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JONATHAN M. LANDERS, nationally recognized authority in bankruptcy and insolvency law, is a partner in Milberg LLP, and is resident in Milberg's New York headquarters and head of the Firm's bankruptcy practice. Mr. Landers has extensive experience in bankruptcy, insolvency, restructuring, financing transactions, purchase/sale of assets and bankruptcy and insolvency litigation matters, representing debtors, lenders and lending syndicates, large creditors, litigation defendants and asset sellers and purchasers. He is one of only sixty-five members of the National Bankruptcy Conference, a member of the American College of Bankruptcy, and has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America and New York Super Lawyers. Before joining Milberg LLP, Mr. Landers served as lead counsel for numerous clients, including: debtors The Finova Group, Inc., Hoop (Disney Stores), Odyssey Group (North Face and Head Sportswear), Hotels and S.S. Retail Stores; secured lenders in the cases of Insilco and Concap I, II, IV, and V (involving real estate loans aggregating $500+MM); and represented Merrill Lynch in the Enron and Adelphia bankruptcies; Wells Fargo Bank in the Placid and Penrod bankruptcies; and Dial Corporation in the Greyhound and Bergner bankruptcies; asset purchasers in the U.S. Aggregates, Greate Bay Casinos, Liquor Barn, Sonic Telecommunications, Grand Palais Riverboat and Rivermeadows (Crescent H Ranch) bankruptcies; and was lead counsel for lending groups (including Wells Fargo Bank, Bracton Corporation successor to Crocker National Bank, and Bank of Montreal) in numerous workout and restructuring transactions; and Citibank in connection with the liquidation and bankruptcy of a number of major law firms, most recently, Heller Ehrman, Thelen and Brobeck. Mr. Landers graduated from Colgate University and from the Harvard Law School. Mr. Landers previously was a partner in Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher and the co-author of three books on bankruptcy/creditors' rights and civil procedure, and author of more than 25 published articles on bankruptcy, creditors' rights and civil procedure, has testified a number of times before congressional committees, and is a frequent speaker before bar associations and continuing legal education institutes. He is a Contributing Editor of Norton on Bankruptcy, and member of the Board of Editors of the Norton Bankruptcy Law Advisor.
