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S. Jason Teele is a Member of the firm's Bankruptcy, Financial Reorganization & Creditors' Rights Group. Mr. Teele's practice focuses on bankruptcy, restructuring, debtor-creditor law, bankruptcy litigation and appellate advocacy involving bankruptcy matters.
Mr. Teele represents debtors, unsecured and secured creditors in Chapter 11 cases throughout the United States. He recently served as debtor's counsel to Creative Group, Inc., a leading media and television post-production company, IFL Corp., a sports entertainment company that supervised a leading mixed martial arts league, and Smidth & Co. Examples of Mr. Teele's recent engagements by creditors' committees or creditors holding substantial claims in Chapter 11 cases include: Pliant Corporation, Stant Parent Corp., Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Lyondell Chemical Company, General Growth Properties, Inc., General Motors Corp., Idearc Inc., MES International, Inc, and Fremont General Corp. He has also represented a major labor union in several of the largest airline bankruptcies, including US Airways, UAL Corp., Hawaiian Airways, Aloha Airgroup and Northwest Airlines.
Mr. Teele was featured as a "Rising Star" in the Bankruptcy section of New Jersey Super Lawyers magazine in every year since 2006.
Mr. Teele has lectured on preference actions, issues affecting secured creditors and the role of unsecured creditors' committees in bankruptcy. He is a member of the Committee on Attorney Professionalism of the New York State Bar.
Prior to joining Lowenstein Sandler, Mr. Teele served as the director of research for the Democratic staff of the New Jersey General Assembly in Trenton, New Jersey.
Published Opinions
- In re Palermo, 370 B.R. 599 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2007)
- Mercury Capital Corp. v. Milford Connecticut Associates, L.P., 354 B.R. 1 (D.Conn. 2006)
- In re Northwest Airlines Corp., 346 B.R. 307 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2006)
- In re U.S. Airways, Inc., 329 B.R. 793 (Bankr. E.D.Va. 2005)
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Strategic Alternatives for Distressed Business - Chapter 26
Strategic Alternatives for Distressed Business, June 2010
Sharon Levine,
S. Jason Teele
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Distinguishing 'Excusable Neglect' In Filing Late Claims
Law360, June 14, 2010
Sharon Levine,
S. Jason Teele,
Erin Levin
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New Decision Distinguishing Excusable Neglect in Filing Proofs of Claim After the Bar Date; Denying Leave to File Late Claims
Bankruptcy, Financial Reorganization & Creditors' Rights Alert, May 21, 2010
Sharon Levine,
S. Jason Teele,
Erin Levin
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Lowenstein Sandler's election of Michael Hahn, Jason Halper, Scott Moss, Ethan Skerry and S. Jason Teele as Members of the firm is highlighted.,
New Jersey Law Journal, January 4, 2010
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Seton Hall University School of Law
(J.D., 2001)
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Seton Hall University
(M.P.A., 1997)
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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
(B.A., 1993)
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New Jersey
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New York
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- NY State Bar Association's Committee on Attorney Professionalism - 2007
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