Burton S. Weston
111 Great Neck Road
Suite 503
Great Neck, NY 11021
Phone 516-393-2588
Fax 516-466-5964
bweston@gwtlaw.com |
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Practice Groups
Business
Corporate Reorganization & Bankruptcy(Chair)
Finance and Real Estate
Year Joined
2002
Education
New York University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1976);
Boston University School of Management (BSBA, summa cum laude, 1973)
Bar Admission(s)
New York, 1977
Court Admission(s)
New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. District Court, New York, Southern District
U.S. District Court, New York, Eastern District
U.S. District Court, New York, Northern District
Bar Affiliation(s)
New York State Bar Association
Nassau County Bar Association
Other Affiliation(s)
American Bankruptcy Institute
Biography
Burton S. Weston is a Partner/Director of Garfunkel, Wild & Travis, P.C., which he joined in 2002, after administering his own firm for 15 years.
Mr. Weston is Chair of the firm’s Corporate Reorganization and Bankruptcy Practice Group, representing debtors, creditors and creditor constituencies in all aspects of the Chapter 11 process. He is also a member of the firm’s Business Practice Group, which advises clients on a broad array of corporate and transactional matters.
Mr. Weston’s practice includes the preparation and prosecution of Chapter 11 cases for corporate debtors, the representation of creditors’ committees, creditor constituencies and individual creditors in reorganization cases, the acquisition and disposition of assets and business in the Chapter 11 context, the development of competing plans of reorganization for potential acquirors of distressed entities, the advise of parties in connection with the claims trading process, debtor-in-possession financing, the defense of preference and fraudulent conveyance actions, and the representation of landlords to Chapter 11 debtors.
Mr. Weston has co-authored a bankruptcy text for inside counsel and other practitioners entitled “Bankruptcy Strategies for Corporate Creditors," and lectures frequently on creditors’ rights and asset protection issues to professional groups and attorneys.
He has served as Secretary to the Committee on Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization for Association of the Bar of the City of New York, is a member of the Bankruptcy Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association, and a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute.
In addition, Mr. Weston has represented numerous distressed mid-market companies in the retail, technology, and manufacturing sectors and has successfully concluded many reorganizations, both formal and informal restructurings, allowing companies to emerge with new financial life. He has also represented landlords and other large creditors in many of the nation’s largest Chapter 11 cases.
Mr. Weston's past experience reflects a blend of public and private service. Mr. Weston served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and he is a member of the Board of Directors of Transition Services of Long Island, a Suffolk County based not-for-profit agency.
Prior to joining GWT, Mr. Weston was a partner at Kramer, Levin, Nessen, Kamin & Frankel, a prominent New York City firm, and also administered his own firm for fifteen years.
Mr. Weston received his BSBA from Boston University, summa cum laude, in 1973, and his J.D., cum laude, from New York University School of Law.
Publications
Insolvency crisis plagues hospitals; problem affects both profits and nonprofits; several factors play role, The National Law Journal, October 30, 2006
Presentations
Hospitals in Crisis: The Insolvency Crisis Plaguing Hospitals Across the U.S. - Strategies to Combat Insolvency (Beard Group Teleconference) - April 24, 2007 |
