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Arthur J. Abramowitz

Shareholder
Meet Arthur
Arthur J. Abramowitz is a shareholder with the firm, and chair of the firm’s Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Workout department.

Arthur has over 40 years’ experience in various aspects of corporate reorganizations and workouts, as well as commercial litigation and is widely recognized as a leader of the bankruptcy bar. He has successfully reorganized numerous debtors and has represented creditors’ committees, secured and unsecured creditors, and trustees. Arthur has also served as trustee in a number of Chapter 11 cases.

A substantial part of his practice is related to both in court and out of court workouts involving debtors, guarantors and lenders. He has been involved in mass tort cases relating to asbestos, as well as diet supplements. Arthur has served as a mediator, Receiver and Trustee in numerous cases and has been an expert witness in a number of bankruptcy related cases.

On numerous occasions, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals selected him to serve as a member of the merit selection committee for the appointment of Bankruptcy Judges. Arthur is also a past president of the Camden County and Federal Bar Association and has served as the President of the Bankruptcy Section of the New Jersey Bar Association. He is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. 

Arthur has led his firm's representation of the Talc Creditors' Committee II in the LTL Management Chapter 11 case, in Trenton. Arthur is currently representing the Official Committee of Tort Claimants in the Rite Aid Corporation, et. al. Chapter 11 proceedings and the Official Committee of Talc Claimants in the Chapter 11 cases of Whittaker Clark & Daniels, Inc., et. al. He is also currently representing one of the largest landlords in the WeWork Inc. bankruptcy proceedings. Arthur is representing the sixty-two parishes, certain schools and certain missions in the Diocese of Camden Chapter 11 case pending in Camden.

Arthur graduated from Rutgers University in 1969 and from Temple University School of Law in 1972, where he was Executive Editor of the Law Review. has been selected for inclusion in the list of the Best Lawyers in America in the area of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and Reorganization Law for over thirty years. Selection methodology for this award can be found here. 

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Education

J.D., Temple University School of Law, 1972
B.A., Rutgers University, 1969

Professional & Bar Association Memberships

Camden County Bar Association
Past President

New Jersey Bar Association
Past President, Bankruptcy Section
Past Chair, Committee on Professional Responsibility

American Bar Association
Elected Delegate

American Bar Foundation
Life Fellow

American College of Bankruptcy
Fellow

Lawyer’s Advisory Committee
Past Chairman

Federal Bar Association for the State of New Jersey
Past President

American Judicature Society
Past Member, Board of Directors

Greater Cherry Hill Chamber of Commerce
Past President

Raymond & Gertrude Saltzman Foundation
Lifetime Donor Trustee
President