Michael J. Shavel is a partner of Hill Wallack LLP. He is a member of the Creditors’ Rights/Bankruptcy Practice Group.

Mr. Shavel concentrates his practice on bankruptcy reorganizations and workouts, debt and equity restructuring; banking, commercial, industrial, real estate and public debt transactions, including loan structuring and restructuring, debtor in possession financing, intercreditor relationship, lender liability prevention and defense.

Representative Clients

• Lending institutions including Sovereign Bank; TD Bank, N.A.; Beneficial Bank; HSBC; Stonebridge Bank, Bank of America
   
• Debtors and creditors including Ashford Health Systems; Todays Man, Inc.; Merry Go Round Enterprises; Allegheny Health Education and Research Foundation; Delaware Valley Medical Systems
   
•  Mortgage lenders in litigation regarding RESPA, TILA, FDCPA, consumer fraud and other claims
   
• Chapter 7 Trustee in litigation matters and bankruptcy disputes in the health care area
   
• Lenders in work out and lender liability claims

Publications

• Author, "Overview Stresses Chapter 7 Procedures," New Jersey Law Journal, 1994
   
• Author, "Collection Practices in New Jersey," Lorman Business Institute, 1992
   
• Speaker, "Negotiating Real Estate Loan Terms and Workout Options" February, 2010

Leadership

•  Member, American Bar Institute
   
• Member, New Jersey State Bar Association Bankruptcy Section
   
• Member, New Jersey State Bar Association Banking Section
   
• Member, Turnaround Management Association
   
• Member, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference
   
• Member, American Bankruptcy Institute

Mr. Shavel is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; State of New Jersey; State of New York, U.S. District Court for New Jersey; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida; All federal district courts in New York. He received his J.D. from Ohio Northern University with honors and his B.A. from Drew University.