Education and Honors
- J.D., Brooklyn Law School (1980), Cornelius W. Wickersham Constitutional Law Prize
- B.A., New York University (1976)
Judicial Clerkship
- Law Clerk, Honorable Manuel J. Price, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Eastern District of New York
Prior Legal Experience
- Joined Golenbock Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP as Partner in 2000
- Winick & Rich, P.C.
Practice Areas
Bar Admissions
- State of New York
- U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Publications Available on this website...
- "Trading Claims by Creditors' Committee Members Without a Trading Order," ABI Committee News, Volume 2, Number 1 / May 2005
- "The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005," Special Bankruptcy Bulletin, April 2005
Speaker/Author
- Speaker and Moderator, “Getting Even: Who Sues Whom?”, ABI Panel (May 2007)
- Speaker, “Looking to Buy Assets at a Bargain? Try Bankruptcy Court,” Association of Corporate Counsel, Seminar (January 2004)
- Author, “Supreme Court Says Market Test is Key to ‘New Value’ Contribution,” 2000, Bankruptcy Yearbook Almanac
- Author, "United States Senate Subcommittee Holds Hearings on UNCITRAL Cross-Border Insolvency Proposal," INSOL International World (March 1998)
- Author, "Bankruptcy Court Power to Adjudicate Contract Disputes," American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Winter 1994)
- Author, "Bankruptcy in China," American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, Vol. XIII, No. 5, (June 1994)
- Panelist, Colloquium on International Insolvency Law, Groupe De Reflexion Sur L'Insolvabilite, Paris, France (February 1999)
- Witness, Testified before Senate subcommittee on UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvencies, (December 1997)
- Lecturer, ABA and Practising Law Institute panels on bankruptcy and creditors' rights issues
Jonathan L. Flaxer
437 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022-7020
t: 212.907.7327
f: 212.754.0330
jflaxer@golenbock.com
Mr. Flaxer has devoted his career to business bankruptcy practice, successfully representing bondholders, chapter 11 debtors and trustees, creditors’ committees, distressed debt investors, distressed asset acquirers, indenture trustees and landlords. Mr. Flaxer has also led numerous successful out-of-court workouts. He is active in several professional organizations and writes and lectures on bankruptcy-related topics. Mr. Flaxer is av rated by Martindale-Hubble.
Representative engagements:
- The 1031 Tax Group, LLC, et al.: for chapter 11 trustee.
- Investment Properties of America, LLC, et al.: for chapter 11 debtors.
- Calpine Corp.: for ad hoc debtholder committee.
- Weirton Steel Corporation: for bondholders.
- Family Golf Centers, Inc. et al.: for chapter 11 debtor.
- Laidlaw, Inc.: for bondholders.
- Troll Communications Inc.; LTV Networks, Inc.: for official committee of unsecured creditors.
- Exide Technologies, et al.; General Media Inc.: for indenture trustee.
- Asia Global Crossing, Ltd.: for trustee.
- In re Paolo Gucci, et al.: for chapter 11 trustee.
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