Jonathan L. Flaxer

Jonathan L. Flaxer is a partner with Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP in New York and has devoted his legal career to his business bankruptcy practice. He represents chapter 11 debtors and trustees, creditors’ committees, indenture trustees, distressed-debt investors, distressed-asset-acquirers and landlords. Mr. Flaxer also has led numerous successful out-of-court workouts. He is active in several professional organizations and writes and lectures on bankruptcy-related topics. Mr. Flaxer was recently appointed to serve as chapter 11 trustee in cases involving a law firm, a residential building and a large construction company. He is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubble, has has authored several articles, has testified before a congressional subcommittee on bankruptcy-related issues, and is a member of the panel of mediators for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York. Mr. Flaxer is admitted to practice in the State of New York and before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and EasternDistricts of New York, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.He is a member of the New York City Bar Association’s Task Force on Puerto Rico and Bankruptcy &Corporate Reorganization Committee. Mr. Flaxer received his B.A. in English literature from New YorkUniversity and his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School, where he received the Cornelius W. Wickersham Constitutional Law Prize.