Attorney Profile: Douglas T. Tabachnik

Douglas T. Tabachnik is a member of the Law Offices of Douglas T. Tabachnik, P.C. He has more than 40 years of experience in bankruptcy and commercial and consumer litigation. He is one of only a handful of lawyers in either New York or New Jersey that is certified as a Business Bankruptcy Specialist by the American Board of Certification, a non-profit organization sponsored by the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Commercial Law League of America and accredited by the American Bar Association. He is the immediate past Co-Chair of the Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy Committee (2005-2017) of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association. He has been ranked among the top five percent of New Jersey and New York attorneys, respectively, by the publishers of the Super Lawyers® list and he has received an AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell®. This rating indicates other legal professionals in the community have found Mr. Tabachnik to have an exemplary knowledge of the law and to have consistently acted in a highly ethical manner.

Practice areas

Bankruptcy Litigation(30%); Commercial Bankruptcy(30%); Fraudulent Conveyance Litigation(10%); Debtors Rights; Creditors(10%); Commercial Litigation(10%); Insolvency; Debtor and Creditor Rights; Debtor and Creditor Reorganization; Business Fraud; Creditors Rights in Bankruptcy(10%)

Admitted

New York, 1981; New Jersey, 1990; U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 1982; Northern District of New York, 2013; District of New Jersey, 1990; Central District of Illinois, 2013; District  of  Colorado, 2019; U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, 2000;  U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit, 2004; U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, 2019; U.S. Supreme Court, 2009.

Law school

Syracuse University, J.D.

Graduate School

Syracuse University, Whitman School of Management, M.B.A. (Joint Degree with J.D.)

Undergraduate School

George Washington University, B.A. with Special Honors

Memberships

New York State Bar Association (Chair Emeritus and immediate past Co-Chair, Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy Litigation Committee, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, 2005-2017; Committee on Bankruptcy Law, Business Law Section); New Jersey State Bar Association (Member, Bankruptcy Section; Legislative Coordinator, 2004); New York County Lawyers Association (Member, Committee on Corporation Law, 1983; Committee on Bankruptcy Law, 1990); American Bankruptcy Institute (Member, Commercial Fraud Task Force, Committee on Bankruptcy Litigation); Commercial Law League of America; New Jersey Bankruptcy Lawyers Foundation (Trustee, 2004); New York Institute of Credit; Turnaround Management Association; Federal Bar Council (Bankruptcy Committee, 2016)

Biography

Associate Member, 1978-1979 and Member, Board of Editors, 1979-1980, Syracuse Law Review

Reported decisions

Big Shoulders Capital, LLC v.  San Luis and Rio Grande R.R., 13 F.4th 560 (7th Cir. 2021); In re Scandia Seafood (New York) Inc. , 2017 Bankr. LEXIS 1298 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2017); Schwartz v. Boom Batta Inc., 137 A.D.3d 512 (N.Y. 1st Dep't 2016); In re Crumbs Bake Shop, Inc., 522 B.R. 766 (Bankr. D.N.J., 2014); Johns-Manville Corp. v. Chubb Indem. Ins. Co. (In re Johns-Manville Corp.), 517 F.3d 52 (2d Cir 2008); The Asbestos Personal Injury Plaintiffs v. Traveler's Indemnity Company, et al. (In re Johns-Manville Corporation), 476 F3d. 118 (2d Cir 2007); In re Dana Corporation, 2008 U.S. Dist Lexis 71430 (S.D.N.Y. 2008); Flake v. Alper Holdings USA, Inc. (In re Alper Holdings USA, Inc.), 398 B.R. 736 (S.D.N.Y. 2008); Ad Hoc Comm. of Personal Injury Asbestos Claimants v. Dana Corp. (In re Dana Corp.), 412 B.R. 53 (S.D.N.Y. 2008); Youngman v. Bursztyn, (In re Bursztyn), 366 B.R. 353 (Bankr. D.N.J. 2007); In re Dana Corp. 344 B.R. 35 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2006); Gibbs v. Marine Midland Bank, N.A. (In re Gibbs), 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 23769 (2d Cir. 2000); In re Gibbs, 230 B.R. 471 (Bankr. D.Ct., 1999); Cassirer v. Herskowitz (In re Schick, et al), 234 B.R. 237 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1999); Condren v. Harrison (In re Borison), 226 B.R.779 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1998); In re Strober, 136 B.R. 614 (Bankr. E.D.N.Y. 1992).

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