Overview
Leah M. Eisenberg’s practice encompasses corporate reorganization, bankruptcy and default matters, corporate trust default matters, intercreditor matters, bankruptcy litigation, cannabis-related financing matters and cross border representations. She represents debtors, creditors, indenture trustees, committees of unsecured creditors, debtors, secured creditors, lenders, bidders and acquirors.
Leah takes pride in giving back to the community and recently represented a synagogue in proceeding in the Beth Din (Jewish Court) on employment, real estate and non-for-profit matters. Leah also represented clients where she was successful in obtaining for them Holocaust reparations from France. She also represented a non-profit Holocaust education organization on corporate, employment and cross border matters. Leah dedicated many pro bono hours to advising clients referred by Her Justice. Leah also volunteers at her synagogue and assists students and adults with reading Hebrew.
Prior to joining Pashman Stein, Leah worked at Mayer Brown LLP and at Foley & Lardner LLP. Earlier in her career, Leah served as a first law clerk to the Honorable Robert E. Gerber, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York.
Recognition
Honors & Recognitions
- Selected for inclusion in the list of Best Lawyers, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
- Recipient of the NYIC Women’s Division Executive of the Year Award (2018)
- Recipient of the Publication Award, American Bankruptcy Institute’s Annual Spring Conference (2017)
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News & Insights
News
Speaking Engagements
Moderator, “Chapter 15 Hot Topics: Three Arrows, Blood, and Silicone” at AIRA’s 40th Annual Bankruptcy & Restructuring Conference, June 2024
Speaker, "The 411 on Section 303: What you need to Know About Involuntary Bankruptcy Cases" at ABI Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, August, 2022
Speaker, "Restructuring Cannabis Companies" at Fasken Cannabis Law Webinar Series, November 2020
Speaker, "The Importance of Plan Feasibility" at ABI 2019 Mid-Level Professional Development Program, October 2019
Speaker, "Valuing Causes of Action for Purposes of Third Party Releases" at ABI's VALCON Conference, February 2019
Speaker, "How Does a Creditors' Committee work and Why Does it Exist," at NACM Commercial Services, North American Retail Group, January 2019
Speaker, "Broken Bonds - Navigating Indenture Trustee Issues in the Default World" at IWIRC's 25th Annual Fall Conference, October 2018
Moderator, “Pre-Packaged Chapter 11 Cases,” at the 13th Annual NYIC/AIRA Joint Bankruptcy and Restructuring Event, January 2018
Speaker, "Young Lawyers Track: Best Practices for Motion and Brief Drafting" at Delaware Views From the Bench, September 2017
Speaker, “New Challenges to Out-of-Court Exchange Offers” at American Bar Association Annual Conference, CLE in the City Series, August 2017
Speaker, “Commercial Finance Association’s Workouts and Bankruptcy Workshop”, April 2017)
Speaker, “In This Corner, Arbitration; in the Other, Bankruptcy” at ABI's Caribbean Insolvency Symposium, February 2017
Moderator, “Supreme Court Watch Dog: Cases That Could Have Impact on Bankruptcy Law and Practice” at the 12th Annual NYIC/AIRA Joint Bankruptcy and Restructuring Event, January 2017
Publications
Bankruptcy Court Paves the Way for Excluded Bondholders to Seek Recoveries from Pre-Petition Liability Management Transactions – AIRA Journal, 2024
Revolutionizing Recovery: Rethinking Bankruptcy for Mexico's Economic Resurgence, co-author – Pratt's Journal of Bankruptcy Law, September 2024
As U.S. Cannabis Industry Grows, Produces Distress, Bankruptcy Relief Remains Limited – TMA Journal of Corporate Renewal, November 2021
Warning: Pro Bono Work Can Be Good for Your Professional Spirit – ABI Journal, April 2019
Arbitration and Bankruptcy: A Tug of War, co-author - The Review of Banking & Financial Services, Vol. 33 No. 7, July 2017
Representing the Creditors Committee: A Guide for Practitioners, co-author - American Bankruptcy Institute, 2016
Associations
Community & Professional
- Board Member, Association of Insolvency Restructuring Advisors (AIRA)
- Board Member, Holocaust and Human Rights Center, 2022
- Co-Founder and Former President, Women’s Division for the New York Institute of Credit (NYIC)
- Advisory board member of ABI's Valcon Conference
- Board Member, The Bankruptcy Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accessibility Consortium
Practice Areas
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey
- New York
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Education
J.D., Brooklyn Law School
B.A., Binghamton University, BA, summa cum laude, Politics, Philosophy and Law