Overview and Experience
Alexander G. Benisatto is a partner in the firm’s Bankruptcy and Commercial Litigation departments. Alex’s practice includes corporate and individual bankruptcy, corporate transactions and litigation involving such areas as bankruptcy, commercial transactions, environmental matters, business and partnership disputes and real estate.
Alex is a graduate of New York University and St. John’s University School of Law. While in law school, Alex served as Treasurer of the Bankruptcy Law Society and served as Articles & Notes Editor of the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review. Alex also co-authored a Note published in the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review addressing ethical standards of conduct for attorneys representing corporate debtors, for which he received both state and national awards.
Alex is admitted to practice law before both the state and federal courts of New Jersey and New York. He is a member of the American Bar Association, New Jersey State Bar Association, Bankruptcy Law Section, and the New York State Bar Association and has been recognized as New Jersey Super Lawyer – Rising Star since 2008 and as a New Jersey Super Lawyer since 2017.
Admitted To Bar
- State of New Jersey
- State of New York
- United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Education
- J.D., St. John’s University School of Law (2000)
- B.A., New York University (1997)
Areas of Concentration
- Commercial Litigation
- Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights
Honors & Memberships
- New Jersey Super Lawyer (2017-2019)
- New Jersey Super Lawyers – Rising Star (2008-2015)Recipient, 14th Annual New York State Bar Association Law Student Legal Ethics Award (2000)
Reported Cases Trial & Appellate Courts
- Dirauf v. Berger, 57 F.4th 101 (3d Cir. 2022)
- In re Estate of Byung-Tae Oh, 2021 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 470 (App. Div. March
23, 2021) - JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. CMA Trading, Inc., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 127533
(D.N.J. July 2, 2020), report and recommendation adopted, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS
126408 (D.N.J. July 17, 2020) - A&S Check Cashing, Inc. v. Rapid Check Cashing, Inc., 2018 N.J. Super. Unpub.
LEXIS 2305 (Oct. 19, 2018) - Bruder v. Hillman, 2017 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1583 (App. Div. June 6, 2017)
- In re Lyondell Chemical Co., 554 B.R. 655 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2016)
- In re Waterscape Resort, LLC, 2013 Bankr. LEXIS 4951 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2013)
- In re Waterscape Resort, LLC, 2013 Bankr LEXIS 817 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2013)
- In re Raimondo, 2007 WL 2248068 (Bankr. D.N.J. 2007)
- New Jersey Eye Center, P.A. v. Princeton Insurance Co., 394 N.J. Super. 557 (App.
Div. 2007)
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