Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Robert R. Leinwand is the co-chairman of the Firm's Bankruptcy Department and has been a partner since 1985. He concentrates on Chapter 11 reorganizations representing debtors, trustees, committees, landlords, funders, secured creditors and other interested parties. Mr. Leinwand is involved in all forms of formal and informal liquidation, restructuring and corporate reorganization. He has litigated complex cases and non-core proceedings in the Bankruptcy Court as well as other Federal Courts throughout the nation. Mr. Leinwand is an ""AV"" rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating available to attorneys.

Mr. Leinwand received his J.D. Degree from Columbia University in 1973 and his B.A. with high honors from the University of Virginia in 1969 where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He served as a Confidential Law Assistant to the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department, and as Legal Secretary to the Honorable Richard J. Cardamone of that Court.

Mr. Leinwand is admitted to practice in the State of New York, the United States District Court for the Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of New York and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute.

Areas of Practice

• Bankruptcy

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Law

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1974
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1974
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1974

Education

• Columbia Law School, New York, New York, 1973
  Doctor of Jurisprudence
• University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1969
  Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: magna cum laude

Address

1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10105-0143

Phones

(212) 603-6309

Faxes

(212) 956-2164

Emails

rrl@robinsonbrog.com

Websites

http://www.robinsonbrog.com