Bankruptcy, Banking Attorneys - Garden City, Long Island, New York

Thomas R. Slome

Law Practice

Thomas R. Slome is a member of Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C.'s Bankruptcy & Business Reorganization group located in Garden City, Long Island, N.Y. and is Co-Chair of the firm's Corporate Finance practice. Mr. Slome represents a wide variety of creditors in all aspects of bankruptcy including corporate reorganization, bankruptcy related litigation, debtor-in-possession and exit financing, creditors’ rights, and out of court debt restructuring. Mr. Slome’s clients include banks, factors, equipment lessors, hedge and private equity funds, landlords, developers, brokers, hospitals, trustees, creditors’ committees and debtors.

Over the course of the last decade, Mr. Slome has represented parties involved in some of the most notable bankruptcy cases including A&P, Adelphia, American Airlines, Borders, Blockbuster, Enron, Lehman Brothers, and Worldcom to name a few. Additionally, Mr. Slome has experience with bankruptcy cases of manufacturers, importers, retailers and service companies in a wide array of industries, including energy, telecommunications, finance, real estate, electronics, computers, fashion, furniture and healthcare. Mr. Slome has also served as a court-appointed examiner and mediator in numerous cases pending in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of Delaware. He has mediated preference and fraudulent conveyance lawsuits, as well as a contentious legal battle between a creditors’ committee and chapter 11 debtor over the debtor’s plan of reorganization.

Professional Profile

Mr. Slome was the law clerk to Bankruptcy Judge Robert John Hall of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York from 1983 through 1985 before joining Rogers & Wells (now Clifford Chance) in New York City. From 1990 through 1995, he was a partner at a well known New York City bankruptcy boutique, where he practiced in the areas of bankruptcy, reorganization, creditors’ rights, loan documentation and loan workouts. In 1995, Mr. Slome founded the Uniondale-based bankruptcy and commercial litigation firm of Rosen Slome Marder LLP prior to joining Meyer, Suozzi in 2008.

Professional Activities

Mr. Slome served on the Committee on Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York from 1994 to 1997, 2000 to 2003, and 2008 to 2011.  He is currently an adjunct member for the 2012 term where he is Chair of its Subcommittee on Examiners. He is a member of the Business Bankruptcy Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association, and is also a member of the New York State Bar Association. In 1997, Mr. Slome testified before the National Bankruptcy Review Commission on partnership law issues and bankruptcy. Mr. Slome has written numerous articles on bankruptcy related topics in various publications including The Bankruptcy Strategist and The American Bar Association’s The Business Lawyer publication.  He has lectured extensively on creditors’ rights and workout issues for the New York State Bar Association, the New York County Lawyers’ Association, the Association of Corporate Counsel, Commercial and Industrial Brokers’ Society and CoreNet (Commercial Real Estate Network). Mr. Slome is rated “AV Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest level in professional excellence, and he was recognized by L.I. Pulse Magazine in 2010 and 2011 as one of the region’s “Top Legal Eagles”.

Admissions

Mr. Slome is admitted to practice law in New York State and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.