Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English

Lawyer Overview

As a Partner on the Business Team, Mr. Carey has principal responsibility in all aspects of Chapter 11, 13 and Chapter 7 bankruptcy practice and is primarily responsible for representing both debtors and creditors.

An experienced bankruptcy and commercial litigator, Mr.Carey brings and defends non-dischargeability actions, preference actions, and other adversary proceedings in Bankruptcy Courts, and has handled a variety of commercial matters on behalf of debtors and creditors in federal and state courts of New York and New Jersey.

The following is an example of the wide range of bankruptcy and commercial matters handled by the firm:

• Special Counsel to Sullivan County Attorney in the Concord Resort bankruptcy proceeding. Sullivan County's claim was in excess of $8,000,000
• Representation of a Chapter 7 Trustee in the liquidation of a mortgage company in Sullivan County
• Representation of Chapter 7 Trustees in numerous consumer bankruptcy proceedings
• Representation of commercial landlords in Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings
• Representation of trade creditors in bankruptcy and state court proceedings
• Representation of a public water company and public sewerage company in a sale to a municipality
• Special counsel as to bankruptcy matters for an Orange County city in real property tax enforcement proceedings
• Representation of real property owners in Section 505 proceedings to challenge real property tax assessments

Mr. Carey is a member of the New York State Bar Association, American Bar Association, New York County Lawyers Association, Orange County Bar Association, and President of the Mid-Hudson Bankruptcy Bar Association.

By virtue of designation as special counsel to the Mid-Hudson Legal Services on bankruptcy matters, Mr. Carey received the 1997 Pro Bono Award from the Orange County Bar Association. In May, 1998 he was a guest speaker at the New York State County Lawyers Association meeting to discuss "Bankruptcy and the Municipality."

Mr. Carey is a 1984 graduate of Seton Hall University and received his Juris Doctor degree in 1987 from Seton Hall University. He was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1991 and the New Jersey State Bar in 1987, and is admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of New York and the District of New Jersey. You can e-mail Mr. Carey at mlc@jacobowitz.com

Areas of Practice

• Bankruptcy 65%
• Litigation 25%
• Real Estate 10%

West Practice Categories

Administrative Law, Administrative Hearings & Adjudication, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Banking & Finance Law, Loan Workouts, Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Bankruptcy, Consumer Bankruptcy, Creditors' Rights, Debt Discharge, Foreclosures, Garnishment, Reorganizations & Restructuring, Workouts, Business & Commercial Law, Commercial Leasing, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Joint Ventures, Secured Transactions, Transactions, Uniform Commercial Code, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations, Collections, Eminent Domain, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Living Wills, Powers of Attorney and Appointment, Trusts, Wills, Title Insurance, Litigation & Appeals, Bankruptcy Litigation, Complex Litigation, Federal Trial Practice, Multidistrict Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Supreme Court, Probate & Estate Administration, Estate Administration, Real Estate Law, Commercial Real Estate, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Conveyancing, Foreclosure & Alternatives, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Residential Real Estate, Taxation Law, Corporate Taxation, Estate & Gift Taxation, Excise Taxes, Income Taxation, Payroll Taxes, Property (Ad Valorem) Taxes, Sales & Use Taxes

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1991
• New Jersey, 1987
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1987
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1991

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Hudson Valley Bankruptcy Bar Association, 1995 - Present (Member)
• Hudson Valley Bankruptcy Bar Association, 1995 (Past President)
• Orange County Bar Association, 1995 - Present (Member)

Honors and Awards

• Pro Bono Award, Orange County Bar Association, 1997

Pro Bono Activities

• Legal Services of the Hudson Valley, 1995 - Present
• Orange County Office for the Aging

Education

• Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey, 1987
  J.D.
• Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, 1984
  B.A.
  Major: Economics

Accepts Credit Cards

Address

158 Orange Avenue
Walden, NY 12586-2029

Phones

(845) 764-4285
(866) 535-4743

Faxes

(845) 778-5173

Emails

mlc@jacobowitz.com

Websites

http://www.jacobowitz.com