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

Alan E. Marder

Law Practice
Alan Marder is a Member of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Bankruptcy and Business Reorganization law practices at Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C. located in Garden City, Long Island, N.Y. Mr. Marder has been involved in all aspects of state and federal litigation since he began his career in 1982. Mr. Marder represents clients in a wide variety of substantive areas including complex commercial disputes, bankruptcy litigation, real estate contract disputes, landlord-tenant disputes, employment contract disputes, corporate and partnership disputes and lender-liability actions. He represents one of the world’s largest investment banks, several real estate investment trusts, real estate developers, banks and several private and public companies.

Prior Experience
Mr. Marder began his career at two highly regarded New York City law firms: Loeb & Loeb and Warshaw, Burstein, Cohen, Schlesinger & Kuh. Prior to joining Meyer, Suozzi, Mr. Marder was a partner at two Long Island law firms: Rosen Slome Marder LLP and Shaw, Licitra, Esernio & Schwartz, P.C.

Representative Cases

Represents international investment bank in bankruptcy and district court cases including Adelphia Recovery Trust v. Bank of America, N.A., et al., In re Enron Corp., In re PlusFunds, Inc., In re Copperfield Investments, LLC, In re Refco, Inc., In re SHC, Inc., In re Teligent, Inc., In re Velocita Corp. and In re Farmland, Inc. The matters include: (a) the Enron “megalitigation;” (b) the Adelphia bank litigation; (c) actions involving foreign currency transactions; (d) disputes relating to mortgage repurchases; (e) preference actions; and (f) investment banking fee disputes.
Represents a proposed asset purchaser in an adversary proceeding commenced by a bankruptcy trustee in connection with a bid to purchase the assets of the bankruptcy estate.
Represents two large national REITs in bankruptcy and state court matters including, In re Delphi Corp., In re 360 Networks (USA), Inc., In re Global Crossing, Ltd. and In re Metromedia Fiber Networks, Inc.
Represented one of the largest private engineering firms in the United States in several matters including In re Enron Corp., In re Global Crossing, Ltd. and In re Worldcom, Inc.
Represented 60-store retail chain located in the Western and Southwestern United States in a breach of contract and fraud action pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Represented two bankruptcy estates in prosecution of approximately three hundred preference actions in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
Represented the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of a four-billion dollar bank in a three-month trial to enforce an employment agreement and defend against breach of fiduciary duty claims in the Supreme Court of the State of New York for New York County.
Represented the producer of the television series “Pee Wee’s Playhouse” in a breach of contract action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Represented: a large securities firm in several proceedings to enjoin former employees from utilizing confidential customer information; borrowers in lender liability cases; numerous landlords and tenants in commercial lease disputes; several creditors in adversary proceedings before the bankruptcy court; defendants in defamation actions; advertising agencies and a nationally known direct mail firm in discrimination, breach of contract and regulatory matters; and a nationally recognized talent agency in arbitrations to enforce the agency’s right to commissions.

Professional Activities & Community Involvement
Mr. Marder is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, and the Nassau County Bar Website Oversight Committee. Mr. Marder is also a registered mediator for the United States Bankruptcy Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. For a period of approximately ten years, Mr. Marder was an officer and, for five years, the President and Commissioner of the North Bellmore North Merrick Basketball League

Education
In 1982, Mr. Marder graduated “with high honors” from George Washington University Law School. Mr. Marder was a member and editor of the George Washington University Law Review and was elected to the school’s “Order of the Coif.” In 1979, Mr. Marder graduated “magna cum laude” from the State University of New York at Buffalo and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Bar Admissions
Mr. Marder is admitted to practice law in New York State and before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and all of the courts of the State of New York.