ADAM P. WOFSE is a partner at LH&M. During law school, Adam interned for the Office of the New York State Attorney General in the Real Property and Consumer Fraud and Protection Bureaus. After law school, Adam focused his practice in the areas of consumer bankruptcy and residential real estate. Prior to joining LH&M, Adam was a partner at Jaspan Schlesinger Hoffman LLP, in the Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Practice Group, where he represented debtors, creditors, creditors’ committees, Chapter 7 trustees and Chapter 11 operating trustees. Adam continues to practice in these same areas at LH&M.
Education
- J.D., Albany Law School of Union University – 1994
- B.A., Binghamton University (with Honors) – 1991
Honors & Affiliations
- Co-author of the New York Law Journal’s Long Island Bankruptcy Column (2002-2004)
- Adam has written for the Long Island Turnaround Management Association’s website.
Bar Admissions
- Courts of the State of New York
- Courts of the State of New Jersey
- U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
Professional Associations
- Nassau County Bar Association, and its Bankruptcy Committee
- American Bankruptcy Institute
Noteworthy
In July 2009, as a result of litigation prosecuted by LH&M, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York published its decision in In re Probulk, Inc., 407 B.R. 56 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2009), in which the Court granted LH&M’s motion for a preliminary injunction against two foreign insurers enjoining their attempts to cancel insurance coverage based upon the debtors’ bankruptcy filing.
