Rafael Xavier Zahralddin

Rafael Xavier Zahralddin

5.0
Rating: 10.0

Licensed for 32 years

Chapter 11 bankruptcy Lawyer at Wilmington, DE
Practice Areas: Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Litigation

1105 NORTH MARKET STREET, 17TH FLOOR, Wilmington, DE

About Rafael

Practice Areas

2

Practice Areas

Chapter 11 Bankruptcy 90%

Managing Shareholder of the new Wilmington Office of Elliot Greenleaf, a full-service law firm with offices in Blue Bell, Scranton, Harrisburg and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Mr. Zahralddin has respresented Debtors, from publically traded companies to small and medium sized businesses. He currently represents 12 creditor's committees and has three special litgation counsel assignments.

29 years | 200 cases

90%
Litigation 10%

33 years | 200 cases

10%

Fees and Rates

Cost

Free Consultation

$0 first 30 minutes


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Licenses

Licensed in New York for 10 years

State: New York

Acquired: 2015

Currently Registered

No misconduct found

Licensed in Delaware for 24 years

State: Delaware

Acquired: 2001

Active

No misconduct found

Licensed in Pennsylvania for 32 years

State: Pennsylvania

Acquired: 1994

Active

No misconduct found

Licensed in California for 26 years

State: California

Acquired: 1999

Inactive

No misconduct found

Location

Law Offices of Rafael Xavier Zahralddin

1105 NORTH MARKET STREET, 17TH FLOOR, Wilmington, DE, 19801

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Rafael Xavier Zahralddin's Reviews

Avvo Review Score

5.0 /5.0

12 Client Reviews

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Posted by najam | March 09, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Bankruptcy & Debt

excellent job

he is an excellent lawyer, gave us great advise and represented us in bankruptcy court.

Posted by Mark | March 07, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Bankruptcy & Debt

Corporate Bankruptcy

Rafael provided excellent service defending disabled employees through a corporate bankruptcy. He is extremely knowledgeable and caring while helping us through this complex and stressful process. He provided many more services than he was hired to do.

Posted by Cynthia | March 06, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Successful settlements for bankruptcy claimant

Rafael represented me and a group of fellow claimants during a prolonged, multi-year chapter 11 filing by a major international corporation. Our rights as claimants were denied by the corporation; we hired Rafael and his team to represent us throughout the bankruptcy proceeding with the aim of assert...ing our validity as claimants and securing the highest monetary settlement. He did it. Having done that successfully, he proceeded to organize an optimal tax treatment for us from the IRS; this involved specialists who worked directly with the IRS over some years. We retained Rafael to help us form a complex VEBA structure to legally protect us . Rafael contacted and organized all the skilled banking, accounting and auditing professionals needed for this. This was a gauntlet that none of us could have run alone. I would gladly seek Rafael’s legal counsel again.

Posted by Carol | March 06, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Bankruptcy & Debt

Endorsing Rafael!

I am so grateful (and I am sure all of my colleagues) for all that Rafael Zahralddin and his firm has done for me and my family in an awful Banqruptcy case where by my now former employer was attempting to terminate my Long Term Disability benefits. I am so impressed with Rafael and his firm in how ...they handled the case and was able to win a settlement on our behalf. Forever grateful.

Posted by Michael | August 30, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Mergers & Acquisitions

president

Rafael has represented us for many years. he is very attentive to our needs and is cost effective. He has provided excellent advice and counsel. he is very knowledgeable about our requirements in general legal work and acquisitions.

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Rafael Xavier Zahralddin's Lawyer Endorsements

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Eric Sleeper

Chapter 11 bankruptcy lawyer | Jan 19

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"I endorse Rafael and his.practice."

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Akanksha Kalra

Unknown lawyer | Nov 01

Relationship: Co-worker

"I endorse this lawyer."

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Christopher Ward

Chapter 11 bankruptcy lawyer

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Jeffrey Kelley

Chapter 11 bankruptcy lawyer

Experience

Rating:  10.0 (Superb)

Honors

2010

Six Sigma Greenbelt, State of Delaware

2008

Business Law Ambassador, American Bar Association, Business Law Section

Work Experience

2004 - 2007

Attorney April 2004 – November 2007 (3, Morris James LLP

2003 - 2004

Special Counsel, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

2001 - 2003

Attorney, Ashby &Geddes

2000 - 2001

Attorney, Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP

1999 - 2000

Law Clerk, Honorable Samuel L. Bufford, United States Bankruptcy Court C.D.CA

1995 - 2000

Associate Professor of Law, Chapman University School of Law

1994 - 1995

Senior Writing Fellow, Georgetown University School of Law

Associations

2012 - Present

American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Business Bankruptcy Committee

Co-chair, Trustees and Examiners Sub-Committee

2001 - Present

Delaware State Bar Association

2000 - Present

American Bankruptcy Institute

2011 - 2012

American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Business Bankruptcy Committee

Vice Chair, Trustees and Examiners Sub-Committee

2003 - 2004

American Bar Association, International Law and Practice Section, Inter-American Law Committee

Vice Chair

2000 - 2002

American Bar Association, International Law and Practice Section

Vice Chair, International Legal Education Committee

Sample of Legal Cases

In re Everything But Water

Sucessful sale of the company

In re Hotel Equity Fund V, LLC

Dismissal of Involuntary Bankruptcy

In re Grant Forest Products

Successful sale in cross border insolvency

In re Orleans

Successful Reorganization and exit from bankruptcy

In re Qimonda

Successful in each litigation, several actions pending.

In re Proliance

Successful sale of company

Jon Van Senus v. Tribune

Elliott Greenleaf secured full payment for Jon Van Senus of the $6 million owed to him (100 cents on the dollar)

In re Norwood

Successful recovery of more than 100 cents on the dollar for unsecured creditors through auction proceeds and assumption of executory contracts through the sale

In re Accredited

Successful liquidation, wind down and potential recovery of close to 100 cents on the dollar due to Net Operating Loss Refunds and settlement

In re Washington Mutual

Global settlement

In re Fairchild Corporation

Successful sale of companies and related litgation

In re Nailite International, Inc.

Successful sale of company

In re GWLS

Successful avoidance action litigation

In re Incentra Solutions, Inc. (Managed Storage)

Successful sale of the companies

In re HPG International, Inc.

Successful sale of company

In re eToys

Successful auction of online retailer

In re DHP Holdings (DESA II)

Liquidation of debtors' assets

In re: ProxyMed Transactional Services, et al.

Successful auction of company and recovery of close to 75 cents on the dollar for unsecured creditors

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Education

1995

Georgetown University Law Center

LL.M - Master of Laws

N/A

Widener Univ SOL

law

N/A

Univ of Virginia

undergraduate

Speaking Engagements

2010

Winter Leadership Conference Litigation in Cross-Border Cases

2010

Hispanic National Bar Association's 2010 Inaugural Corporate Counsel Conference Government Oversight Under the Obama Administration

2010

American Bar Association Section of Business Law Winter Meeting 2010

Diligencing and Structuring Transactions with Creditor-Challenged Parties

2010

6th Annual American Bankruptcy Institute Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Conference Anything but Bankruptcy! Redux, The Brave New World of Non-bankruptcy Alternatives

2008

Judge Haile Alford Memorial Conference

Law as a Springboard

2008

DuPont Minority Counsel Conference

Inside the Minds of MCN Alumni and Chief Legal Diversity Officers

Publications

2001

35 THE INT'L LAWYER 793 Year in Review, International Legal Education

2000

34 THE INT’L LAWYER 817 Year in Review, International Legal Education

Languages

Spanish

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