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485 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor
New York, New York 10022 (New York Co.)
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Stevens & Lee is a professional services firm with over 190 lawyers, each involved in a high-end area of the law, and more than 40 non-lawyer business and consulting professionals located in fifteen offices in eastern and central Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Delaware. The firm also has a dedicated captive insurance office in Charleston, South Carolina. Stevens & Lee has regional, national and international practices. The firm has established a reputation as a preeminent provider of sophisticated legal and consulting services in the Mid-Atlantic region. Our Corporate, M&A and Capital Markets practices are among the largest and most accomplished in the region and regularly handle some of the most complex and challenging transactions. The firm represents individuals and businesses, both publicly and privately held, in a variety of industries including financial services, health care, manufacturing, communications and retail. The firm also represents a significant number of emerging growth businesses in the technology, subsidiaries of foreign companies doing business in the United States and an increasing number of transnational transactions. Stevens & Lee's trial lawyers regularly represent clients in litigation involving our areas of expertise including antitrust, white collar crime and construction litigation. In addition, each concentrates in specific areas of the law and in many cases, a limited number of industries. The firm's strategically located offices provide local access to all state courts and federal, district and bankruptcy courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania, the District of Delaware, the District of New Jersey and the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Statement of PracticeCorporate, Finance and Capital Markets. Mergers and Acquisitions. Securities, Tax-Exempt Finance. Tax. Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation. Labor and Employment. OSHA. ERISA. Litigation. Bankruptcy. Environmental. Banking. Insurance. Technology. Health Care. Government Affairs. Regulatory. Higher Education. Real Estate. International Law. Intellectual Property. Antitrust and Unfair Competition. Complex Estate, Trust and Business Succession Planning. Life Sciences. Captive Insurance. White Collar Litigation and Corporate Investigations. Firm Size: 190
Representative Clients:Armstrong World Industries
Bayhealth Medical Center
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Carpenter Technology Corp.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
DECODE Genetics
Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries
Eastern Insurance Holdings, Inc.
EnerSys
Guthrie Health
Harmony Health Plan
IBM/IBM Credit
Institute for Advanced Study
John Hancock Financial Services Company
Mercer Mutual Insurance Company
Mercy Health System
PHEAA (Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency)
The Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Prudential Fox & Roach
QVC, Inc.
RJ Reynolds
Sovereign Bancorp, Inc.
Sun National Bank
Susquehanna Health System
Symbol Technologies
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
UNUMProvident
Wachovia Corporation
WellSpan Health.
Address485 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor
New York, NY 10022, (New York Co.)
PhonePhone: 212-319-8500
Fax: 212-319-8505
Websitehttp://www.stevenslee.com
Firm/Affiliate OfficesReading, Pennsylvania: (Main Office) 111 North Sixth Street P.O. Box 679 19603-0679. Telephone: 610-478-2000. Fax: 610-376-5610.
Wilmington, Delaware: 1105 North Market Street 7th Floor 19801. Telephone: 302-654-5180. Fax: 302-654-5181.
Cherry Hill, New Jersey: 1415 Route 70 East Suite 506 08034. Telephone: 856-354-9200. Fax: 856-354-8111.
Lawrenceville, New Jersey: Princeton Pike Corporate Center 100 Lenox Drive Suite 200 08648. Telephone: 609-243-9111.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: 190 Brodhead Road Suite 200 18017. Telephone: 610-691-7111. Fax: 610-691-7175.
Forty Fort, Pennsylvania: 1460 Wyoming Avenue 18704. Telephone: 570-718-0300. Fax: 570-718-0400.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: 208 North Third Street Suite 310 17101. Telephone: 717-234-1250. Fax: 717-234-1939.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: 17 North Second Street 16th Floor 17101. Telephone: 717-234-1090. Fax: 717-234-1099.
