Irve J. Goldman, Esq.

Irve J. Goldman is a member of Pullman & Comley LLC in Bridgeport, Conn., and chairs its Bankruptcy, Creditors’ Rights and Financial Restructuring practice. He has practiced in the areas of bankruptcy law and commercial litigation for more than 30 years. In 1993, Mr. Goldman was the first attorney inConnecticut to become Board Certified in Business Bankruptcy and has represented a diversity of interests in bankruptcy proceedings, including companies reorganizing under chapter 11, secured creditors, equipment lessors, franchisees, landlords and other creditor groups and asset-purchasers in § 363 sales.He has represented companies in reorganization proceedings ranging in size from large retail businesses to smaller-sized concerns, such as a marina in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, a regional hardware chain, a vintage car company and a cross section of other businesses and individuals. He also has served as a chapter 11 trustee and represented chapter 11 and 7 trustees in various bankruptcy cases. In a case that has received national attention, he represented the State of Connecticut and a group of other states in the chapter 11 case of In re Purdue Pharma, L.P. et al. A frequent author on topical bankruptcy issues,Mr. Goldman has published articles in the ABI Journal dealing with standing issues in bankruptcy, prejudgment asset-freeze injunctions and executory contracts; in the Connecticut Bar Journal on the status of lien-stripping under bankruptcy law; and in the Quinnipiac Law Review’s annual summary of decisions from the Second Circuit. At the First Annual Connecticut Bankruptcy Conference in 2019, he moderated a panel on third-party releases in chapter 11 plans, and for the Fourth Annual ConnecticutBankruptcy Conference in 2021, he prepared the materials for credit bidding in § 363 sales and selling assets in chapter 11 when the estate is administratively insolvent. In addition to his bankruptcy experience, Mr. Goldman has handled a wide variety of commercial disputes in both state and federal court, including actions involving civil RICO, breach of fiduciary duty, other business torts and debtor-creditor issues. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the District of Connecticut and theEastern, Northern and Southern Districts of New York, before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second and Third Circuits, and before the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Goldman received his B.B.A. in 1980 fromTemple University and his J.D. in 1984 from Western New England University School of Law, where he was a member of the Western New England Law Review.