Partner

Practice Strengths

Mr. Conrad specializes in providing mediation, strategic consulting, insolvency, arbitration, and bankruptcy tax services to a variety of parties including lawyers, the courts, start-up and troubled businesses, international government, and banking organizations. He also has extensive experience servicing clients in Chapter 11 operating trusteeships, examiner roles, and risk management. Mr. Conrad's expertise also extends internationally. He is a key U.S. liaison for cross-border bankruptcies and insolvencies and is experienced in European Union law.

As a former United States Bankruptcy Judge, Mr. Conrad presided over insolvency, bankruptcy, and reorganization cases that covered a wide range of industries and businesses. Mr. Conrad performed widespread work overseas facilitating the privatization and modernization of economies by drafting and revising debtor-creditor insolvency laws in several European countries.

Industry Expertise

Banking

Brokerage

Health care

Insurance

Investment banking

Manufacturing

News and entertainment media

Retail

Shipping and leasing   

Licenses and Accreditations

Certified Fraud Examiner

Certified Insolvency Restructuring Advisor

Certified Public Accountant, New York

Bar Admissions

Supreme Court of the United States

Court of Appeals - Second Circuit

United States Tax Court

New York Bar

Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

Vermont Bar

Affiliations   

American Bankruptcy College

Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors

     Board of Directors

     International Vice-President

National Association of Fraud Examiners

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

     Business Law Sub-Committee, former chair

     Regulation (Law) Taxation and Professional Responsibility Sub-

          Committee, former member

     Bankruptcy Litigation Sub-Committee

     Board of Examiners, former member

National Association of States Boards of Accountancy

     Executive Committee, former member

     Review Board, former member

     International Relations and Reciprocity Committee, former member

     Due Process Committee, former chair

New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants

Vermont State Society of Certified Public Accountants

American Bar Association

     Professional Relations Committee Between Bankers and Lawyers,

         former member

     Served as bar liaison with the Internal Revenue Service and State Tax

          Department

INSOL, Board of Directors

International Bar Association

New York Bar Association

Vermont Bar Association

Business Appraisal Institute

Education

BBA in Accounting, Manhattan College

Graduate School of Business, City University of New York

MBA in Financial Management, Iona College, John G. Hagen School of

    Business

JD, Fordham Law School

Third Annual Arbitration Training Institute for Commercial Arbitration, presented by

    the American Bar Association

Publications and Speeches

Tax Services

     Research Institute of America, Vermont Tax Volume, Editor (1980-1983)

     Research Institute of America, New York Tax Volume, Editor (1972-

         1979)

Book Chapters

      Bankruptcy Litigation , Chapter 35, Wiley, John & Sons, Inc., 2001

Articles written for The Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors

     "Indemnification of Professionals in Bankruptcy"

     "Post-Confirmation of the Bankruptcy Court"

     "Chapter 11 Plan Outline"

     "Valuation of Intellectual Property in Bankruptcy"

     "Reclamation is not Revitalization of a Brownfield, But is a Secret Lien

          Inside and Outside of Bankruptcy"

Articles for Various Outlets

    "Preference Litigation," American Institute for Certified Public

         Accountants Litigation Conference

     "Bankruptcy Taxation for Bankruptcy Practitioners," Great Plains Tax

         Institute, Lincoln, Nebraska

     "Bankruptcy Litigation, Insurance, and Mass Torts," American Bar

         Association, Litigation Section

     "Mass Torts in Bankruptcy," Lexis and Meale

     "Proposed Changes in the New Bankruptcy Bill," Coauthored with D.

         DiNapoli Bingham-Dana Institute

Has spoken on various topics at many organizations including The American Bar Association, The New York Bar Associations, The Vermont Bar Association, The International bar Association, World Bank, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and more.

Achievements

Testified before the House Commerce Committee on due process for and

    regulation of accountants

Submitted comments and testified twice before the National Bankruptcy

    Commission

Testified before the Vermont House and Senate Judiciary Committee and

    the Vermont House Insurance Committee

Adjunct Professor, St. John's University, (bankruptcy and insolvency

    courses), current Visiting Professor, St. John's University (bankruptcy

    and insolvency courses), January 2003

Interim Director, St. John's University, January 2003