King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania: 620 Freedom Business Center Suite 200 19406. Telephone: 610-205-6000. Fax: 610-337-4374.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania: 51 South Duke Street 17602. Telephone: 717-291-1031. Fax: 717-394-7726.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1818 Market Street 29th Floor 19103. Telephone: 215-575-0100. Fax: 215-851-0214.
Scranton, Pennsylvania: 425 Spruce Street Suite 300 18503. Telephone: 570-343-1827. Fax: 570-343-1892.
Charleston, South Carolina: 171 Church Street Suite 310 29401. Telephone: 843-577-6040. Fax: 843-577-6041.
(For other Biographical Information see Professional Biographies at Harrisburg, Lancaster, Allentown, Philadelphia, Scranton, King of Prussia. Forty Fort, PA, Wilmington, DE, Cherry Hill and Princeton, NJ and Charleston, SC)
Joseph M. Harenza (Non-Executive Chairman) born Columbus, Ohio, April 16, 1944; admitted to bar, 1971, Pennsylvania. (Not admitted in New York). Education: Marshall University and Western Michigan University (A.B., 1967); The Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1971); Temple University (LL.M., Taxation, 1976). Adjunct Professor of Law, Securities Regulation, The Dickinson School of Law, 1981-1985. Member, Woolsack Society; Series 7, Series 24 and Series 63 Registered Representative by FINRA (formerly NASD). CEO, Griffin Financial Group, LLC. Member: Philadelphia (Member, Section on Corporation, Banking and Business Law), Berks County, Pennsylvania and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Corporation, Banking and Business Law) Bar Associations. (Also at Reading, PA Office). Transactions: Sovereign Bancorp's purchase of Independence Community Bank Corp. of Brooklyn, New York and related investment by Banco Santander Central Hispano, S.A. of Spain; Boscov's strategic alternative study, sale, process and intra-family transfer of ownership; Sovereign Bank's acquisition of $12 billion of assets and liabilities from Fleet/Bank Boston and related public and private financing required to support the acquisition Meridian Bancorp, Inc. in its $3.2 billion sale to CoreStates Financial; Advisor to management of Yuasa Corp. in private equity sponsored management buy-out; Advisor to The Dickinson School of Law in its merger with The Pennsylvania State University. Practice Areas: Securities Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Finance; Strategic Planning; Law Firm Economics.Email: Joseph M. Harenza
David M. Green (Shareholder) born Philadelphia, PA, January 4, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1989, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., cum laude, 1975); New York University (J.D., 1979). Law Clerk to Hon. John J. Galgay, Bankruptcy Judge, Southern District of New York, 1978-1979. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State Bar Association; American Bankruptcy Institute. Reported Cases: Green v. Drexler (In re Feit & Drexler), 760 F.2d 406 (2d Cir. 1985); Salomon v. Kaiser, 772 F2d 1574 (2d Cir. 1983); Salomon vs. Logan (In re International Environmental Dynamics, Inc.), 718 F. 2d 322 (9th Cir. 1983); City of New York vs. Baldwin League of Independent Schools (In re The Baldwin League of Independent Schools), 110 B.R. 125 (S.D.N.Y. 1990); In re Loews Entertainment Cineplex Corp., Nos. 01-40346 Through 01-40582 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. filed August 1, 2002); Owens v. Owens, No. 91-14332 (Adv. Pro. No. 92-8680) (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. filed August 28, 2002). Transactions: Lead Counsel, Golodetz Corporation, et al., debtors; Pseudo Programs, Inc., debtor. Practice Areas: Corporate Reorganizations; Bankruptcy; Insolvency; Commercial Law; Litigation.Email: David M. Green
