Author Archives: Walter Benzija

Halperin Battaglia Benzija, LLP has been named a Tier 2 law firm in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law nationally and a Tier 1 law firm in New York City by US News and World Report and Best Lawyers®. According to the press release from the sponsors of this recognition, “[t]he 2023 edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” recognizes the most elite firms across the nation, identified for their professional excellence with … Continued

Halperin Battaglia Benzija, LLP partner Alan D. Halperin is the litigation trustee of the trust that emerged from the chapter 11 cases of Tops Holding II Corporation and its affiliated debtors, a grocery store chain based in upstate New York.  As Trustee, Mr. Halperin sued certain former owners and directors of Tops on behalf of unsecured creditors, principally asserting that the owners acquired Tops largely by burdening it with massive debt, and that the defendants as a group paid themselves … Continued

In February 2022, Neal Cohen successfully represented Sotheby’s, Inc. before the Appellate Division, First Department in connection with the denial of motion for leave to renew a prior motion to dismiss the complaint in a breach of contract action. Sotheby’s Inc., Respondent v. Chowaiki, et. anno., Appellants, Case No. 2021-00694 (Feb. 10, 2022).

Ligee Gu has been selected to the2021 New York Metro Rising Stars list. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process … Continued

Alan D. Halperin, Christopher J. Battaglia, Walter Benzija, Donna H. Lieberman, and Neal W. Cohen have been selected to the 2021 New York Metro Super Lawyers list. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition … Continued

Christopher J. Battaglia was recently named to the mediator panel in the Remington Outdoor Company, Inc. chapter 11 cases pending in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Case No. 20-81688-CRJ11.