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    Bruce J. Wisotsky

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    Bruce J. Wisotsky has represented debtors, creditors’ committees, equity committees, trustees, landlords, and other individual creditors in Chapter 11 and 7 bankruptcy proceedings in New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Florida, and other jurisdictions. He has also represented assignees for the benefit of creditors in state court insolvency proceedings. A significant portion of Bruce’s practice has involved out-of-court restructurings, either as counsel to companies and individuals experiencing financial difficulties or their creditors.

    Bruce lectures on bankruptcy issues before the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, the Turnaround Management Association, and the Essex County Bar Association. He has addressed topics including prosecution and defense of preference actions, treatment of tax claims in bankruptcy proceedings, executory contract issues, and retention bonus issues. Bruce is a member of the New Jersey Regional Advisory Board of the Anti-Defamation League. He also served as an officer and counsel to Help Darfur Now, a non-profit corporation that raises funds to purchase food and medicine for refugees in the Darfur region of Sudan.

    Bruce is included in 2024 The Best Lawyers in America in the Bankruptcy Litigation and Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law sections and New Jersey Super Lawyers in the Bankruptcy & Creditor/ Debtor Rights section. He was named the Best Lawyers Bankruptcy Litigation “Lawyer of the Year” in the Woodbridge, New Jersey, Metro Area in 2020, 2018, and 2016.

    No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. Click here to review award methodology.

    Areas of practice

    • Bankruptcy, Creditors’ Rights, and Financial Restructuring

    Education

      • Temple University School of Law
        • J.D.
      • Temple University
        • B.A., magna cum laude

    Professional Affiliations

      • New Jersey State Bar Association
        • Corporate and Bankruptcy Sections
      • Essex County Bar Association
      • American Bankruptcy Institute
      • Turnaround Management Association

    Bar Admissions

      • New Jersey
      • Pennsylvania
      • U.S. District Court
        • District of New Jersey
        • Eastern District of Pennsylvania

    Bruce J. Wisotsky has earned the Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent® status.

    Bruce J. Wisotsky was selected to the 2021 Super Lawyers list. The Super Lawyers List is issued by Thomson Reuters.

    Bruce J. Wisotsky was selected to The Best Lawyers in America®,

    • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law: 2008-2024
    • Litigation – Bankruptcy: 2011-2024

    Bruce J. Wisotsky was selected to the 2018 Best Lawyers® Lawyer of The Year list.

    Bruce J. Wisotsky was selected to the 2021 Best Lawyers® Lawyer of The Year list.

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    • “Asset Protection for Physicians: Prescriptions for Preservation of Wealth,” NJ Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Socioeconomic Meeting, Iselin, NJ, April 6, 2019Bankruptcy Topics for the Non-Bankruptcy Practitioner,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Allentown, Pennsylvania, June 13, 2018
    • “Bankruptcy Topics for the Non-Bankruptcy Practitioner,” Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, NJ, May 7, 2018
    • “How the Accountant Can Assist Counsel in a Chapter 11 Reorganization Case,” Essex-Hudson-Union Chapter of the NJ Association of Public Accountants, October 3, 2017
    • “Corporate Bankruptcy 101,” New Jersey Corporate Counsel Association, Bridgewater, New Jersey, October 21, 2008
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