Goldberg Segalla LLP's Creditors’ Rights Practice Group represents creditors from all segments of business including lenders, manufacturers, builders, retailers and judgment creditors.  Our working knowledge of New York State Debtor/Creditor Law, Federal Bankruptcy Law and broad litigation experience allows us to cost-effectively pursue the collection of commercial debt at every stage, from initial contract negotiations to demand letters, to work-out negotiations, mechanics’ liens, litigation, and judgment enforcement via replevin, attachment, property execution, garnishment, and foreclosure.

We are prepared to assist clients with:

• Negotiating and drafting initial credit facilities designed to minimize credit risks and maximize recovery prospects in the event of default
• Drafting payment demands crafted to exploit all available leverage and encourage payment without litigation
• Counseling clients to secure their interests through security agreements, UCC filings, pledges, mortgages, and other forms of collateralization
• Positioning clients for cost effective and convenient resolution of payment disputes via jurisdiction, venue, and attorneys’ fees contract provisions
• Evaluating the viability of and ultimate collectibility of claims against debtors prior to commencement of collections efforts and investment of resources
• Prosecution of collection litigation in local, state, federal, and bankruptcy courts throughout New York and across the United States
• Utilizing alternative dispute resolution through binding and non-binding arbitration and mediation
• Protecting and defending creditors’ rights in all aspects of chapter 7, 11, 12 and 13 bankruptcy proceedings
• Identifying and reversing fraudulent conveyances of assets by debtors attempting to defraud creditors
• Selecting and implementing appropriate and cost-effective post-judgment asset investigation techniques, including debtor examinations, information subpoenas, third-party subpoenas and examinations, real estate and lien searches
• Negotiating and collateralizing work-outs, repayment and forbearance agreements

Please contact Jeffrey A. Carlino or Bruce W. Hoover for more information.



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