Stuart Gordon Bio

Bankruptcy and corporate reorganization are the cornerstones of Stuart I. Gordon’s practice as a partner in Rivkin Radler’s Bankruptcy Practice Group. His clients include financial institutions, insurance companies, real estate owners and developers, retailers, manufacturers, distributors, restaurants, physicians and medical practices, non-profits, unions, and health and welfare funds. Stuart represents litigants in the full range of contested matters arising under the Bankruptcy Code, including proceedings to lift the automatic stay, avoidance actions, breach of fiduciary duty claims, and property rights disputes. He regularly prosecutes and defends litigation in the bankruptcy court involving preferences, fraudulent conveyances, assumption or rejection of executory contracts, and the dischargability of debt. Stuart’s national practice spans all disciplines of bankruptcy/creditors’ rights law and includes the representation of debtors, secured creditors, unsecured creditors, creditors’ committees, insurance companies, purchasers of distressed debt and assets, plan proponents, landlords, equipment lessors, and equity holders. He represents insurance carriers in cases where parties assert competing interests in insurance proceeds. He also represents insurers in complex bankruptcy proceedings to help to ensure that their rights are protected and insurance neutrality and similar protections are incorporated into the provisions of plans of reorganization or other agreements approved by the bankruptcy court. In addition to writing and lecturing on bankruptcy and creditors’ rights for the National Business Institute, Stuart has been interviewed by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Newsday. He also appears on television and radio to discuss a wide variety of bankruptcy issues. Stuart’s publications have been featured in the New York Law Journal, Law 360, Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law, the Nassau Lawyer, and many other industry publications.