Real Estate Office
Resume:
MICHAEL L. CAREY
Glen Ridge, New Jersey 07028
201-***-**** (Mobile)
************.***@*****.***
QUALIFICATIONS Diverse background and experience involving complicated business transactions, multi-million dollar business ventures and sensitive matters. Proven ability to handle complex negotiations, complete multi-faceted transactions, close deals efficiently, economically, and reduce litigation costs and exposure.
EXPERIENCE
June 2015 to Present
LAW OFFICE OF FRANK J. MARTONE, P.C.
Bloomfield, NJ
Conducted Commercial and Residential real estate closings. Managed substantial caseload of Bankruptcy and Foreclosure cases on behalf of Secured Lenders.
March 2014 to March 2015
Vice President and Assistant General
Counsel Legal Department (January
2012 to February 2014)
Consultant (Tower Legal Solutions)
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Mortgage Foreclosure Department
Managed case load of over 200 active foreclosure cases in various states of negotiation and litigation. Responsible for all communication with outside counsel, settlement direction and billing. Proven record of successfully resolving pending matters on a quarterly basis.
October 2011 to Present LAW OFFICES OF MICHAEL L. CAREY Glen Ridge, NJ
General Practice, Currently a New York State Court Receiver appointed to liquidate properties offered as collateral in various defaulted asset based lending transactions.
MEDIATOR
Glen Ridge, NJ
R. 1:40 qualified mediator included in the roster of court approved mediators in the State of New Jersey.
April 2010 – September 2011
Senior Counsel
PANNONE LOPES DEVEREAUX & WEST LLC
White Plains, NY
Resident New York Attorney - responsible for the operation of the White Plains, New York office of a multi-state law firm with offices in Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts & Rhode Island. Member of the Corporate & Business Counseling, Litigation, Municipal Infrastructure and Real Estate & Commercial Lending Teams. New York State court appointed Receiver, Referee and Guardian Ad Litem.
January 2001 – March 2010
Partner
February 1995 – December 2000
Associate
JACOBOWITZ AND GUBITS, LLP
Walden, NY
Responsible for managing the commercial and consumer bankruptcy practice of a large Orange County, New York law firm with offices in Walden, Monticello and Poughkeepsie. Member of the firm's Commercial Transaction and Litigation Teams, handling business reorganizations, workouts, secured lending matters, commercial litigation and all aspects of business transactions from the institutional lender, non-traditional lender and borrower perspective. August 1992 –December 1994
Associate
FINKEL, GOLDSTEIN, BERZOW & ROSENBLOOM
New York, NY
Managed significant caseload representing trustees, creditors' committees, debtors and non-institutional lenders in all facets of Chapter 7 and 11 proceedings for multi-million dollar corporations, single asset real estate debtors, hospitals, restaurants and supermarkets. Conducted numerous depositions; defended §341(a) hearings; drafted and negotiated plans of reorganization; and handled closings.
July 1991 – July 1992
Associate
WILENTZ, GOLDMAN & SPITZER
Woodbridge, NJ
Member of the Corporate Transactional Team with concentration in representation of institutional creditors, financial institutions, trustees and unsecured creditors' committees in all aspects of medium to large Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 proceedings.
April 1989 – June 1991
Associate
EICHLER, FORGOSH, GOTTILLA & RUDNICK
Chatham, NJ
Managed caseload in excess of 50 cases representing Institutional Lenders in both Federal and State Courts. Drafted and argued relief of stay motions, conversion motions, motions for appointment of a trustee and plans of reorganization and disclosure statements. Assisted in the preparation of various secured loans and asset based lending transactions. September 1988 -- March 1989
Associate
CHASEN, LEYNER, TARRANT & D'ITALIA
Jersey City, NJ
September 1987 – August 1988
Law Clerk
UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
District of New Jersey
The Honorable Vincent J. Commisa, Chief Judge
Judicial Intern: 1986-1987 Academic Year
ADMISSIONS New Jersey & New York
EDUCATION SETON HALL UNIVERSITY
J.D. 1987 Managing Editor: Res Ipsa Loquitor Student Public Defender: Juvenile Justice Clinic Member: Ad Hoc Committee on Judicial Clerkships SETON HALL UNIVERSITY
B.A. 1984 Major– Economics Minor – English
Member: Phi Beta Lamda
Xavier High School –1980 New York, New York
ASSOCIATIONS AND PUBLIC
SERVICE
New York and New Jersey Bar Associations
Member: New York State Bar Association – Business Law Section (Executive Committee) – 2009 - 2013
Member: Mid-Hudson Bankruptcy Bar Association (Past President, Member of the New Deal for Bankruptcy Seminar Committee)
2002-2010
Member: Strategic Planning Committee for the Southern District of New York Bankruptcy Court (Poughkeepsie) 2006-2009
Glen Ridge Congregational Church – UCC and member of Church Council – 2008 to present
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS NYSBA Business Law Section Fall Meeting "Distressed Real Estate in Bankruptcy", September, 2011
SUNY New Paltz Center for Regional Education and Outreach
"Managing Financial Crisis at the Local Level; Municipal, Land Use and Bankruptcy Tools" – 2009
Mid-Hudson Bankruptcy Bar Association - "Interaction of Matrimonial Law and Bankruptcy Law" – 2000
County Attorneys' Association of the State of New York, Inc.
"Bankruptcy and the Municipality" – 1998
AWARDS Recipient of Partner in Justice Awards - The Board of Directors of Legal Services of the Hudson Valley - 2009
Recipient of Orange County Pro Bono Award – 1997
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