LOUISIANA – NEW YORK
BUSINESS & TRANSACTIONS
BUSINESS & TRANSACTIONS
MICHAEL L. ECKSTEIN
ECKSTEIN LAW FIRM, APC
1515 Poydras Street
Suite 2195
New Orleans, LA 70112
Tel: 504-527-0701
Fax: 504-566-0040
mle@eck-law.com
www.eck-law.com
MICHAEL A.
PATTERSON
LONG LAW FIRM, LLP
One United Plaza, Suite 500
4041 Essen Lane
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Tel: 225-922-5110
Fax: 225-922-5105
map@longlaw.com
www.longlaw.com
WILLIAM P. STUBBS, JR.
STUBBS LAW FIRM, LLC
1018 Harding Street
Suite 103
Lafayette, LA 70503
Tel: 337-233-9755
Fax: 337-233-9771
bill@stubbslawfirm.com
www.stubbslawfirm.com
ESTATE PLANNING & PROBATE
TAX
BUSINESS/CORPORATE
ALTERNATIVE DISPU TE RESOLU TION
PROFESSIONAL LIABILI TY: DEFENSE
BUSINESS/CORPORATE
ESTATE PLANNING & PROBATE
BUSINESS/CORPORATE
MERGERS & ACQUISI TIONS
Michael L. Eckstein is a Board Certified Tax Attorney and a
Board Certified Estate Planning and Administration Specialist
who has a broad-based tax and business practice, which
includes individual and corporate tax planning, business
planning, estate tax planning, closely held business law,
entrepreneurial business law, mergers and acquisitions, real
estate tax practice, and tax controversy work at the city, state,
and federal level. Mr. Eckstein also has significant experience in
the representation of professional athletes, high-tech/venture
capital concerns, and communications businesses. Mr. Eckstein
received his undergraduate degree at the University of Kentucky,
his Juris Doctorate degree at Tulane University Law School, and
his LL.M. in taxation from Georgetown University.
A founding partner of the firm, Mr. Patterson is the senior
litigation partner with over 30 years of trial experience. His
practice is concentrated on the areas of business litigation,
professional liability, construction, and employment
discrimination. Mr. Patterson is an active arbitrator and mediator
and frequently serves as a settlement counsel on behalf of
companies seeking early, effective dispute resolution. He has
been a longtime member of the adjunct faculty of the LSU
Law Center teaching advanced trial techniques and evidence.
Mr. Patterson served as a Judge Pro Tempore on the Louisiana
First Circuit Court of Appeals in 2002. Mr. Patterson is the
current President of the Louisiana State Bar Association (LSBA).
William P. Stubbs, Jr., represents small and mid-sized
companies in mergers and acquisitions, business formations,
corporate finance, and governance. In over three decades of
practice, he has represented buyers and sellers in hundreds
of company transfers in diverse fields including oil service and
production, health care, timber, communications, advertising,
retail, hotel, food and beverage, sports, manufacturing, and
logistics. He also works for a large cross section of individual
clients in estate planning and administration. He began his
professional career with the Houston tax department of the
national CPA firm Ernst & Ernst in 1973, after receiving his
undergraduate degree in accounting and his Juris Doctorate
from Louisiana State University.
LARRY HOFMEISTER, JR
HOFMEISTER, BREZA &
LEAVERS
11350 McCormick Road
Executive Plaza III, Suite 1300
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
Tel: 410-832-8822
Fax: 410-832-8833
larry@hhlawyers.com
www.hbllaw.com
BANKRUPTC Y & CREDI TOR/DEBTOR RIGHTS
Mr. Hofmeister has been practicing law as a creditors’ rights
attorney for over 20 years. He represents numerous national,
regional, and local financial institutions in commercial,
construction, and consumer loan defaults, restructurings, and
workouts. Mr. Hofmeister’s practice is primarily concentrated
on the areas of bankruptcy and foreclosure. He principally
represents secured creditors in bankruptcy and foreclosure
proceedings, workouts, and restructurings. Mr. Hofmeister is
a frequent speaker on foreclosure, bankruptcy, and creditors’
rights issues, and related state court litigation matters. His firm
provides legal services throughout Maryland and the District
of Columbia.
