Walter J. Greenhalgh practices in the areas of bankruptcy law and litigation, insolvency law and chapter 11 corporate and commercial reorganization.

A past chair of the executive committee of the Bankruptcy Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association, he has been an officer of the Section for more than ten years. He is a founding master of the Bankruptcy Inn of Court, established in memory of Judges Vincent J. Commisa, D. Joseph DeVito and Daniel J. Moore and one of two Inns of Court dedicated to bankruptcy practice in the United States. He is board certified as a Business Bankruptcy Law specialist by the American Board of Certification.

A member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, Mr. Greenhalgh is also a member of the American and Hudson County bar associations and the Debtor-Creditor Section of the Essex County Bar Association. He has lectured extensively on the federal bankruptcy law in bar association and continuing legal education programs.

Mr. Greenhalgh is a 1974 graduate of the Seton Hall University School of Law and a 1971 graduate of St. Peter's College.

Areas Of Practice

Bankruptcy Law and Commercial Litigation
Insolvency Law
Chapter 11 Corporate and Commercial Reorganization

Representative Matters

Represented the Official Unsecured Creditors Committee of Able Laboratories, Inc.
Represented the Official Unsecured Creditor Committee of Jersey City Medical Center, one of the largest public hospitals in the State of New Jersey
Represented various creditors and equipment lessors in the United Health Care Hospital matter.
Represented the Equitable Receiver and Liquidating Trustee in New Jersey Car Group Insurance Trust, multiple employer Health Welfare Benefit Plan.
Acted as Assignee for the Benefit of Creditors in Advanced Community Health Care, a nonprofit visiting nurses organization.
Represent the chapter 7 Trustee for Kiwi Airlines
Represent ZETA Consumer Products Corporation AKA Tucker Housewares in chapter 11 proceeding
Represented the chapter 7 Trustee for Upsala College, New Jersey
Represented proponent of Plan of Reorganization to acquire Emerson Radio Corp. chapter 11 proceeding
Representing the group that acquired Lana Lobell Farms, Inc., one of the leading standardbred breeding farms in the United States
Represented a major secured consignment creditor in the Zale bankruptcy proceedings in Dallas, Texas with claims in excess of $23,000,000
Representing a group of four lending institutions, whose total mortgage portfolios exceed $81,000,000, in the case of In Re: Capital Resources Corporation, presently pending
Representing proponent of plan acquiring Penn Jersey of Pennsylvania, one of the larger automotive retail store chains in the Philadelphia, Delaware area

Professional Activities

Lecturer, Federal Bankruptcy Laws, Bar Association and Continuing Legal Education programs
American Bar Association
American Bankruptcy Institute
Essex County Bar Association
- Debtor-Creditor Section
New Jersey State Bar Association
- Bankruptcy Law Section
-- Executive Committee
--- Former Chair
-- Trustee, 1996-present
-- Member, 1986-present
Hudson County Bar Association
Founding Master, Bankruptcy Inn of Court
Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors (AIRA)
American Board of Certification - Board Certified - Business Bankruptcy Law

Admissions

New Jersey
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Supreme Court of New Jersey

Education

Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., 1974

Experience

Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 1996-present
Robinson, St. John & Wayne, Newark, New Jersey
- Partner, 1989-1996
Kleinberg, Moroney, Masterson & Schachter
- Partner, 1979-1989

Board Memberships

American Board of Certification
- Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law
- Member Board of Directors
- Member Faculty Committee

Selected Speaking Engagements

Moderator, "Interplay of Foreclosure Law and Bankruptcy Law, Annual Convention of the New Jersey State Bar Association, Atlantic City, New Jersey, May 14, 1999
Speaker, "Corporate Governance and Chapter 11 Proceedings," Sixth Annual New Jersey Bar Association Bankruptcy Law Section Bench Bar Conference, East Brunswick, New Jersey, April 17, 1998
Speaker, "What's New in Bankruptcy Law? Update on Recent Consumer Business Issues," Hudson County Bar Association/Foundation sponsored program, Jersey City, New Jersey, November 21, 1996