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Robert Nies, a member of Wolff & Samson’s Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Group, has served the business community for more than 25 years, advising on a wide range of bankruptcy and creditors’ rights issues, complex commercial litigations and mediations.

Rob has extensive nationwide experience in the areas of corporate insolvency and reorganization, including:

• Lead bankruptcy counsel for International Fidelity Insurance Corporation in the restructuring of multi-million dollar surety bond obligations in the Chapter 11 of East West Resort Development
• Representing the Chapter 11 Trustee for 15-13 Hempstead Properties in the sale of a 364 unit apartment complex on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, NJ
• Lead bankruptcy counsel to the Official Creditors Committee in Velocita Corp.
• Representing The Bank of New York in the O’Brien Environmental Energy, Inc. Chapter 11 reorganization, in which he obtained a repayment of principal in full with interest for the client
• Lead bankruptcy counsel for the senior debenture committee in the first New Jersey casino bankruptcy filiing, Resorts International
• Representing Forest Oil Corporation in the pursuit of a $40 million “take-or-pay” gas purchase contract claim in the Chapter 11 reorganization of Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.
• Representing Public Service Electric & Gas, Inc., in the Chapter 11 reorganization of Thermal Systems, Inc., opposing efforts to reject a $20 million “remediation” contract with PSEG
• Lead bankruptcy counsel for Skylands Park Management, Inc., a publicly owned, minor league baseball stadium, on a plan of reorganization that was confirmed through the use of proceeds of a public stock offering in Chapter 11

Rob also has a niche litigation practice that pursues the fraudulent transfer of assets – particularly through the unlawful use of alter ego and successor entities – in state court litigation and subsequent bankruptcy filings.

Rob is a successful mediator in all aspects of bankruptcy and commercial litigation. A founding member and former master in both the New Jersey Bankruptcy Inns of Court and the Justice Marie L. Garibaldi American Inn of Court for Alternative Dispute Resolution, he brings a unique perspective to creative problem solving in the areas of bankruptcy and related litigation.

Rob is the author of many articles published over the course of his long career. Recent articles include:

•  "Municipal Bankruptcy: Pipe Dream or Panacea?" New Jersey Municipalities, December 2010
• "A Promising Crack in Third Circuit Precedent for Section 363 Auctions," New Jersey Law Journal, June 1, 2009
• "The Economic Crash of 2008: A Bankruptcy Perspective," Aspatore Books: The Impact of the Subprime Mortgage Crisis, June 2009
• “Two Sides of the Coin,” New Jersey Law Journal, Bankruptcy Law, January 14, 2008
• “The Bankruptcy Code Change: Attorneys and CPAs Speak Out,” New Jersey Business Magazine, August 2007
• “A Prudent Approach to U.S. Bankruptcy Law: Pay Attention, Plan and Proceed,” Insolvency and Restructuring International, Vol.1, No.1, May 2007, International Bar Association

He is listed in the 2011 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Bankruptcy/Restructuring and in The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights and Bankruptcy Litigation.  He was selected for inclusion in New Jersey Super Lawyers and has received Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory’s highest AV® rating for 15 consecutive years (1995-2010).