Jill B. Bienstock, Esq.

Jill B. Bienstock is a managing director with PwC and heads its Bankruptcy Consultation & Facilitation Team. She was previously a partner with Cole Schotz P.C., where she focused her practice on a variety of areas, including creditors’ rights, avoidance actions and reorganizations for both individuals and corporate entities. She has represented Fortune 500 companies, various debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, landlords, equipment lessors, restaurants, hedge funds and banks, creditors’ committees and liquidating trustees, both in and out of bankruptcy court. Ms.Bienstock’s work has been recognized in New Jersey Super Lawyers and New York Metro Area Su-per Lawyers. Prior to joining Cole Schotz, Ms. Bienstock was a judicial intern for Hon. Ronald J.Hedges, a magistrate judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey and a summer associate for the firm. Prior to attending law school, she worked for a publicly traded company inits in-house legal department, supporting and managing its U.S. and out-of-country boards of directors, Section 16 pre-clearances and corporate governance initiatives, as well as the integration and training for new technology. Ms. Bienstock is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey, as well as in the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of New Jersey and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She received her B.A.magna cum laude from Lafayette College, where she was a member of the National Honor Societies for Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Delta Pi and Pi Sigma Alpha, and received her J.D. cum laude fromNew York Law School.