Attorney and Paralegal profiles

Louis J. Testa

New Haven, Connecticut

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

 

Attorney Testa was born in Peekskill, New York in 1954 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics in 1976 and a Master of Science degree in Education in 1978 from S.U.N.Y at Plattsburgh. He obtained his law degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1981 where he served as a student clerk to the Honorable John G. Galgay, United States Bankruptcy Judge, Southern District of New York. Attorney Testa is admitted to practice in the State of New York and the United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York, District of Connecticut and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. In 1989 Attorney Testa co-founded the law firm of Deily, Testa and Dautel in Albany, New York and has been actively involved in all aspects of bankruptcy law and litigation for over thirty years, including serving as chapter 11 trustee in the bankruptcy case of Windham Mills Development Corporation, Case No. 04-23619 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut (Hartford Division). Attorney Testa was a co-founder and first president of the Capital Region Bankruptcy Bar Association. In addition, he has served as a member of the Committees for the Revision of Local Rules of Bankruptcy Practice for the Northern District of New York in both 1986 and 1992 and as President of the Creditors' Auxiliary of the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees in 1998-99. Attorney Testa was co-chairperson of the Committee for the Development of the Mediation Program for the Northern District of New York and a member of the Board of Directors for the Plattsburgh Alumni Association for fifteen years and served as its' President in 1998 and 1999. He has been a contributing editor to Norton Bankruptcy Law. Attorney Testa is a frequent lecturer in the field of bankruptcy law and litigation at both the local and national level and is a member of the New York State Bar Association, Capital Region Bankruptcy Bar Association, American Bankruptcy Institute and National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees.

Areas of Practice:

Business Reorganization

Bankruptcy Litigation

Insolvency and Creditors' Rights

Federal Commercial/Civil Litigation

Bar Admissions:

New York, 1982

U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 1990

U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1990

U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1990

U.S. District Court Western District of New York, 1991

U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 2001

U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 2005

Education:

Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York, 1981
J.D.

State University of New York, College at Plattsburgh, New York, 1978
M.S.
Major:  Education

State University of New York, College at Plattsburgh, New York, 1976
B.S.
Major:  Mathematics

Classes/Seminars Taught:

15th Annual Bankruptcy Conference of CRBBA and CNYBBA Cooperstown, NY , 2010

Recent Supreme Court Decisions, 33 rd Annual NACTT Seminar, 1998

Bankruptcy Litigation, New York State Bar Association

Collection Issues in Bankruptcy, Lorman Education Services

Contributing Editor, Norton Bankruptcy Law, 2003

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Capital Region Bankruptcy Bar Association

Co-founder and First President

Committees for Revision of Local Rules of Bankruptcy Practice, Northern District of New York, 1986 and 1992

Creditors' Auxiliary of the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees, 1998 - 1999

President

Committee for the Development of the Mediation Program for the Northern District of New York

Co-Chairperson

Plattsburgh Alumni Association

Board of Directors

Plattsburgh Alumni Association

President - 1998/1999

New York State Bar Association

Capital Region Bankruptcy Bar Association

American Bankruptcy Institute

Connecticut Bar Association

National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees

Birth Information:

1954, Peekskill, New York, United States of America