William S. Katchen focuses his practice on bankruptcy reorganization, creditor/debtor litigation and secured party representation. He has been listed in Who's Who Legal USA: Insolvency & Restructuring and The Guide to the World's Leading Insolvency Lawyers.

Mr. Katchen is a member of the Litigation and the Business Law, and Real Property, Probate and Trust Law sections of the American Bar Association. He is also a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey and the Commercial Law League.

He is a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and a fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and is a former chair of the Bankruptcy Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Mr. Katchen is a 1965 graduate of Seton Hall University School of Law and a 1962 graduate of Rutgers University.

Professional Activities

American College of Bankruptcy
- Fellow
American Bar Foundation
- Fellow
American Bar Association
- Section of Litigation
- Business Law Section
-- Business Bankruptcy Committee
--- Bankruptcy Litigation Subcommittee
--- Professional Ethics in Bankruptcy Subcommittee
--- Chapter 11 Subcommittee
- Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
New Jersey State Bar Association
- Bankruptcy Law Section
-- Chair, 1992-1993

Admissions

New Jersey

Education

Seton Hall University School of Law, LL.B., 1965

Experience

Duane Morris LLP
- Of Counsel, 2007-present
- Partner, 2000-2006
Lowenstein Sandler PC, Roseland, New Jersey
- Partner, 1989-2000

Board Memberships

American College of Bankruptcy

Honors and Awards

Listed in Who's Who Legal USA: Insolvency & Restructuring
Listed in Guide to the World's Leading Insolvency Lawyers
New Jersey Super Lawyers, 2005, 2007, 2008

Selected Publications

Co-author, "The Expanding Scope of Lender Liability; Courts Permit Claims to Proceed Against Lenders on Various Theories, From Aiding and Abetting to Fraudulent Conveyance," New Jersey Law Journal, March 12, 2004
"Debtor's Rights In and Out of Court Settlements," 90 New Jersey Lawyer, Winter 1980

Selected Speaking Engagements

Panelist, "The 2005 Bankruptcy Amendments - The Law of Intended and Unintended Consequences," Turnaround Management Association - New Jersey Chapter, September 28, 2005
"Borrowing and Other Financial Implications of WorldCom," Fourth Annual Business Law Symposium, co-sponsored by the Banking Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association and the Institute for Continuing Legal Education, October 9, 2003