Eric W. Sleeper
Partner
Bankruptcy
esleeper@bartonesq.com
P: 212.687.6262
F: 212.687.3667
Practice Areas
Financial Restructuring
Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights
Litigation
Hedge Funds
Court and Bar Admissions
New York
New Jersey
Education
Emory University School of Law, J.D., 1986 with honors, Editor-in-Chief, Bankruptcy Developments Journal
Rutgers University – New Brunswick, 1981, Phi Beta Kappa
Professional Affiliations
American Bankruptcy Institute
Turnaround Management Association
American Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
New Jersey State Bar Association
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Legal Background
Background
Eric Sleeper has focused his practice on creditor-debtor rights, fraud relief, bankruptcy, bankruptcy-related litigation, workouts, restructurings, reorganizations, corporate insolvencies and commercial foreclosures for over two decades. Mr. Sleeper has represented each of the significant constituencies in workouts, insolvency matters and bankruptcies including secured creditors, lenders, hedge funds, corporate debtors, creditor committees, institutional investors, trustees, receivers, landlords and lessors, buyers and sellers of assets and claims from distressed entities, investment advisors and funds, and other primary interested parties. He has practiced before courts throughout the country, including regionally in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware and has represented businesses in a variety of industries including real estate, hospitality, health care, retail, trucking, automotive, airlines, general manufacturing and finance.
At Emory University School of Law, Mr. Sleeper was the Editor-in-Chief of the Bankruptcy Developments Journal. He has authored several articles on bankruptcy law and lectured on bankruptcy and creditor rights issues.
Mr. Sleeper is a member of the American Bar Association, New York and New Jersey State Bar Associations, Bankruptcy Law Section, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Turnaround Management Association and Commercial Finance Association.
Before joining Barton Barton & Plotkin, Mr. Sleeper was a partner at Herrick Feinstein LLP.
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Key Capabilities
- Bankruptcy
- Bankruptcy-Related Litigation
- Corporate Restructurings
- Corporate Reorganizations
- Workouts
- Commercial Foreclosures
- Sales of Distressed Assets & Claims
- Fraud Claims
Industry Experience
- Real Estate
- Hospitality
- Health Care
- Retail
- Trucking & Automotive
- Airlines
- Manufacturing
- Information Technology
- Finance & Hedge Funds
Recent Publications
"Lender Found to Bear Burden of Mortgage Fraud by Identity Theft. "Lending and Restructuring Alert. Summer 2007.
"Hedge Funds: Further Privacy Considerations in Bankruptcy
Proceedings." Complinet. May, 2007.
"Hedge Funds: Privacy Considerations in Bankruptcy Proceedings."
Complinet. March, 2007.
"Hedge Funds and Corporate Insolvencies" 2007
"Second Lien Lenders: New Bankruptcy Battleground?" 2006
"The Amended Bankruptcy Code A Year Later: Impact on Corporate Reorganizations" 2006
"The Recent Amendments to the Bankruptcy Code" 2005
"White Collar Crimes: Fraud, Receiverships and Bankruptcy." January
2002.
"The Bankruptcy Police: Identifying Criminal Bankruptcy Fraud Activity
and Making a Referral." January 2002.
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