Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C. is pleased to announce continued expansion of the firm’s Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights practice with the addition of Partner Leah Eisenberg, Associate David Sklar, and Associate Dwij Patel.
“I am thrilled to welcome Leah, David and Dwij to our group,” noted John W. Weiss, chair of the firm’s Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights practice, “As demand for our services continues to increase, adding such high caliber professionals to the group will further enhance our ability to meet and surpass our clients’ needs.”
Weiss added, “New Jersey’s bankruptcy court has emerged as a leader due to increased filings and because the Garden State’s bankruptcy bench moves efficiently and is known for its sophistication and knowledge of Chapter 11 issues. As a venue, New Jersey is appealing for large and complex bankruptcy matters, and through the growth and efforts of our Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights group, Pashman Stein is well-positioned to serve as lead counsel and co-counsel in those New Jersey bankruptcy matters, and in bankruptcy matters throughout the country.”
Weiss continued, “Like many of the lawyers in our group, Leah has a Big Law pedigree and tremendous experience with high-profile and complex matters. She is another example of an outstanding and talented attorney who has selected Pashman Stein for its culture, rate structure and size. We welcome Leah, David and Dwij to the firm and look forward to continuing to provide top-notch service and advice to our clients.”
The Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights practice group at Pashman Stein advises clients across the country in complex financial restructuring and bankruptcy related transactions and litigation matters. The addition of Eisenberg, Sklar and Patel expands a thriving team of attorneys working with John W. Weiss, who launched the practice group in March 2022. Joseph C. Barsalona II then joined the group in June 2022, with the firm opening its Delaware office. Since then, the group has welcomed Chambers-ranked bankruptcy luminaries Henry J. Jaffe and David B. Stratton and associates Richard C. Solow, Alexis R. Gambale and Amy M. Oden.
Leah Eisenberg, Partner
Prior to joining Pashman Stein, Eisenberg worked at Mayer Brown and at Foley & Lardner. Earlier in her career, she served as the first law clerk to the Honorable Robert E. Gerber, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York. Her practice encompasses corporate reorganization and default matters, corporate trust default matters, intercreditor matters, bankruptcy litigation, cannabis-related financing matters and cross border representations. She represents creditors, indenture trustees, committees of unsecured creditors, debtors, secured creditors, lenders, bidders and acquirors. In addition, Eisenberg is currently representing a synagogue on employment, real estate and non-for-profit matters, and she has represented clients in successfully obtaining for them Holocaust reparations.
Eisenberg earned her J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and her B.A. summa cum laude from Binghamton University. She is admitted to the New Jersey and New York bars and is a co-founder and Board Member of the Women’s Division for the New York Institute of Credit (NYIC). She also serves as a Board Member for the Association of Insolvency Restructuring Advisors (AIRA) and for the Holocaust and Human Rights Center.
David Sklar, Associate
Sklar’s experience has included representing various creditors and creditors’ committees in complex chapter 11 matters managing litigation matters inside and outside of bankruptcy, representing a chapter 7 trustee in bankruptcy litigation, and representing debtors, creditors, and interested parties in chapter 7, 11 and 13 bankruptcy proceedings. This experience has included but is not limited to representations of individuals, businesses, commercial landlords, third party purchasers at sheriff sales, and secured creditors. He is admitted to the New Jersey and New York bars along with the Federal Courts located in the District of New Jersey, the Southern District of New York, and the Eastern District of New York.
Prior to joining Pashman Stein, Sklar worked at Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C. and Scura, Wigfield, Heyer, Stevens & Cammarota, LLP. He earned his J.D. from Rutgers Law School, cum laude, and his B.A. from the University of Michigan. He is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, Turnaround Management Association – New Jersey Chapter, NJBLF NextGen Committee, and the NCBJ NextGen Class of 2022.
Dwij Patel, Associate
Prior to joining Pashman Stein, Patel was a Judicial Law Clerk for Chief Bankruptcy Judge Cecelia G. Morris of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. He also previously served as a Judicial Law Clerk for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of New York for a two-year period, serving as Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Patrick G. Radel, for Chief Bankruptcy Judge Wendy Kinsella and for Chief Bankruptcy Judge Diane Davis (Ret.). He is admitted to the New Jersey and New York bars, along with the Federal Courts located in the District of New Jersey, the Southern District of New York, and the Eastern District of New York.
Patel earned his B.A. from The University of Texas at Arlington, and his J.D. from the Syracuse University College of Law, where he served as a student law clerk in the Bankruptcy Law Clinic, as Executive Editor of the Journal of Science and Technology, and as President of the South Asian Law Student Association. He is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) and the Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of New Jersey, Inc. (APALA-NJ).
About Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C.
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden is a full-service law firm with a reputation for professional excellence. Headquartered in Hackensack, New Jersey, the firm has offices throughout the region in Holmdel, New Jersey; New York, New York; Purchase, New York; and Wilmington, Delaware. The firm serves a diverse client base including Fortune 500 companies, emerging growth entities and entrepreneurial businesses, professional athletes, law firms, judges, lawyers, governmental entities, non-profit organizations, and individuals. As a member of Interlaw, the firm has access to an internationally recognized network of law firms, comprising 8000+ lawyers throughout the world. Recent firm honors include being named Law Firm of the Year (2023), Litigation Department of the Year General-finalist (2023) and, for five years in a row, awarded Appellate Litigation Department of the Year (2018-2022), by the New Jersey Law Journal; and named 2020 Pro Bono Law firm by the New Jersey State Bar Association. For more information, please visit www.pashmanstein.com. The New Jersey Legal Awards are published by the New Jersey Law Journal. A description of the selection methodology can be found at Methodology: New Jersey Legal Awards 2023. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
