Bio

Eric Kelner is a partner in the Princeton, N.J. office of Hill Wallack LLP where he is Chair of the Creditors’ Rights/Bankruptcy practice group. He is also a member of the Corporate Law, Franchise Law, Venture Capital and Emerging Markets practice groups and he is the founding member of the Hospitality practice group. Mr. Kelner’s clients include state chartered banks, regional banks, national banks, equipment financing companies, federal agencies, quasi-governmental lenders, commercial landlords, asset purchasers, hedge funds and individual creditors. Additionally, his hospitality clients include hotel owners and operators of flagged properties, independent hotel owners/operators and restaurateurs. Mr. Kelner is admitted to practice in the State Courts of New Jersey and Federal Courts of New Jersey, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Kelner earned his law degree from Villanova University School of Law and is a graduate of Cornell University, School of Hotel Administration. Mr. Kelner was a law clerk for the Honorable John Pisansky, J.S.C., Union County.