Pfister & Saso is a bankruptcy litigation boutique. Bankruptcy litigation encompasses disputes pending in the nation’s bankruptcy courts and on appeal therefrom, as well as insolvency-related or -adjacent commercial litigation in other forums.
The firm’s partners have broad and deep experience litigating contested matters and adversary proceedings in bankruptcy courts. These include, for example:
- Debtor eligibility, good faith, and contested involuntary petitions;
- Non-debtor injunctive relief and releases;
- Requests for the enforcement of or relief from the automatic stay; and
- Disputes concerning the scope and effect of the discharge injunction.
The firm’s partners also regularly advise and represent clients in matters that arise or are litigated in non-bankruptcy courts, including:
- Voidable transfers and successor liability issues;
- Enforcing or resisting enforcement of post-employment restrictive covenants and similar contractual and commercial matters that arise in connection with business restructurings and transitions; and
- The intersection of insurance law and bankruptcy / insolvency law.
These are unique and specialized matters, both substantively and procedurally. The field is anchored in the 1978 federal Bankruptcy Code — of which Rob’s former law partner and mentor Ken Klee was a principal draftsperson — as well as state commercial and debtor/creditor law, including each state’s enactment and interpretation of the Uniform Commercial Code, Uniform Voidable Transactions Act, and similar laws.
Procedurally, bankruptcy courts apply governing statutory and decisional law with their own peculiar cadence and norms. In our experience, effective advocacy in this context requires expertise in the intricacies and peculiarities of the bankruptcy process and the nuances of bankruptcy and insolvency-related litigation.