DAVID A. BLANSKY is a partner at LH&M. By the time David graduated law school, he had already clerked at the Massachusetts Superior Court, assisted in the denaturalization and deportation of Nazi war criminals residing in the United States while serving at the Department of Justice Office of Special Investigations, litigated numerous criminal cases as a public defender in New Mexico, and worked on a variety of contract, copyright, trademark, and communications issues at National Public Radio’s Office of the General counsel.  After graduation from law school, David worked as an Assistant District Attorney in Nassau County for nearly four years, prosecuting a variety of petty and felony crimes.  Prior to joining the Firm, David worked at the Law Offices of David J. Sutton, P.C., as an associate, where his primary areas of practice were general and commercial litigation. David joined the Firm as an associate in March 2004 and was made partner in March 2007.

Education

• J.D., Northeastern University School of Law, 1997
• B.A., The American University, 1994

Honors & Affiliations

• Chair of the Bankruptcy Law Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association (2010-2012 term); Former Vice Chair (2009-2010 term)
• Member of the Bankruptcy Law Committee of the New York State Bar Association, Business Law Section
• Focus editor of the July/August 2010 issue of The Nassau Lawyer, the journal of the Nassau County Bar Association
• Frequent lecturer for the Credit Abuse Resistance Education Program of the Nassau County Bar Association and on a variety of topics, including trial practice skills, bankruptcy law and judgment enforcement
• Member of the Nassau County Bar Association’s Mortgage Foreclosure Task Force

Bar Admissions

• Courts of the State of New York
• United States District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
• United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• United States Supreme Court

Professional Associations

• America Bankruptcy Institute
• Nassau County Bar Association
• New York State Bar Association
• New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers
• Former District Attorneys’ Association of Nassau County
• Accountant/Attorney Networking Group

Reported Cases

• In re TC Liquidations LLC, 463 B.R. 257 (Bankr.E.D.N.Y. 2011)
  
• In re DeMartino, 448 B.R. 122 (Bankr.E.D.N.Y. 2011) (on the motion)
• In re Singh, 2010 WL 2853749 (Bankr.E.D.N.Y. Jul 20, 2010)
• In re DeVanzo, 2010 WL 1780038 (Bankr.E.D.N.Y. May 03, 2010)
• U.S. ex rel. Miller Proctor Nickolas, Inc. v. Lumbermens Mut. Cas. Co., 2009 WL 962273 (E.D.N.Y. Mar 31, 2009)
• In re Parker, 399 B.R. 577 (Bankr.E.D.N.Y. Jan 27, 2009)
• In re Jacobs, 394 B.R. 646 (Bankr.E.D.N.Y. Aug 26, 2008)
• In re Verma, 2007 WL 2713017 (Bankr.E.D.N.Y. Sep 14, 2007)
• In re Ellenhorn, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43269 (E.D.N.Y. Aug 23, 2005)

Publications

• Same Sex Couples May be able to File Joint Bankruptcy Petitions, co-authored with Rachel P. Corcoran, Esq., THE NASSAU LAWYER (Nov. 2011).

Noteworthy

For four consecutive years, David was been recognized by Avvo.com with a superb rating for his experience, industry recognition and professional conduct.