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The LAW OFFICES OF STUART G. BRECHER, LLC prides itself on offering exceptional personalized legal services to businesses, individuals, and non-profit organizations. The Firm's practice is diverse with a strong concentration in the area of debtor and creditor rights and relations, including general insolvency, bankruptcy (business, personal, and not-for-profit organizations), debt management and restructuring, business reorganization, business wind-down and liquidation, creditors rights and remedies, bankruptcy litigation, commercial/business litigation, and general civil litigation. Other practice areas of the Firm include, but are not limited to, business and commercial transactions, business disputes, business formation and organization, contract and leasing matters, debt collection, foreclosures and related receiverships, municipal court matters and motor vehicle violations, and real estate.

Firm Member Stuart G. Brecher, Esq. is licensed to practice before the State and Federal courts in New Jersey and New York, as well as the Southern District of New York, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. In connection with his bankruptcy and creditors rights practice, Mr. Brecher has represented Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustees, Chapter 11 debtors-in-possession (including YMCA of Newark & Vicinity, Harvard Industries, Inc., and Union Nursing Home, Inc.) and unsecured creditors committees in Chapter 11 business and personal reorganization proceedings, as well as secured and unsecured creditors. Additionally, Mr. Brecher has represented court-appointed receivers in commercial foreclosure matters, and he has served as a duly designated Assignee for the benefit of creditors in general assignment proceedings commenced under New Jersey State law.

Mr. Brecher was awarded a J.D. degree in 1980 from Rutgers School of Law at Newark, where he was elected to the Appellate Moot Court Board and served as a teaching assistant in legal research and writing courses. He graduated with an A.B. degree in Economics in 1977 from Rutgers College at New Brunswick, where he was elected to Omicron Delta Epsilon, the Honor Society in Economics.

Mr. Brecher served as Judicial Law Clerk to the Hon. Warren Brody and the Hon. John J. Callahan of the Superior Court of New Jersey for the 1980-1981 Court Term. He is âAVâ rated (the highest rating) by the internationally recognized Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, and has earned the distinction of being named a New Jersey Super Lawyer by Law & Politics magazine and the publishers of New Jersey Monthly.

Mr. Brecher has been a member of the following professional organizations:

Bankruptcy American Inn of Court (designated as Master; Program Chair, 1997-98 Term)
American Bar Association (Section of Business Law, Committee on Business Bankruptcy, Chapter 11 Subcommittee)
New Jersey State Bar Association (Bankruptcy Law Section)
Turnaround Management Association (Director, New Jersey Chapter)
Morris County Bar Association
Union County Bar Association
Essex County Bar Association (Debtor/Creditor Committee)
Commercial Law League of America (Bankruptcy and Insolvency Section)

Additionally, Mr. Brecher served for many years as an appointed member and Vice-Chair of the Randolph Township Economic Development Committee.

Mr. Brecher has authored and published a number of articles and other written materials on a variety of legal topics: “Corporate Authority for Filing a Voluntary Petition”, NJSBA Creditor and Debtor Relations Section Newsletter, Volume XIII, No. 1 (December, 1991); “The Qualifying Trust Exemption (Exclusion?) Provisions of N.J.S.A. 25:20-1: Do They Deliver?”, NJSBA Bankruptcy Law Section Newsletter, Volume XIV, No. 2 (April, 1995); “New Jersey’s Qualifying Trust Exemptions: Can State Bankruptcy Protections Withstand Federal Supremacy?”, 140 N.J.L.J. 106 (Trusts and Estates Supp., June 19, 1995); Unraveling the Mysteries of Municipal Taxes and Their Treatment in Bankruptcy Proceedings, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (1997) (Co-Author); “Creditors’ Committees in Chapter 11 Proceedings”, 154 N.J.L.J. 669 (November 23, 1998); “Determination of Tax Liability Under Section 505”, ECBF Chronicle (December, 1998); “Determining Tax Liability Under Section 505(a)”, 155 N.J.L.J. 496 (Bankruptcy Law Supp., February 1, 1999). He is co-author of the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education publication entitled Unraveling The Mysteries Of Municipal Taxes And Their Treatment In Bankruptcy Proceedings, and the Lorman Education Services manual entitled Bankruptcy In New Jersey: A Creditor's Perspective.

Mr. Brecher also has been a speaker and panelist for various groups and organizations, including:

New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education
New Jersey State Bar Association, Bankruptcy Law Section, Annual Bankruptcy Bench-Bar Conference
New Jersey Corporate Counsel Association
Lorman Education Services
New Jersey League of Municipalities
Essex County Bar Association
Turnaround Management Association (New Jersey Chapter)

Moreover, Mr. Brecher is attorney of record in a number of reported Federal and New Jersey State court decisions, including:

In re Top Grade Sausage, Inc., 227 F.3d 123 (3d Cir. 2000)
In re Dale Jackson, 249 B.R. 373 (Bankr. D.N.J. 2000)
In re 2435 Plainfield Avenue, Inc. (2435 Plainfield Avenue, Inc. v. Township of Scotch Plains), 78 F.Supp.2d 482 (D.N.J. 1999)
In re Harvard Industries, Inc., 138 B.R. 10 (Bankr. D.Del. 1992)
In re Anthony Ferrante & Sons, Inc., 119 B.R. 45 (Bankr. D.N.J. 1990)
In re Giggles Restaurant, Inc., 103 B.R. 549 (Bankr. D.N.J. 1989)
Central Steel Drum Co. v. Gold Cooperage, Inc., 200 N.J. Super. 251 (App. Div. 1985)
Mikulicka v. Baer, 184 N.J. Super. 457 (Ch. Div. 1982)