Attorney and Paralegal profiles

Douglas S. Skalka

Attorney Skalka graduated from Cornell University in 1982 and received his law degree from Boston University School of Law in 1985, where he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Probate Law Journal. In 1985, he joined the law firm of Whitman & Ransom and practiced out of the firm's New York and Greenwich, Connecticut offices. In 1994, after the merger of the practices of Whitman & Ransom and Breed, Abbott & Morgan, Attorney Skalka joined the firm of Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan where he became a partner responsible for the firm's business reorganization practice in the Greenwich office. Attorney Skalka has represented secured and unsecured creditors, debtors, commercial lenders, investors, purchasers and committees in bankruptcy and business reorganization cases in Connecticut and throughout the country. He has experience in all aspects of bankruptcy, commercial finance and business reorganization matters, including asset-based lending transactions, use of cash collateral, avoidance actions, and the acquisition of troubled companies and their assets. In January, 1995, he obtained a certification in business bankruptcy from the American Board of Certification. In addition, Attorney Skalka served as the Co-Chairman of the Bankruptcy Committee of the Stamford Regional Bar Association for 1994-95. He served as the President of the Connecticut chapter of the Turnaround Management Association (1999-2000) and served as a Contributing Editor to the 1998-1999 treatise on bankruptcy law published by Wiley Publications. He is currently serving as the Chairman of the Bankruptcy Committee for the New Haven County Bar Association. Attorney Skalka is admitted to practice in the states of New York and Connecticut. He is also an active member of the American Bar Association (Business Law Section), the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Connecticut Bar Association (Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section), and has lectured extensively on commercial finance, business reorganizations and insolvency issues. Attorney Skalka has been selected for inclusion in the national publication "The Best Lawyers In America" and named Super Lawyer in Connecticut Magazine in 2007.