Justin R. Alberto

Justin R. Alberto is a member of Cole Schotz P.C. in Wilmington, Del., where he practices in the areas of corporate restructuring and litigation, with an emphasis on the representation of debtors, creditors’ committees and other significant parties in interest. He has led engagements in many large and complex commercial restructurings throughout his career. His notable recent company- side engagements include his representations of True Religion, Advantage Rent-a-Car and Char- lotte Russe in their chapter 11 cases. In addition, Mr. Alberto regularly represents official commit- tees in some of the most complex and high-profile chapter 11 cases in the country, including the creditors’ committees in the bankruptcy cases of Purdue Pharma, Mallinckrodt, Insys Therapeutics, JCPenney’s, Francesca’s, Claire’s Stores, Bumblebee Tuna, Brookstone, American Apparel, Marsh Supermarkets and Pacific Sunwear, among others. He has experience negotiating and litigating issues involving valuation, intercreditor and allocation disputes, § 363 asset sales and contested confirmations in an array of industries, notably retail, health care and pharmaceuticals. Mr. Alberto is a frequent speaker on issues involving valuation and debtor-in-possession finance, and he was a recurring guest lecturer of commercial bankruptcy practice and procedure at Temple University Beasley School of Law. In addition to his restructuring practice, he is an experienced litigator with trial experience in state and federal courts involving issues of corporate law and distressed com- mercial situations. He also is a certified mediator for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware and is included on the Register of Mediators and Arbitrators maintained by the court. Mr. Alberto received his B.S. in business and economics from Springfield College and his J.D. cum laude from Widener University Delaware Law School, where he served as the managing editor of the Widener Law Review and was a member of the Moe Levine Mock Trial Honor Society. While in law school, he clerked for Hon. Henry duPont Ridgely, former Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court.