Alec P. Ostrow (Shareholder) born New Hyde Park, NY, May 4, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, New York and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2007, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1977); New York University (J.D., 1980). Recipient, Philip F. Cohen Award for Meritorious Service to Annual Survey of American Law, 1980. Articles Editor, 1979-1980 and Staff Member, 1978-1979, Annual Survey of American Law. Author: "Bankruptcy Business Sales Free and Clear of Antitrust Liability To Private Parties: A Proposal To Encourage Bidding From Competitors," 2007 Ann. Surv. of Bankr. L. 209; "My Lips Are Sealed: Sealing Files, Closing Courtrooms and in Camera Inspections in Bankruptcy Cases," 2004 Ann. Surv. Bankr. L. 203; "The 'Animal Farm' of Administrative Insolvency," 11 Am. Bankr. Inst. L. Rev. 339 (2003); "Free and Clear of Successor Liability, or Whose Liability Is It Anyway?" 2003 Ann. Surv. Bankr. L. 119; "Bankruptcy and Redundant Representation, or How Many Bankruptcy Lawyers Does it Take to Change...a Debtor into a Debtor in Possession?" 11 J. Bankr. L. & Prac. 227 (2002); "Jurisdiction and Substance in License Disputes with the FCC," in Richard N. Tilton, "Business Bankruptcy Acquisitions" (Lex Med Supp. 2002); "Insider 'Includes'? Include Me Out," 7 Am. Bankr. Inst. L. Rev 601 (1999); "The Involuntary Chapter 11 Case: Why Don't We Do It In The Gap? (No One Will Be Watching Us)," 5 J. Bankr. L. & Prac. 63 (1995); "Constitutionality of Core Jurisdiction," 68 Am. Bankr. L.J. 91 (1994); Note, "Bankruptcy Law: The Changing Nature of the Discharge in Bankruptcy," 1979 Ann. Surv. Am. L. 403. Co-Author, "Mutuality of Obligation for Executory Contracts," N.Y.L.J., Oct. 30, 1995. Adjunct Professor of Law, St. John's University, LL.M. in Bankruptcy Program, 1999. Participant, ABI Roundtable Discussion of Supreme Court Decision in 203 N. LaSalle, 7 Am. Bankr. Inst. L. Rev. 389 (1999). Member, Panel of Mediators, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State and American Bar Associations; New York County Lawyers Association; American Bankruptcy Institute (Co-Chair, Real Estate Committee, 2001). Fellow: American College of Bankruptcy. Reported Cases: Publicker Indus. Inc. vs. United States (In re Cuyahoga Equip. Corp.), 980 F.2d 110 (2d Cir. 1992); Dampskibsselskabet AF 1912 Aktieselskab vs. Black & Geddes, Inc. (In re Black & Geddes, Inc.), 35 B.R. 830, Bankr. S.D.N.Y., 1984; Rockland Center Associates vs. TSW Stores of Nanuet, Inc., 34 B.R. 299, Bankr. S.D.N.Y., 1983. Languages: Spanish, French. Practice Areas: Corporate Reorganizations; Bankruptcy; Insolvency; Commercial Law; Litigation.Email: Alec P. Ostrow
Nicholas F. Kajon (Shareholder) born Queens, NY, August 2, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, New York; 1986, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Fordham University (B.A., 1981); New York Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1984); New York University (LL.M., Corporation Law, 1985). Articles Editor, New York Law School Law Review, 1983-1984. Law Clerk to Hon. Tina L. Brozman, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Southern District of New York, 1986. Contributor: "Commercial Real Estate Financing: What Borrowers and Lenders Need To Know Now," PLI Program Book, May/June 1999. Member: New York State Bar Association; American Bankruptcy Institute; Turnaround Management Association. Reported Cases: BNY Financial Corp. v. Masterwear Corp., 229 B.R. 301 (Bankr S.D.N.Y. 1999); Mendelsohn v. Gordon (In re Who's Who Worldwide Registry, Inc.), 197 B.R. 193 (Bankr. E.D.N.Y. 1996); Dynasty Express Corp., d/b/a General Rent-A-Car vs. Kurtzman (In re AGSY, Inc.), 120 B.R. 313 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1990); In re Amsterdam Avenue Development Assocs., 103 B.R. 454 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1989); Singer Products Co. vs. First American Bank (In re Singer Products Co.), 102 B.R. 913 (Bankr. E.D.N.Y. 1989). Practice Areas: Corporate Reorganizations; Bankruptcy; Insolvency; Commercial Law; Litigation.Email: Nicholas F. Kajon
