Gerard DiConza, Principal

  • Practice devoted to bankruptcy law, debtor and creditor law and out-of-court workouts

  • Formerly Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Jeremiah E. Berk, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York; Formerly Judicial Law Intern to the Honorable Francis G. Conrad, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York

  • Admitted to practice law in the New York and the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York

  • JD with honors from St. John's University School of Law (1994)

  • LL.M in Corporate Law from New York University School of Law (1998)

  • Editor-in-Chief of the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review (1993-94)

  • Lecturer, Bankruptcy, Workouts & Reorganizations, New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies

  • Publications: Attorneys Fees in Bankruptcy: the Use of the Lodestar, 1 Am. Bankr. L. Rev. 463 (1994); Choice of Law: Which Law Applies In An Action Against Directors/Management For Breach Of Fiduciary Duties, American Bankruptcy Institute, New York City Bankruptcy Conference, May 14, 2001 (Co-Authored); What Happens When Your Tenant Files For Chapter 11, Practically Speaking, Published for Nassau County Bar Association Seminar (2003)

  • Formerly associated with bankruptcy boutique law firm of Togut, Segal & Segal LLP where Mr. DiConza represented the debtors in the chapter 11 cases of SK Global America, Inc., OnSite Access, Inc., Joan & David, Inc., Ames Department Stores, Inc. Mr. DiConza also represented the creditors’ committees in the chapter 11 cases of Jacom Computers, Inc. and Regus Business Services. Prior to joining Togut Segal, Mr. DiConza worked at Whitman Breed Abbot & Morgan where he represented debtors, creditors and bondholders in bankruptcy and out-of-court restructurings

  • Member of American Bankruptcy Institute, American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association

Lance A. Schildkraut, Counsel

  • Practice devoted to bankruptcy and real estate law

  • Formerly Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Jeremiah E. Berk, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York

  • Formerly Judicial Law Intern to the Honorable Francis G. Conrad, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York

  • Admitted to practice in New York, New Jersey, District of Columbia and in the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York

  • Law Degree from Temple University School of Law (1997); B.A., cum laude, Binghamton University (1994)

  • Contributing editor Collier Bankruptcy Practice Guide, Chapter on Turnover Proceedings

  • Formerly associated with bankruptcy boutique law firm of Scarcella Rosen & Slome LLP and the Corporate Reorganization and Bankruptcy Group at Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP