Robert M. Novick

Robert M. Novick has more than three decades of experience in the areas of financial reorganization, debtor and creditor rights, and an array of associated litigation. 

He represents traditional and alternative lenders, company management, equity sponsors, landlords, debtors and borrowers, guarantors, and other parties in cases under the Bankruptcy Code, in debtor-creditor and related litigation, and in out-of-court workouts. 

Rob has led representations of lenders and borrowers in UCC foreclosures and Bankruptcy Court sales or refinancing for more than fifty properties ranging from retail centers to residential and office developments to business operating assets, amounting to many billions of dollars.

Rob has also first-chaired litigation before courts and other tribunals in matters relating to director and officer liability, guaranty claims, fraudulent transfers, business torts, contested Chapter 11 proceedings, and inter-creditor disputes.

Rob is recognized in New York Metro Super Lawyers.  He has presented accredited continuing legal education lectures on various bankruptcy topics.  He was a speaker at the 84th National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, CLE Program “Rule 2019: Claims Trading, the Ad Hoc Committee, and the Implications of Going Dark,” he was also a panelist at the Subprime ABS in Las Vegas on the topic of "The Emerging Role of Private Money as a Viable Sub-Subprime Solution," and is a frequent judge at New York University's Marden Moot Court Competition.  He is also an author or contributing editor of multiple titles in the Blond’s Law Guide series.

Rob served on a volunteer basis as Chief Executive Officer for a financially distressed 700-student not-for-profit elementary school.