ROBERT P. AVOLIO
AVOLIO & HANLON, PC
3150 Brunswick Pike
Suite 120
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
Tel: 609-219-1810
Fax: 609-219-1812
rpa@avoliohanlon.com
www.avoliohanlon.com
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
BUSINESS/CORPORATE
Mr. Avolio primarily practices in the areas of corporate law,
mergers, acquisitions, and business litigation. He is licensed to
practice in the states of New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania,
and Florida; the District of Columbia; federal courts located
in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, the District of
Columbia, Wisconsin, and Illinois; the United States Court of
Claims and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Avolio is a
Trial Attorney certified by the Supreme Courts of New Jersey
and Florida and previously clerked for the Chief Justice of the
New Jersey Supreme Court.
FRANK R. SIMON
SIMON PLC
ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS
363 West Big Beaver Road
Suite 250
Troy, MI 48084
Tel: 248-720-0290
Fax: 248-720-0293
fsimon@simonattys.com
www.simonattys.com
BANKRUPTC Y & CREDI TOR/DEBTOR RIGH TS
BUSINESS LITIGATION
BANKING
Frank R. Simon is the team leader of Simon PLC’s Financial
Institution Team Practice Group in Troy, Michigan; Maumee,
Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; and Dallas, Texas.
Mr. Simon is a member of the Michigan, Illinois, New York, and
District of Columbia State Bars. His practice areas include bank
foreclosure and collection, creditors’ rights, banking litigation,
insolvency proceedings, workouts, and negotiable instrument
law (check cases). Mr. Simon enhanced his commitment to
the representation of financial institutions by completing a
three-year program at the Graduate School of Banking at
the University of Wisconsin. His result-oriented, cost-effective
approach has earned the firm recognition as a premier banking
law firm representing over 40 financial institutions.
JONATHAN S.
PASTERNAK
RATTET PAS TERNAK, LLP
550 Mamaroneck Avenue
Harrison, NY 10528
Tel: 914-381-7400
Fax: 914-381-7406
jsp@rattetlaw.com
www.rattetlaw.com
BANKRUPTC Y & CREDI TOR/DEBTOR RIGHTS
Jonathan S. Pasternak is the managing partner of Rattet
Pasternak, LLP, a bankruptcy and commercial law boutique
located in Harrison, New York. Mr. Pasternak is a graduate of
The Pingry School, 1981; Brown University, 1985; and Cardozo
School of Law, 1989. Mr. Pasternak was recently ranked the
second leading debtor bankruptcy attorney in the nation by The
Deal. Mr. Pasternak has appeared on CNN’s Lou Dobbs Money
Line and on three separate occasions in 2008 on Bloomberg
Radio on the topic of business bankruptcies. Mr. Pasternak
is frequently quoted in The Deal, Crain’s, and other leading
financial publications.
THOMAS A. KELLER, III
MOSS & BARNET T, A
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
4800 Wells Fargo Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Tel: 612-877-5448
Fax: 612-877-5999
kellert@moss-barnett.com
www.moss-barnett.com
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
SECURITIES & CORPORATE FINANCE
BUSINESS/CORPORATE
Mr. Keller’s nationwide practice includes financial institutions,
utilities, manufacturing, health care, and medical devices.
Mr. Keller assists clients with mergers and acquisitions,
corporate governance, executive compensation, contracts,
securities, financing, and license agreements. He has been
named a Top Ten merger and acquisition lawyer by his peers.
He represents both small and Fortune 500 companies. He
practices in state and federal courts and in the District of
Columbia. He is appointed a Special Master by the U.S. District
Court in complex corporate litigation. Mr. Keller is a member of
the ABA Section of Corporation, Banking, and Business Law;
the National Healthy Lawyers Association; and the National
Association of Corporate Directors.
PETER A. PASTORE
MCNAMEE, LOCHNER,
TITUS & WILLIAMS, P.C.
677 Broadway, 5th Floor
PO Box 459
Albany, NY 12201
Tel: 518-447-3200
Fax: 518-867-4746
pastorepa@mltw.com
www.mltw.com
BANKING
BUSINESS LITIGATION
BANKRUPTCY & CREDI TOR/DEBTOR RIGHTS
Mr. Pastore has been listed in New York Super Lawyers under
Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights for the past five years.
He received his J.D. degree from Albany Law School and his
B.A. from Stanford University. He concentrates his practice
on business bankruptcies where he represents banks, secured
creditors, commercial landlords, finance companies, unsecured
creditors’ committees, and business debtors. He has extensive
experience in negotiating complex business workouts and
forbearance agreements. He and his litigation team have
appeared regularly over the past 30 years in the Bankruptcy
Court for the Northern District of New York. Mr. Pastore is
AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
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