NEIL Y.

SIEGEL
Ardsley, NY 10502 Email: nysiegel@gmail.com Cell: (914) 589-9049 CAREER SUMMARY Attorney with broad restructuring, bankruptcy (debtor and creditor), litigation, transaction and negotiation experience. Matters include web-based businesses, real estate, IP, manufacturing and retail. Case analysis, advisory, investigation, strategy, discovery, research, drafting, communication and negotiation skills. Function as in-house counsel in many debtor cases. BAR ADMISSIONS New York Connecticut Pennsylvania EXPERIENCE MORRISON COHEN, LLP, New York, NY Regional full service firm focused on Middle Market business clients 2012 Present

Associate, Bankruptcy & Restructuring Group

Chapter 11 Plan and motion negotiation and drafting, case preparation, research, investigation and analysis, sales, contested motions, adversary proceedings, discovery, hearings. COLE, SCHOTZ, MEISEL, FORMAN & LEONARD, P.A., New York, NY Regional full-service law firm with approximately 120 attorneys (merged with Angel & Frankel, P.C., Jan. 2006). 1998 2012

Senior Associate, Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring

Led litigation and Chapter 11, Chapter 15 motion, adversary proceedings, discovery, and transactions for a client list ranging from closely held enterprises to Fortune 500 companies. Directed complex document review and analysis, research, drafted pleadings and motions, contract negotiation. Created master outline and pleading templates for litigation teams. Managed teams of up to eight professionals. Facilitated strategic and operational decisions, including business lines and asset sales.

Selected case Accomplishments:

Spearheaded investigation, analysis, and drafted multiple complaints to clear title and mortgage liens affecting 250 properties mired in real estate Ponzi scheme. Resolved related litigation by a $12 million investor, permitting sale of properties, b ank settlements and eliminated other claims. Created and implemented a focused litigation strategy for defense of a complex fraudulent conveyance and preference suit against a secured creditor cutting six months of legal fees, and set up a favorable settlement. Conducted commercial R.E. closings as a Ch. 11 Trustee's atty (in PA); helped set up commercial R.E. deals including approval of purchase agreements & related Orders as buyer's and seller's counsel in bankruptcy cases in NY, including valuable Manhattan property in the Village. (St. Vincent's). Researched and drafted critical pleadings and memoranda to defeat a claimant seeking more than $1 billion due to failed real estate joint venture. Resolved claims cleared a path to Chapter 11 plan confirmation.

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NEIL Y. SIEGEL
Ardsley, NY 10502 Email: nysiegel@gmail.com Cell: (914) 589-9049 EXPERIENCE CONTINUED PULLMAN & COMLEY, LLC, Bridgeport, CT A full service law firm with a primary practice representing the business community and institutional lenders. 1991 1998

Senior Associate, Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights Group

Represented corporations primarily focused on financial institutions and other creditors, and served in critical project management role in litigation. Drafted and negotiated transaction documents, and provided compliance advice to internal counsel.

Selected case Accomplishments:

Counsel for Chapter 11 trustee of Cuisinart, Inc. Directed discovery and research; drafted pleadings and memoranda which led to defeat of defendants motion to dismiss a $25 million fr audulent conveyance complaint arising from an asset-sale LBO. Favorable settlement produced a 45% recovery for unsecured creditors. Successfully prosecuted contested involuntary petition against former customer / depositor of financial institution. Oversaw complex search locating nearly $1 million in hidden bearer bonds secreted out of state. Obtained temporary restraining order against further movement of bonds; negotiated resolution including significant payout to client. Negotiated settlement through mediation for start-up niche insurance provider opposing involuntary bankruptcy petition. Petitioning creditor was disgruntled former investor with inside information and a prima-facie case. Collaborated with mediator to create fair and equitable solution, allowing clients business to move forward. BERNSTEIN & BERNSTEIN, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA Partner, Associate Creditors rights, commercial litigation, bankruptcy practice for creditors commi ttees and a panel bankruptcy trustee. HYATT LEGAL SERVICES, Bridgeville, PA Managing Attorney, Staff Attorney General Practice including consumer bankruptcy, wills and estates, family law, general litigation. CONTE & COURTNEY, Conway, PA Complex torts, General Practice. EDUCATION BOSTON COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL, Newton, MA -- Juris Doctor (J.D.), cum laude, 1979 BOSTON COLLEGE, Newton, MA -- (A.B.), Psychology, summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa, 1976 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS Claims Designation: Where Courts Draw the Line for 'Bad' Behavior," from ABI's Aug. 2011 Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, published in ABI's Best of ABI 2011: The Year in Business Bankruptcy Sale Order May Not Protect You From Everything, Law 360, December 14, 2011 Lawsuit Defendants Get Their Own "Stimulus Package;" Cole, Schotz Bankruptcy & Restructuring Law Monitor, September 2009 U.S. Supreme Court Solves the "Banker's Dilemma;" The Banking Law Journal The Fraud Exception to the Non-Liability of a Successor Corporation the Payoff of Persistence; American Bankruptcy Institute Asset Sales Committee (presentation and web article) Waiving (Some of) Your Bankruptcy Rights Before You File Should You Be Worried? Connecticut Bar Journal 1985 1991

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