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Ira M. Levee
Of Counsel

Roseland
Tel: 973.597.2480 | Fax: 973.597.2481

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Ira M. Levee is a 15-year veteran bankruptcy lawyer who has been involved in some of the nation's largest bankruptcy cases. As part of the Lowenstein Sandler Bankruptcy, Financial Reorganization & Creditors' Rights Group, the largest in the State of New Jersey, Mr. Levee's practice focuses exclusively on bankruptcy, restructuring, debtor-creditor law and bankruptcy litigation.

Mr. Levee's recent representative matters include serving as bankruptcy counsel to securities litigation plaintiffs in the Washington Mutual, Inc., Worldcom, Amerco, AMF, Atlas Air, Fruit of the Loom, Fleming, IT Group, Kmart, McLeod, NX Networks, VF Brands and other chapter 11 cases. Mr. Levee spends substantial time in bankruptcy court and has appeared in the following bankruptcy courts: the District of New Jersey, the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the District of Delaware, the District of Nevada, the Northern District of California, the Southern District of Florida, and others. Mr. Levee's bankruptcy practice includes the representation of debtors, creditor committees, unsecured creditors, individual creditors, secured creditors, and equity holders. Mr. Levee was an adjunct instructor of bankruptcy at Fairleigh Dickinson University School of Paralegal Studies.

	Beware: Officers and Directors of Private Companies Held to Same Standard as Public Companies Bankruptcy Watch, September 2003 Ira Levee
	Reclamation Demands Must Be in Writing Bankruptcy Watch, September 2003 Ira Levee
	Avoid the Cap on Lease Rejection Damages New Jersey Law Journal, February 4, 2002 Ira Levee, Brian M. Brennan, Esq.

	In Law 360, Michael Etkin and Ira Levee are highlighted as bankruptcy counsel for the proposed lead plaintiff in a putative securities fraud class action against three executives of the bankrupt oil and gas exploration company Delta Petroleum Corp., Law 360, May 7, 2012
	Michael S. Etkin and Ira M. Levee are highlighted for representing the securities plaintiffs in Colonial BancGroup Inc.'s Chapter 11 proceedings., Law360, June 3, 2011

wonderfully talented team exercises brilliant judgment and undertakes the most thorough research to ensure nothing slips through the cracks – Chambers USA Guide

Bankruptcy, Financial Reorganization & Creditors’ Rights

	Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 1980)
	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (M.S., 1975)
	Bucknell University (B.S., 1971)

	New Jersey
	New York

	1981, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
	1981, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
	1981, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
	1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit

American Bankruptcy Institute
Non-Bankruptcy Affiliation
- Board of Trustees, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, NJ Metro Chapter

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