Andrew Flame is a partner who joined Drinker Biddle & Reath in 1993 as a member of its Commercial Litigation Practice Group. In 1997, he joined the Corporate Restructuring Practice Group, focusing his practice on bankruptcy, workouts and collections. Andrew took a leave of absence from the firm in 1994 to serve as a clerk with the Hon. Stewart Dalzell in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. As part of Andrew's law school curriculum, he served as a part-time clerk with the Hon. Louis H. Pollak of that court.
Experience. Andrew has appeared in bankruptcy courts throughout the country representing secured creditors, lessors, unsecured creditors committees and purchasers. Andrew counts NYSE listed lenders among his clients and has represented creditors and purchasers in, among others, the Kmart and Philadelphia Newspapers (The Philadelphia Inquirer) bankruptcy cases. Andrew's background in complex commercial litigation has benefited him in litigating matters in federal and state courts. Andrew commonly represents lenders in complex commercial foreclosures of real and personal property in of Pennsylvania and in other states, and has managed UCC sales for creditors, including a recent UCC sale of collateral securing a $30 million loan.
In General. As a law student at Temple, Andrew received two academic scholarships, the Alfred Sarowitz Award and the Carrye Barenkopf Scholarship, and numerous awards and distinctions for academic performance.
Andrew has a long history of involvement in community service and was a founder, in conjunction with a youth organization, of a summer camp for economically disadvantaged children. Additionally, he has presented drug and alcohol and drunk driving prevention programs to youth groups in seven states and has served as a member of the Cheltenham Township (Pennsylvania) Drug, Alcohol and Mental Health Commission from 2007-2009. Andrew served as the President of Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, a religious institution of 1100 families founded in 1857.
Publications and Speaking Engagements. Andrew has served as a panelist at the American Bankruptcy Institute and Pennsylvania Bar Institute events speaking on bankruptcy commercial sales, loan workout and foreclosure, legal and other issues arising from the Philadelphia Newspapers (The Philadelphia Inquirer) bankruptcy case and related District Court and Third Circuit opinions.
Publications
11/24/2010, "Shopping Center Landlords and Their Bankrupt Tenants: Who Won the Battle and Who Won The War?"
Bloomberg Law Reports: Bankruptcy Law
Andrew Flame, Joseph Argentina
9/1/2010, "10 Commandments For a Successful Loan Workout"
The Bankruptcy Strategist, The Equipment Leasing Newsletter
Andrew Flame