Jeffrey D. Sternklar has over 30 years of experience representing clients in business workouts, both out of court restructurings and chapter 11 bankruptcies. He represents purchasers of assets from bankruptcy estates, plan funders and proponents, secured creditors, unsecured creditors, unsecured creditor committees, trustees, debtors and other parties in interest (including acquirers of distressed debt, equipment and real estate lessors, holders of intellectual property licensed to debtors, defendants in avoidance actions, equity holders, DIP lenders).
Mr. Sternklar is a member of the American and Boston bar associations, the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Commercial Law League of America. He is certified as a Business Bankruptcy Specialist by the American Board of Certification. Admitted to practice in Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina and Texas, he is a 1983 graduate of Duke University School of Law and a graduate of the State University of New York at Binghamton.
Professional Activities
· American Bankruptcy Institute
· Commercial Law League of America
· American Bar Association
- Section of Litigation
- Business Law Section
· Boston Bar Association
- Bankruptcy Law Section
· Certified as a Business Bankruptcy Specialist by the American Board of Certification
Experience
· Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 1999-present
· Burns & Levinson LLP, Boston, Massachusetts
- Chairman, Bankruptcy Group, 1990-1999
- Partner, 1990-1999
- Associate, 1986-1990
· Foster, Conner, Robson & Gumbiner, Greensboro, North Carolina
- Associate, 1985-1986
· Boyer, Norton & Blair, Houston, Texas
- Associate, 1983-1985
Honors and Awards
· Listed in Avenue magazine's Legal Elite, 2010
· Listed in Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition, 2010
· AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Selected Speaking Engagements
· Speaker, "2008 Settlement Strategies in Bankruptcy Situations: Unique Insights Into New Client Strategies & Interpreting the Impact of the Current Economy, Key Cases & More," Research and Markets video seminar
· Speaker, "Healthcare Bankruptcies Following the Enactment of the Bankruptcy Abuse and Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005," Boston Bar Association Bankruptcy Law Section Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, October 17, 2006
· Speaker, "The New Bankruptcy Code Collides with Healthcare Law - What Do We Do Now?" Boston Bar Association Health Law Section Seminar, February 10, 2006
· Panelist,"Circuit Splits: Divergent Precedents and Practices Among the First, Second and Third Circuits," American Bankruptcy Institute's Northeast Conference, July 2004
· Speaker, "Circuit Splits: Differences and Trends Among the First, Second and Third Circuits in Recent Bankruptcy Decisions," Annual Meeting of the Northeast Conference of the American Bankruptcy Institute, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, July 2004
· Speaker, "Recent Developments in Intellectual Property Insolvency Matters," Duane Morris Risk and Recovery Annual Seminar Series: Developments in Bankruptcy, Reorganization and Commercial Finance Law, June 1999 through 2004
· Panelist, "Effective Use of the Procedural Rules in Bankruptcy Litigation," Boston Bar Association's Young Lawyers Committee of the Bankruptcy Law Section, Boston, Massachusetts, March 14, 2002
· Presentation at Subcommittee meeting of Claims Rulemaking Project Subcommittee, Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association Bankruptcy and Insolvency Litigation Committee of the Section of Litigation, Orlando, Florida, October 2001
· Speaker, "Litigation By the Numbers," Massachusetts Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Seminar, February 2001
· Speaker, "The Ever Expanding Concept of Claim," Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association Section of Business Law, Committee on Business Bankruptcy, San Francisco, California, October 1999
· Speaker, "The Pending Bankruptcy Reform Act and its Impact on Chapter 11 Practice," Ninth Annual Bench Meets Bar, Boston Bankruptcy Association, Boston, Massachusetts, June 1999
· Speaker, "Chapter 11 Practice - PreBankruptcy Considerations," Massachusetts Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Seminar, March 1998