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Thomas M. Szaniawski
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Biography
My practice experience has focused on commercial bankruptcy, including business restructuring and bankruptcy litigation, as well as debtor-creditor law, secured transactions, and related commercial-law matters.
--I have represented creditors, debtors, trustees, and other parties-in-interest in chapter 7 and chapter 11 business bankruptcy cases, bankruptcy litigation, and related commercial-law matters.
--I have developed litigation strategies; overseen motion practice, discovery, and case management; and appeared before bankruptcy and state courts.
--I have prepared/reviewed documents respecting preferential and/or fraudulent transfers; lien challenges; turnover of estate property; claims and objections; withdrawal of the bankruptcy reference; plans and disclosure statements; fee applications; loan agreements; purchase-sale agreements; UCC Article-9 transactions; violations of New York Business Corp. Law; breaches of fiduciary duty; successor liability; and piercing the corporate veil.
--I oversaw representation of a small-business debtor in a successful chapter 11 reorganization by negotiating and structuring plan terms; resolving creditor objections; drafting a plan of reorganization, disclosure statement, and various motions and proposed orders; appearing at status conferences; and managing general case administration.
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Licensed in New York for 14 years
State: New York
Acquired: 2011
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Law Offices of Thomas M. Szaniawski
2638 21st Street, Apartment 3B, Astoria, NY, 11102
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Posted by Catherine | October 23, 2014 | Contracts & Agreements
Knowledgeable, Hard Working Attorney For Contract Negotiations
Mr. Szaniawski reviewed a contract between myself and a large publishing house for two fiction books. He highlighted areas where the contract language did not support my best interests or could be interpreted differently than the verbal agreement reached between my agent and the publishing compan...
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"Thomas has always been a warm, honest and hardworking individual. Importantly, Thomas also has a great legal mind, which I've experienced first-hand when interacting with him. Without question, I endorse Thomas Szaniawski."
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Experience
Honors
2010
CALI Award (highest grade conferred in course), Partnership, LLC & Alternative Entity Bankruptcy (LL.M. in Bankruptcy Law Program, St. John's Univ. School of Law)
2010
Honorable Mention, Annual Writing Competition (see below), Nat. Assoc. of Ch. 13 Trustees
2009
Articles and Notes Editor (2009-2010), American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review
2009
Recipient, Annual Academic-Merit Scholarship (2009-2010), St. John's Univ. School of Law, J.D. Program
2008
Recipient, Annual Academic-Merit Scholarship (2008-2009), St. John's Univ. School of Law, J.D. Program
2008
CALI Award (highest grade conferred in course), Intro. to Bankruptcy Practice -- Case Analysis (St. John's Univ. School of Law, J.D. Program)
2008
CALI Award (highest grade conferred in course), Legal Research & Writing II (St. John's Univ. School of Law, J.D. Program)
2008
Staff Member (2008-2009), American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review
2008
Dean's List (top 25%) (Spring 2008-Fall 2008), St. John's Univ. School of Law, J.D. Program
2007
Recipient, Annual Academic-Merit Scholarship (2007-2008), St. John's Univ. School of Law, J.D. Program
Work Experience
2011 - 2013
Associate Attorney, Business Bankruptcy & Commercial Law,, Klestadt & Winters, LLP
2010 - 2010
Research Assistant, St. John's Univ. School of Law for Adjunct Professor Hon. Francis G. Conrad (2010).
2010 - 2010
Judicial Intern, the chambers of Hon. Carla E. Craig, Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of New York
2009 - 2009
Research Intern, The Municipal Art Society of New York
2008 - 2009
Law Student-Advocate, the Immigrant-Tenant Advocacy Program
Associations
American Bankruptcy Institute
Member
Education
2014
St John's University School of Law
LL.M. in Bankruptcy Law (Master of Laws)
2010
St. Johns University School of Law
J.D. (Juris Doctor)
Publications
2014
American Bankruptcy Institute Journal
Discretionary Purchases for Minors Are Not Fraudulent Conveyances, Am. Bankr. Inst. J., Feb. 2014, at 58
2011
American Bankruptcy Institute Journal
Azoff & Szaniawski, Stern v. Marshall and the Limits of Consent, Am. Bankr. Inst. J., Sept. 2011, at 28 (reprinted in Best of ABI 2011: The Year in Business Bankruptcy), cited by Bankr. Ct. D. Del. and Bankr. Ct. N.D. Tex.
2010
United States Supreme Court Amicus Brief, Stern v. Marshall, 131 S. Ct. 63 (2011), available at 2010 WL 4688123
Co-Author, Brief in Support of Petitioner for Amici Curiae Professors Richard Aaron et al.
2010
National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees Quarterly
Can Software Be a Bankruptcy Petition Preparer?, Nat. Ass’n Ch. 13 Trustees Q., Spring 2010, at 19
2010
American Bankruptcy Institute Journal
Trustee Held Liable for Debtor's Tax Deficiency, Am. Bankr. Inst. J., Nov. 2010, at 26
Languages
English