SYDNEY G. PLATZER, born New York, N.Y., June 12, 1934; admitted to bar, 1959, New York; 1961, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern District of New York; 1988, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York.  Education: New York University (B.S., accounting, 1955; LL.B., 1959; LL.M., Corporate Law, 1961) Member:  Suffolk County (Member: Bankruptcy Committee) and American (Member, Business Law and Corporate Banking Committee) Bar Associations: New York County Lawyers Association (Member, Committee on Bankruptcy); Equipment Leasing Association of America; American Bankruptcy Institute (Member: Committee on Legislation); Bankruptcy Bar Association [With U.S. Army, 1953-1959, Courts Boards Section].

 AREAS   OF PRACTICE: Insolvency; Bankruptcy; Creditor’s and Debtor’s Rights; Commercial Litigation; Secured Transactions.

HENRY G. SWERGOLD, born New York, N.Y., March 14, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1988, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York.  Education: New York University (B.A., 1973); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1976).  Member: American Bar Association (Member: Section on Corporation, Banking and Business Law); New York County Lawyers Association (Member Business Bankruptcy Committee); Bankruptcy Bar Association; American Bankruptcy Institute; Commercial Law League of America (Member: Board of Governors; Bankruptcy and Insolvency Section; Past Recording Secretary; Vice Chairman, Committee on Professional Responsibility, 1988 –; Past member, Executive Counsel, Eastern District); Turnaround Managers Association.  LANGUAGES: Hebrew.

 AREAS OF PRACTICE: Insolvency; Bankruptcy Law; Commercial Litigation; Secured Transactions. 

STEVEN D. KARLIN, born Brooklyn, New York, February 1, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1988, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York.  Education:  Cornell University, (A.B., 1977); Georgetown University (J.D., 1980).  Member: Association of The Bar of the City of New York; Bankruptcy Bar Association; New York State Land Title Association, Inc.

 AREAS OF PRACTICE: Bankruptcy; Creditor’s and Debtor’s Rights;Commercial Law; Litigation.

SCOTT K. LEVINE, born Wantagh, New York, May 11, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, New York, U.S. District Court for the Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York.  Education: Boston University (B.S.B.A., 1981); American University (J.D., 1984).  Member: Nassau County Bar Association (Member, Bankruptcy Committee); Equipment Leasing Association (Member of Legal Committee, Subcommittees on Bankruptcy & Software); Eastern Association of Equipment Lessors; American Bankruptcy Institute (Member, Unsecured Trade Creditors Committee); Board of Editors of Leader's Equipment Leasing Newsletter.

 AREAS OF PRACTICE:  Insolvency; Bankruptcy; Commercial Litigation; Creditor’s and Debtor’s Rights; Secured Transactions, Equipment Leasing.

STAN L. GOLDBERG, born New York, N.Y., August 26, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York.  Education: State University of New York at Binghamton (B.S., 1975) Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 1978) Member: New York State Bar Association; Equipment Leasing Association; Eastern Association of Equipment Lessors; New York State Land Title Association Turnaround Managers Association.

 AREAS  OF PRACTICE: Corporate Law; Real Estate Law; Commercial Litigation.

HOWARD M. JASLOW, born Brooklyn, N.Y., March 30, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern Eastern and Western Districts of  New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.  Education: State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.A., 1984); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1987).  Member: Equipment Leasing Association of America; Eastern Association of Equipment Lessors; Jobbers’ Credit Association, Inc.  Member:  New York State Bar Association; Commercial Law League of America. 

AREAS OF PRACTICE:  Bankruptcy Law; Commercial Litigation; Equipment Leasing; Commercial Collections; Secured Transactions; Creditor’s and Debtor’s Rights.

CLIFFORD A. KATZ, born Newark, New Jersey, July 18, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, New Jersey; 1989, New York and District of Columbia, U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey.  Education: Clark University (B.A., 1985); Yeshiva University School of law (J.D., 1988).  Member: New York State and American Bar Associations; American Graphics Association.

AREAS OF PRACTICE: Insolvency; Bankruptcy; Creditor’s and Debtor’s Rights; Commercial Litigation.

SHERRI D. LYDELL, born Brooklyn, New York, February 6, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York.  Education:  George Washington University (B.B.A., 1985); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University (J.D., 1989)   Member: New York State and American Bar Associations; Founder - Millennium Professional Women's Networking Group.

 AREAS OF PRACTICE: Insolvency; Reorganization; Bankruptcy; Creditor’s and Debtor’s Rights; Secured Transactions; Commercial Litigation; Acquisitions.

RALPH HOCHBERG, born Brooklyn, N.Y. on November 29, 1945; admitted to bar, 1971, New York; 1974, United States District Court, Southern and Eastern District of New York; 1981, United States Tax Court; 1983, United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: University of Vermont (B.A. Psychology); St. Johns University School of Law (J.D. 1970); Member: American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association and New York County Lawyers Association. Chairman of Audit Committee, Rogosin Institute.

MARK SKOLNICK, Admitted: 1966, New York; 1968, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1972, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit Law School: New York University School of Law (LL.B, 1966; LL.M., 1967) College: Middlebury College, A.B., 1963 Member: New York State Bar Association. Born: New York, N.Y.