Edward L. Schnitzer

Edward L. Schnitzer is a partner with Womble Bond Dickinson in New York, where he focuses his practice on bankruptcy and reorganization matters. He has experience representing unsecured creditor committees, litigation and liquidation trustees, debtors, banks, equity committees, and creditors in all aspects of bankruptcy practice, with a particular focus on bankruptcy litigation, including the prosecution and defense of preferences, fraudulent transfers and other avoidance actions, claims objections, and collection and turnover actions. Mr. Schnitzer is a court-approved mediator in the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the District of Delaware and the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. He has mediated disputes in the Health Diagnostic, Standard Register, Borders and WP Steel bankruptcy cases. Mr. Schnitzer co-chairs ABI’s Mediation Committee and frequently writes on bankruptcy mediation. He also is a member of the New York City Bar Association’s Pro Bono Bankruptcy Panel and has represented individuals in need of pro bono assistance in adversary proceedings. Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Schnitzer served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Bronx, where he briefed and argued appeals before the Appellate Division, New York Court of Appeals, Southern District of New York, and Second Circuit, as well as tried several cases and assisted with the prosecution of a first-degree murder trial. He then joined the Enforcement Division of the Securities & Exchange Commission, where he investigated violations of the Federal Securities Laws. Mr. Schnitzer received his B.A. cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, and he earned a Certificate of Completion for the Inaugural Bankruptcy Mediation Class from St. John’s University School of Law and the Hugh L. Carey Center for Dispute Resolution.