Lieber & Lieber LLP

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LIEBER & LIEBER, LLP provides high quality, personalized and affordable legal services to its clients in New York City, across the Uni

LIEBER & LIEBER, LLP provides high quality, personalized and affordable legal services to its clients in New York City, across the United States and in Europe and Asia. We identify and provide practical and creative solutions to the various legal issues facing our clients in the context of their specific businesses.  We work closely with our clients, no matter how large or small, in order to assist them in realizing their legal and business goals.  

The Firm, founded in 1997, offers a full range of legal services to its business and individual clients in commercial and transactional matters.  Our practice is divided into the following principal practice areas: (1) corporate and business law, (2) consumer bankruptcy and commercial bankruptcy and debtor/creditor law, (3) real estate, (4) commercial litigation and (5) employment and benefits.

PLEASE VISIT OUR TESTIMONIALS PAGE OF OUR WEBSITE: WWW.LIEBERLEGAL.COM Our most recent testimonial is as follows: ---"Barbie - Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It is abundantly clear to me that I will never be able to adequately thank you enough for the all the many ways you helped and supported me throughout the course of my recent bankruptcy filing- and current loan modification – and for all the attendant support you unstintingly brought to bear, time and again, on my behalf. I was, as you may well remember, nothing less than utterly overwhelmed (and, yes, lost) before you took matters in hand in a thoroughly focused and professional manner and managed me through the process. Your level of commitment to my particular case has been so far in excess of any other professional standard I have ever experienced as to be very nearly unbelievable. It has clearly been my great good fortune to benefit from your support and counsel at every stage of the process. On a personal note, the kindness, compassion and patience which informed every aspect of our interaction was as unexpected as it is very, very much appreciated. I experienced a sense of security – in even the most stressful of instances – which I previously thought reserved for only the closest of friends. You are, in short, nothing less than brilliant. In every way. So allow me to close this note as it began …Thank you Barbie, thank you, thank you, thank you." - Tom

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• Affiliations

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, (New York, NY)

Law Clerk to Bankruptcy Judge Cornelius Blackshear, 1987 - 1988

Wrote several opinions for the Honorable Cornelius Blackshear, responded to inquiries by attorneys and supervised law interns.

WHITE & CASE, LLP, (New York, NY)

Associate in Litigation Department handling Bankruptcy Cases, 1988 - 1989

Worked closely with Alan Gropper, Esq., who is currently a bankruptcy judge in the Southern District of New York. Representation of creditors' committees in several bankruptcies, including Prudential Lines and US Lines, as well as secured creditors.

LUSKIN, STERN & EISLER, (New York, NY)

Associate, 1989 - 1991

Represented creditors' committees in several bankruptcy cases, including Apex Technical schools and Wilfred Academy Beauty School. I also represented secured lenders in foreclosures, bankruptcies, forbearance agreements, cash collateral and debtor-in-possession financing and in out-of-court workouts.

TENZER GREENBLATT, LLP (WHICH MERGED WITH BLANK ROME LLP), (New York, NY)

Associate in Bankruptcy Department, 1991 - 1997

Represented various types chapter 11 debtors including those engaged in the business of operating commercial real estate, apparel, maritime and entertainment companies. Represented principals of businesses and secured and unsecured creditors both in bankruptcy and out-of-court debt restructuring.

TRAUB BONACQUIST & FOX LLP, (New York, NY)

Of Counsel attorney, 1999 - 2001

Represented creditors' committees and secured and unsecured creditors in bankruptcies.

LIEBER & LIEBER, LLP, (New York, NY)

PARTNER, 1997 - 2010

--Represent chapter 7, 13 and 11 debtors as well as unsecured and secured creditors both in and out of bankruptcy. Defend actions commenced by creditors against debtors. --Represent purchasers and sellers of residential and commercial real property. --Litigate in bankruptcy court and federal and state courts. --Represent employees in connection with the termination of their employment. Negotiate severance and employment agreements.

State University of New York at Stony Brook, (New York, NY)

B.A, Psychology and Social Sciences 1984

Graduated in 3 years with a 3.85 average. Member of Phi Beta Kappa honor society and Recipient of the award for Most Outstanding Student in Department. Speaker at Graduation.

Juris Doctor (NY), 1987

Real Estate Broker's License (NY), 1998

American Bankruptcy Institute, 1987 - 2010

National Association for Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, 2009 - 2010

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Barbie Lieber

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Location : New York, NY

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy, Business, Real Estate