John Weiss

About John Weiss

As chair of the firm’s Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights practice group, I focus my practice on corporate restructuring and bankruptcy matters. Ranked by Chambers and Partners, I advise clients in jurisdictions throughout the country, while continuing to focus and expand my practice in Delaware, New York, and New Jersey. Drawing on over 20 years of experience at AmLaw 100 firms in New York and Delaware, I partner with my clients to understand their objectives and develop approaches to pursue their interests practically, strategically, and efficiently. My clients turn to me for sophisticated and trusted counsel when faced with these complex issues and challenges.My broad-based experience includes representing key parties in complex bankruptcy and restructuring situations, including debtors, official and unofficial committees, secured and unsecured creditors, indenture trustees, agents, collateral managers, lessors and lessees of real and personal property, parties to executory contracts, trade creditors, critical vendors, and various other parties. I also have extensive national experience representing parties in avoidance actions, as well as advising professional service firms (such as accounting firms, financial advisory firms, and investment banks) on bankruptcy retention and fee-related issues, including counseling such firms as to related policies and procedures, risk mitigation, and forms and documentation, and appearing in court on their behalf.When necessary, I work closely with Pashman Stein’s litigation practice group, drawing on the firm’s deep bench of experienced litigators to handle litigation matters faced by my clients. In addition, I am able to leverage the abilities of Pashman Stein lawyers who specialize in other relevant practice areas to provide comprehensive counsel for my clients. Importantly, I can handle these matters in an efficient and cost-effective manner with my team.I am very active with the New York City Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA NYC Chapter), currently serving on the Board, the Executive Committee, the Governance Committee, and as General Counsel for the Chapter, and previously serving on the Nominations Committee, as chair of the Membership Committee, and in various other roles over the years. I am also actively involved in the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) and have served as the ABI’s Ethics and Compensation Committee co-chair and newsletter editor, and on the Planning Committee and as a panelist for the ABI’s annual New York City Bankruptcy Conference.

Experience

1. Partner and Chair of Pashman Stein s Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors Rights Practice

   Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C.

   Feb 2022 — Present · Holmdel, NJ, US

Education

• The Ohio State University

  BA

  1992 — 1996

• Penn State Dickinson Law

  Doctor of Law (JD)

  1998 — 2000

Skills

• Trade Secrets
• Securities Regulation
• Bankruptcy
• Creditors' Rights
• Civil Litigation
• Breach of Contract
• Corporate Law
• Chapter 11
• Commercial Litigation
• Business Transactions
• Mediation
• Securities Litigation
• Business Litigation
• Restructuring
• Appeals
• Arbitration
• Legal Writing
• Litigation