Charles M. Honart (Shareholder) born Elizabeth, New Jersey, July 1, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Pennsylvania; 1980, New Jersey. (Not admitted in New York). Education: Cornell University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1976); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., magna cum laude, 1979). Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, Law Review. Law Clerk to New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Sidney M. Schreiber, 1979-1980. Adjunct Faculty, Graduate Tax Program, Temple University Law School, 1989-1995. Member: Hospital & Health System Association of Pennsylvania; American Health Lawyers Association; Society of Health Care Attorneys. Transactions: Represented St. Agnes Medical Center (Mercy Health System of Southeastern Pennsylvania) in the sale of its short-term acute care operations to Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals and in the establishment of a new long-term acute care hospital/continuing care facility at St. Agnes; Represented Phoenixville Community Health Foundation in the sale by Phoenixville Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System to Community Health Systems; Represented Woman's Medical Hospital in its purchase of Medical College of Pennsylvania from Tenet; Acted as transaction counsel in the affiliation of Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital and Palmerton Hospital to form Blue Mountain Health System; Represented Carlisle Hospital in its sale to Health Management Associates; Represented Lancaster Health Alliance in the sale of Brandywine Hospital to Community Health Systems; Represented Guthrie Clinic in its affiliation with Guthrie Healthcare System; Represented Frankford Hospital in its acquisition of Delaware Valley Medical Center; Represented York Health System in its affiliation with Gettysburg Hospital to form WellSpan Health; Represented Frankford Health Care System in its affiliation with Jefferson Health System; Represented Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine in its affiliation with Temple University; Represented Phoenixville Hospital in its sale to the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Practice Areas: Hospitals and Medical Groups; Health Care; Exempt Organizations Tax.Email: Charles M. Honart
Bradley L. Mitchell (Shareholder) born Rochester, NY, June 6, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, New Jersey; 1992, New York. Education: Columbia University (A.B., 1988); Fordham University (J.D., 1991). Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New Jersey State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Employment Law.Email: Bradley L. Mitchell
Elliott J. Stein (Shareholder) born New York, N.Y., November 30, 1951; admitted to bar, 1975, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1985, District of Columbia, California, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and U.S. District Court, Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California; 1995, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: State University of New York (B.A., 1972); Rutgers University (J.D., 1975). Formerly, Chief Counsel, MAI Systems Corp. (NYSE). Formerly, Partner, Graham & James, LLP (Los Angeles/New York). Member: State Bar of California; New York State, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; Bar Association of the District of Columbia. (Also at Allentown, Harrisburg, King of Prussia, Lancaster, Philadelphia, Reading and Scranton, PA Offices, Cherry Hill and Princeton, NJ Offices and Wilmington, DE Office). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property(30%); Technology(30%); Commercial Law; Corporate Law; ADR; Litigation(20%); Electronic Commerce(10%); Gaming Regulation(10%).Email: Elliott J. Stein
Leonard P. Goldberger (Shareholder) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 26, 1952; admitted to bar, 1976, Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Fourth and Sixth Circuits. (Not admitted in New York). Education: Temple University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1973); Villanova University School of Law (J.D., 1976). Member: Philadelphia and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Torts; Trial; Insurance Practice; Chair, Sub-Committee on Insolvency) Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute. (Also at Philadelphia, PA Office). Transactions: In re Kaiser Aluminum Corp; In re W.R. Grace Co.; In re Federal-Mogul Corp.; In re Congoleum Corp.; In re ASARCO LLC; In re Collins & Aikman Co.; In re Solutia, Inc.; In re Owens Corning; In re Pittsburgh Corning Corp.; In re Dana Corp.; In re AC&S, Inc.; In re Quigley Corp.; In re USG Corp.; In re Amtrol Holdings, Inc.; In re Malden Mills Industries, Inc. