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Stephen J. Shimshak

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Stephen J. Shimshak

Partner
 
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York  10019-6064
(New York Co.)

Telephone: 212-373-3000; TDD 212-373-2000
Facsimile: 212-757-3990
http://www.paulweiss.com

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Practice AreasBankruptcy, Workouts and Corporate Restructuring
 
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EducationUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison, J.D., cum laude, 1980, University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.A., 1972
 
Admitted1980, Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin; 1983, New York and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Third, Fifth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1999, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
 
MembershipsThe Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
 
BornCorpus Christi, Texas, April 5, 1950
 
BiographyNote and Comment Editor, Wisconsin Law Review, 1979-1980.
 
ISLN903765273
 

Articles by this firm on Martindale.com


U.S. Supreme Court Limits Stamp-Tax Exemption to Asset Transfers under Confirmed Chapter 11 Plans
Alan W. Kornberg, Stephen J. Shimshak, Brian S. Hermann, July 17, 2008
Resolving a split among various circuits, the United States Supreme Court has ruled that the exemption from state stamp taxes under section 1146(a) of the Bankruptcy Code does not apply to asset sales under section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code that took place before confirmation of a debtor's chapter...

New York District Court Refuses to Recognize Hedge Funds' Winding up Proceedings in the Cayman Islands
Alan W. Kornberg, Stephen J. Shimshak, Brian S. Hermann, June 25, 2008
In a recent decision, Judge Sweet of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York affirmed a bankruptcy court decision and refused to recognize under chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code either as "foreign main proceedings" or as "foreign nonmain...

In re the Brown Schools: Deepening Insolvency Still Alive
Alan W. Kornberg, Stephen J. Shimshak, Penny L. Dearborn, June 22, 2008
If you thought, like many, that the Delaware Supreme Court's decision in Trenwick Am. Litig. Trust v. Billet, 2007 Del. LEXIS 357 (Del. 2007), put the theory of "deepening insolvency" to rest, once and for all, well, think again.



 

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