Michael L. Moskowitz has been practicing primarily in the areas of creditors’ rights, bankruptcy, workouts, corporate reorganization, foreclosures, and business litigation, for more than thirty-six years.  He has represented financial and other institutional, corporate, and individual clients in bankruptcy cases, foreclosures, debt restructurings, and loan workouts.  Mr. Moskowitz has also represented clients as parties in bankruptcy and commercial litigation in federal and state court, including preference, fraudulent transfer, clawback, objections to discharge and dischargeability, plan confirmation, and other bankruptcy and business related litigation.  Over the past thirty-plus years, Mr. Moskowitz has been on virtually all possible sides of bankruptcy cases - debtor, secured creditor, unsecured trade creditor, creditors' committees, landlords, equipment lessors, and others, in New York, New Jersey, and throughout the United States.  As a result, he brings a unique, practical perspective, to resolving business and bankruptcy disputes while maximizing recoveries and minimizing losses for his clients.

Prior to his admission to practice, Mr. Moskowitz served as a legal intern to the Honorable Roy Babitt, United States Bankruptcy Judge.  He also served as a contributing editor to Bankruptcy Lawyers Bar Association Bulletin and had been a member of the subcommittee which formulated local bankruptcy rules for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York.

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  • American Bankruptcy Institute, Member
  • Nassau County Bar Association, Member, Bankruptcy Law Committee and Bankruptcy Referral Panel
  • New York State Bar Association, Member, Bankruptcy Litigation Committee, Commercial Litigation Section
  • New York State Credit Union League Attorneys' Association, Attorney Member
  • Bankruptcy Lawyers Bar Association, Member
  • Executive's Association of New York City, Member, Director
  • United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York, Member, Committee on Local Bankruptcy Rules, 1986 - 1988
  • In re Caliguri, 431 B.R. 324 (Bankr. E.D.N.Y. 2010)

  • Delcon Construction Corp. v. Board of Education of the City of Yonkers, New York, 299 B.R. 60 (S.D.N.Y. 2003)

  • In re Gibbons, 289 B.R. 588 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2003)

  • In re Valley Media, Inc., 279 B.R. 105 (Bankr. D.Delaware 2002)

  • In re Haddad, 246 B.R. 27 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2000)

  • In re Gonzalez, 241 B.R. 67 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1999)

  • In re Silberfein, 138 B.R. 778 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1992)

  • In re Taylor, 913 F.2d 102 (3rd Cir. 1990)

  • In re Taylor, 103 B.R. 511 (D.N.J. 1989)

  • In re Taylor, 91 B.R. 302 (Bankr. D.N.J. 1988)

  • In re Pruitt, 72 B.R. 436 (Bankr. E.D.N.Y. 1987)

  • In re Barnett, 42 B.R. 254 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1984)

  • In re Kern, 40 B.R. 26 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1984)