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Insurance; Creditors Rights; Distressed Business Financing and Acquisition; Environmental Bankruptcy; Environmental Insurance Claims; Environmental Insurance Coverage; Environmental Insurance; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Insolvency; Commercial Insurance; Bankruptcy Chapter 11; Bankruptcy Litigation; Commercial Bankruptcy; International Bankruptcy; Pre-Bankruptcy Workouts; Workouts; Commercial Workouts; Creditors Rights in Bankruptcy; Secured Creditors Rights; China Trade.Email: Leonard P. Goldberger
Harry A. Horwitz (Shareholder) born Bridgeton, New Jersey; admitted to bar, 1979, New Jersey and Pennsylvania; 1989, New York; 1996, Florida; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Colgate University (B.A., with honors in Political Science, 1976); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1979). Comments Editor, Dickinson Law Review, 1978-1979. Member, Appellate Moot Court Board. Author: "Ethical Considerations - Conflicts of Interest and Ex Parte Contacts," in New Jersey Labor and Employment Law, National Business Institute, 1995. Law Clerk to the Honorable Stanley S. Brotman, U.S. District Court, 1979-1980. Member: Camden County, New Jersey State (Member, Labor and Employment, Banking and Public Contracts Sections) and American (Litigation and Labor and Employment Sections; Forum on the Construction Industry) Bar Associations. (Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney) (Also at Bethlehem, Forty Fort, King of Prussia, Lancaster, Philadelphia, Reading, Scranton and Harrisburg, PA Offices and Cherry Hill, NJ Office). Reported Cases: Delaware Truck Sales, Inc. v. Wilson, 131 N.J. 20 (1993); Schroeder v. Boeing Commercial Airplane Co., 712 F. Supp. 39 (D.N.J. 1989); Schroeder v. Boeing Commercial Airplane Co., 123 F.R.D. 166 (1988). Practice Areas: Employment Litigation; Construction Litigation; Banking Litigation.Email: Harry A. Horwitz
Jeffrey A. Harenza (Shareholder) born West Reading, Pennsylvania, July 15, 1974; admitted to bar, 2002, Pennsylvania. (Not admitted in New York). Education: Colgate University and Lafayette College (B.A./B.S., 1997); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 2001); Lehigh University-St. Joseph's University (M.B.A., 2002). (Also at Reading, PA Office). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Capital Markets; Mergers and Acquisitions.Email: Jeffrey A. Harenza
——————————Constantine D. Pourakis (Associate) born Queens, New York, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York 2005, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Cornell University (B.S., Industrial & Labor Relations, 1997); St. John's University School of Law (J.D., 2000). Recipient, American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence, 2000. Editor-in-Chief, American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review, 1999-2000. Author: "Final Report of the Bankruptcy Foreclosure Scam Task Force," 7 Am. Bankr. Inst. L. Rev. 341 (1999). Member: New York State and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Corporate Reorganization; Bankruptcy; Insolvency; Commercial Law; Litigation.Email: Constantine D. Pourakis
OF COUNSELEugene V. Lipkowitz (Of Counsel) born Washington, D.C., May 11, 1939; admitted to bar, 1964, New York; 1982, New Jersey; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: Harvard University (A.B., 1960; LL.B., 1963). Adjunct Professor, Ramapo College, 1985. Co-author, "Bankruptcy Business Sales Free and Clear of Antitrust Liability To Private Parties: A Proposal To Encourage Bidding From Competitors," 2007 Ann. Surv. of Bankr. L. 209. Member: New Jersey State Bar Association. (Also at Princeton, NJ Office). Practice Areas: Antitrust; Litigation; Franchises and Franchising.Email: Eugene V. Lipkowitz
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