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Evan M. Lazerowitz's practice focuses on Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, with an emphasis on the technology, mass tort, life sciences, healthcare, and retail sectors. His practice has included representations of creditors’ committees, debtors, distressed asset purchasers, landlords, individual creditors, and secured lenders in Chapter 11 cases. Evan has experience representing creditor committees in complex bankruptcy cases including in SWC Industries, Mallinckrodt, Endo Pharmaceuticals, JCPenney, Lord & Taylor, LTL Management (J&J), Avon Products, and Whittaker, Clark & Daniels. He has recently represented creditors in the Chapter 11 cases of Big Lots, Marelli Automotive, and Powin Energy. 

Evan also has significant experience handling bankruptcy appeals, investigating and pursuing fraudulent transfers, and other causes of action for the benefit of bankruptcy estates, and litigating cutting-edge intellectual property issues that arise in distressed situations. He also has co-authored a Chambers guide to insolvency regarding trends and developments in Delaware bankruptcy law, and the Norton Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law article on intellectual property and technology issues in distressed situations.

Evan recently served as counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the landmark bankruptcy of Mosaic Companies, a luxury wall and tile company. The case addressed silica liability and resulted in a consensual plan of reorganization, including the creation of separate trusts for silica and general unsecured claimants. Evan played a key role in negotiating the novel terms of the bankruptcy plan and global case settlement.  

Before joining our firm, Evan served as a special counsel in the New York office of a law firm and primarily focused on representing innovative technology companies and counseling public and private high-growth companies. Other roles include commercial litigation associate at an East Coast-based law firm, and law clerk to Judge Mitchel E. Ostrer in the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey.

  • Georgetown University Law Center (Juris Doctor)
    • The Georgetown Law Journal, editor
  • Johns Hopkins University (Bachelors)
    • B.A.

  • State of New Jersey
  • State of New York
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York

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American Bankruptcy Institute
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Turnaround Management Association, NJ Chapter
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