(Washington, DC)—Dickstein Shapiro is pleased to announce the addition of Sam J. Alberts to its nationally recognized Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Practice. Mr. Alberts is a seasoned restructuring attorney with significant experience in complex bankruptcies and cross-border business restructurings. He also is a litigator with first-chair trial experience in a variety of business-related matters in state and federal courts.

“Sam is a dynamic bankruptcy practitioner who will expand our depth and experience in debtor and committee work, with a focus on Chapter 11, government agency, and other restructuring matters stemming from the global financial crisis,” said Dan Litt, head of the firm’s Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Practice. “His experience complements our national restructuring practice, and he adds to our depth of resources for our clients.”

“It is an honor and privilege to be joining the firm, and the rest of the bankruptcy team,” said Sam Alberts. “I have long considered Dickstein Shapiro as having the preeminent Mid-Atlantic bankruptcy practice and with bankruptcy attorneys in New York and capabilities in Los Angeles, I believe the firm is ideally positioned to assist clients anywhere and everywhere.”

Mr. Alberts has practiced law for more than 17-years and most recently was the leader of the Washington, DC Financial Restructuring and Insolvency Group at White & Case. Ranked by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in its Washington DC, Bankruptcy/Restructuring category, the guide notes, that he is “dynamic. . . a leading healthcare insolvency attorney and is ‘smart, tenacious and a great listener.‘” Mr. Alberts also was named a “Top Lawyer” by Washingtonian magazine in its December 2009 issue, and was voted “Top Washington Lawyer” for bankruptcy by Washington Business Journal in 2006 and 2007, as well as a finalist in 2008. Mr. Alberts received his B.A., cum laude, from New York University, and his J.D., with honors, from The George Washington University.

Dickstein Shapiro’s Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Practice has substantial experience in representing interests in every capacity in the bankruptcy process, including creditors’ committees, secured and unsecured creditors, debtors, and trustees. The common denominator in the practice is the enormous success in maximizing value for its representative constituencies. The Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Practice regularly works in concert with the Firm’s other disciplines, including financial institutions, securities, real estate, corporate, tax, intellectual property, litigation, and environmental.

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Related Employee(s): Daniel M. Litt
Related Practice(s): Business & Securities Law, Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy