Attorney and Paralegal profiles

 

Douglas S. Skalka

New Haven, Connecticut

Principal
phone	203-821-2000
fax	203-821-2009
email	Email Me

 

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. Prior to joining Neubert, Pepe & Monteith in 1995, Attorney Skalka was a partner with the firm of Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan where he was responsible for the firm's business reorganization practice in its Greenwich, Connecticut 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, avoidance actions, and the acquisition of troubled companies and their assets. Attorney Skalka has held a certification in business bankruptcy from the American Board of Certification since 1995. In addition, Attorney Skalka served as the Co-Chairman of the Bankruptcy Committee of the Stamford Regional Bar Association and Chairman of the Bankruptcy Committee for the New Haven County Bar Association. 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. 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 named Super Lawyer in Connecticut Magazine in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 and Best Lawyers.

Year Joined Organization:

1995

Areas of Practice:

Bankruptcy

Commercial Finance

Business Reorganization

Asset-based Lending Transactions

Avoidance Actions

Certification/Specialties:

Business Bankruptcy, American Board of Certification, 1995

Bar Admissions:

Connecticut

New York

Education:

Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1985
Law Journal: Probate Law Journal, Editor-in-Chief, 1985

Cornell University, 1982

Published Works:

Treatise on Bankruptcy Law (Contributing Editor), Wiley Publications, 1999

Representative Cases:

Daly v. Radulesco, 247 B.R. 595 (2d Cir., Bankruptcy Appellate Panel 2000)

Daly v. Biafore, 237 B.R. 536 (Bankruptcy, Dist. of Connecticut 1999)

 

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Stamford Regional Bar Association

Co-Chairman, Bankruptcy Committee

Turnaround Management Association, 1999 - 2000

President, Connecticut Chapter

New Haven County Bar Association

Chairman, Bankruptcy Committee

American Bar Association, Business Law Section

Member

American Bankruptcy Institute

Member

Connecticut Bar Association, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section

Member

Pro Bono Activities:

Business Development Committee, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1995 - 1999

Anti-Defamation League, Connecticut Region, Chairman, New Haven County Committee, 2000 - Present

Tower One / Tower East, Senior Housing Community, Board of Directors, New Haven, CT, 2004 - 2009

Ezra Academy, Woodbridge, CT, Board of Directors, 2004 - Present