brothers Institute and Christian Brothers of Ireland; Diocese of Gallup, New Mexico; Diocese of Helena, Montana; Diocese of Great Falls-Billings, Montana; Diocese of Stockton, California Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico; Diocese of Rochester, New York; USA Gymnastics; Boy Scouts of America; Diocese of Buffalo, New York; Diocese of Ogdensburg, NY
- Individual survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Material in nondischargeability actions against debtors convicted of viewing CSAM
- The creditors’ committee and subsequent liquidating trust for Rochester Drug Co-operative, where the firm is pursuing a lawsuit against former directors of an opioid distributor
- Chapter 11 trustee in Le-Nature’s Inc.
- Creditors’ committees in Flying J; Salander-O’Reilly Galleries; SIRVA, Inc.; Foss Manufacturing; Neff Corporation; Hampshire Manufacturing; Orion Healthcorp
- Chapter 11 debtors in General Media; conflicts counsel in Spiegel
- Equity holders in Elite Model Management Corporation; Meridian Automotive Systems; OOC Apparel
- Indenture trustee in Onco Financial Company; A.B. Dick Company; Curative Health Services
- Liquidating trustee in Dairy Mart Convenience Stores
- Stalking horse buyer/plan sponsor in Centennial Healthcare
- Landlords in Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.; Levitz Furniture
- Investors in cases against independent auditors in accountant liability cases
- Examiner in R. Esmerian, Inc.
News
- October 24, 2024
- August 15, 2024
- August 17, 2023
- August 18, 2022
- September 2021
- August 19, 2021
- August 20, 2020
- August 16, 2018
- Cases Against Christian Brothers of Ireland Come From 17 States and CanadaMay 24, 2013
- May 2011
- M&A Advisor Fifth Annual Turnaround AwardsThe M&A Advisor, March 9, 2011
Publications
- 28 ABI Journal No. 2, March 2009
- Business Credit, October 2008
- Coauthor with R. Feinstein, "Update on the Role of Examiners in Chapter 11 Cases," 2004 Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law 421 (2004)
- Coauthor, "Mandamus Review in Bankruptcy Cases," 2003 Annual Review of Bankruptcy Law 187 (2003)
Events
- Child USALos Angeles, CA, October 27, 2023
- 37th Annual Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors Bankruptcy & Restructuring ConferenceVirtual, June 17, 2021