Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Peter's practice focuses on corporate insolvency and bankruptcy law, representing and counseling national and international companies, directors and officers and other individuals, debtors, trustees, creditors and creditors' committees, bank groups, bondholders and significant shareholders in complex reorganization proceedings and out-of-court restructurings. He is experienced in all aspects of bankruptcy litigation--fraudulent conveyances, preferences, fiduciary duty, turnover, cramdown, stay litigation, contested plan confirmation and valuation disputes, intercompany litigation, subordination and recharacterization, executory contract issues and claims objections.

Areas of Practice

• Bankruptcy/Restructuring

Representative Clients

• PSINet Consulting Solutions Holdings, Inc.
• Romacorp, Inc.
• Mirant Corporation
• Power Company of America L.L.C.
• The Delaco Company
• Adelphia Communications Corporation
• Bank of New England
• KCS Energy, Inc.
• First City Bancorporation
• CompuAdd Corporation
• Bank of New England Corporation
• Drexel Burnham Lambert Group, Inc.
• Lomas Financial Corporation
• Flagstar Corporation
• VFB, LLC
• Berkey, Inc.
• L.J. Hooker Inc.
• Newmark & Lewis, Inc.
• Packaging Industries Group, Inc.
• Southfork Seabury Partners
• Russ Togs, Inc.
• Cellcom Corp.
• Karta Corp.

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Law, Reorganizations & Restructuring

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1987
• Connecticut, 1987
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1987
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1987

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Connecticut Bar Association (Member)
• New York State Bar Association (Member)
• Bar Association City of New York Subcommittee on Bankruptcy (Member)
• Board of Visitors of Pace University School of Law (Member)
• American Bankruptcy Institute (Member)
• International Bar Association (Member)

Honors and Awards

• Listed - New York Super Lawyers 2007 in Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Metro Magazine

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, "Dana's Chapter 11 Filing", Beard Audio Conferences, Beard Group Law and Business Publishers
• Speaker, "What Happens When a Judgment Debtor Files for Bankruptcy", Litigation with An Eye Toward Protecting Your State Court Judgment in a Subsequent Bankruptcy. Center for Continuing Legal Education
• Speaker, "Creditor Protection and Long-Term Care Insurance", The New England Insurances and Investments
• Speaker, "Managing the Chapter 11 Plan Process", Capital Bar Region Bankruptcy Bar Association

Education

• Pace University School of Law, White Plains, New York, 1986
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  
  Law Review: Pace Environmental Law Review, Member
• Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 1982
  B.S., Bachelor of Science
  Major: Economics
  Major: History

Published Works

• " 'Motorola': Absolute Priority Rule, FRBP 9019 Settlements", New York Law Journal, June 18, 2007
• "Third Pension Liability", ABI's Pension Manual: A Practical Guide to Pension Issues Arising in Business Bankruptcy Cases, 2007
• "Third-party Liability In Pension Plan Terminations Under the Bankruptcy Code", Vol. XXIV, No. 2 Issue of the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, March, 2005
• "An Out of Town Lawyer's Guide to Wilmington Bankruptcies", Presentation to the ABA Section of Business Law Meeting, March, 2001
• "Equipment Leasing Issues in Bankruptcy", New York Law Journal, May 21, 1998

Address

450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017

Phones

(212) 850-2849

Faxes

(212) 850-2929

Emails

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Websites

http://www.andrewskurth.com