Current Employment Position(s)

Partner, since January 1, 1992

Year Joined Organization: 1992

Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• Administrative Law
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Banking & Finance Law
• Bankruptcy Law
• Business & Commercial Law
• Business Organizations
• Constitutional Law
• Contracts
• Debtor/Creditor
• Employment Law -- Employee
• Ethics & Professional Responsibility
• Franchising
• International Law
• Legal Malpractice
• Litigation & Appeals
• Real Estate Law
• Professional Malpractice Law

West Practice Categories

Administrative Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Mediation, RICO Act, Unfair Competition, Banking & Finance Law, Loan Workouts, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Bankruptcy, Consumer Bankruptcy, Creditors' Rights, Debt Discharge, Foreclosures, Reorganizations & Restructuring, Workouts, Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Franchising, Secured Transactions, Transactions, Uniform Commercial Code, Warranties, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Reorganizations, FCC, Internet, Construction Contracts, Construction Liens, Employment Law -- Employee, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Ethics, Professional Responsibility, Litigation & Appeals, Premises Liability -- Defense, Legal Malpractice, Real Estate Law, Landlord/Tenant

Bar Admissions

• Connecticut, 1986
• U.S. District Court District of Connecticut
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Connecticut Bar Association, 1989 - Present (Comm. Law & Bankruptcy Section, Member Executive Committee,)
• Connecticut Bar Association, 2002 - Present (Professional Disciplinary Committee)
• Connecticut Bar Association, 2001 - Present (The Connecticut Lawyer magazine Advisory Board)
• American Bar Association, 1992 - Present (Business law Section, Business Bankruptcy Law Section)
• American Bankruptcy Institute, 1992 - Present (Business Bankruptcy Section, UCC Section)

Honors and Awards

• LFE Goldie Award for Outstanding Scholarship, 1986
• SuperLawyers - Business Bankruptcy, 2006 - Present
• SuperLawyers - Busienss Litigation, 2006 - Present
• AV Rating Martindal-Hubbell, 2005 - Present

Classes and Seminars

• Revised Article 9 - Beyond THe Basics, L.E.S.
• Bankruptcy Law - A Creditor's Perspective, LES
• Preparing For Disaster Before It Strikes-Asset Protection Strategies That Work, NAPFA
• In Connecticut - Beyond the Basics, NBI
• Techniques for Acquiring Undervalued Assets From Bankruptcy Estates, CBA
• Setoffs Under Section 553 Of the United States Bankruptcy Code, CBA
• Employment of Professionals Under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, CBA
• Bankruptcy Law for the Corporate Lawyer, CBA

Pro Bono Activities

• Human Rights Commission - Town of West Hartford, 2003 - Present
• Youth Hockey - assistant coach, 1997 - 1998
• Little League - Coach, Sponsor & Division Manager, 2003 - Present

Past Employment Positions

• State Savings Bank - Dublin Ohio, Loan Officer, 1982 - 1983
• Reid & Riege
• This is a partial list of past employment.

Education

• Syracuse University College of Law, Syracuse, New York, 1986
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
  Honors: LFE Goldie Publication Award For Outstanding Scholarship
  
  Law Journal: Syr. J. Int. Law & Commerce, Managing Editor, 1985 - 1986
• Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, USA, May, 1982
  A.B.
  Honors: Member: Housing Committee
  Honors: Class Treasurer, 1978-1979
  Major: Economics
  Major: Psychology
• Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, August, 1982
  Post-Graduate Studies - Economics

Accepts Credit Cards

Published Works

• Chaper 11 Business Reorganizations - For Business Leaders, Accountants and Lawyers, Outskirts Press, 2006
• Desktop Manual - The Bankruptcy Chapter, Connecticut Bar Association, 2007
• The Bankruptcy Law Chapter - CBA Basic Practice Manual, Connecticut Bar Association, 1994
• Real Assets in the Virtual World - An Introduction to eBusiness for Borrowers, Lenders, Trade Creditors and Their Counsel, December, 1989
• The Securities Acts and International Discovery Syracuse Journal International Law and Commercial, Vol. 12, No. 3, 1986
• When Intellectual Property is not "Intellectual Property,", The CT Law Tribune
• Understanding Why Debtors Sell Assets
• Major Changes Affecting the Insolvent Homeowner, The Connecticut Lawyer

Address

One Corporate Center
20 Church Street
Hartford, CT 06103

Office Hours

8:30 - 5:00 - Reception - Also by appointment.

Phones

(860) 249-0090 (Hartford, CT)

Faxes

(888) 802-9992

Emails

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Websites

http://www.alderman.com/infindlaw.shtml