Joseph Orbach

Joseph Orbach is a Partner in the Bankruptcy and Restructuring Department of Thompson Coburn LLP in New York and has represented a variety of clients in diverse aspects of bankruptcy and insolvency law. His practice primarily focuses on the representation of creditors’ committees, secured and unsecured creditors, and trustees in corporate reorganizations, restructurings and liquidations. Mr. Orbach has analyzed and prosecuted thousands of preferences/fraudulent transfers for liquidating trustees, and has also defended dozens of preference actions. Additionally, he has advised companies on distressed asset investments, sales and initial and secondary capital offerings. Mr. Orbach is a certified bankruptcy mediator and is a member of the Mediation Panel of the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts of the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York . He received his B.A. summa cum laude in 2004 from Queens College of the City University of New York and his J.D. magna cum laude in 2007from Fordham University School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif.