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Mr. Edward Schnitzer
Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Concurrent Sessions 8 & 9 B
Edward Schnitzer is a partner in the New York office of Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, a 1,000+ attorney international law firm with offices across the United States. He focuses his practice on bankruptcy, restructuring, and creditors' rights. He has experience representing unsecured creditor committees, litigation and liquidation trustees, debtors, banks, equity committees, and creditors in all aspects of bankruptcy practice, with a particular focus on bankruptcy litigation. Ed represents an insurer in Catholic Diocesan bankruptcies in California, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania and has previously presented on why dioceses file bankruptcy, the players and process in the bankruptcies, and the potential end results.
Ed is a court-approved mediator in the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the District of Delaware and the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. He serves as the co-chair of the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Mediation Committee and frequently writes on bankruptcy mediation. Ed is also a member of the New York City Bar Association’s Pro Bono Bankruptcy Panel and has represented individuals in need of pro bono assistance in bankruptcy adversary proceedings.
Ed obtained his bachelor of arts from the University of Pennsylvania as a mathematics and economics major. Upon graduating from Columbia University Law School, Ed served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Bronx, where he briefed and argued appeals before the Appellate Division, New York Court of Appeals, Southern District of New York, and Second Circuit, as well as tried several cases and assisted with the prosecution of a first-degree murder. He then joined the Enforcement Division of the Securities & Exchange Commission, where he investigated violations of the Federal Securities Laws before he went into private practice.
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