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Stuart Hirshfield

Senior Counsel
212.692.6771
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Education

  • Syracuse University (JD, 1966)
  • Syracuse University (BA, 1963)

Bar Admissions

  • New York

Stuart’s practice includes the representation of creditors' committees, debtors, boards and committees of directors, bank and financial institutions in loan workouts, international insolvency matters, structuring of deals, bankruptcy mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy litigations including preference and fraudulent transfer litigations, and asset-based lending.

Prior to joining Mintz Levin, Stuart was head of a prominent New York firm's bankruptcy and creditors' rights practice. 

Recognitions & Awards

  • Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Insolvency & Restructuring Lawyers (since 2003)
  • New York Super Lawyers: Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights (2006 – 2012)
  • Best Lawyers in America: Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy (2007, 2009 – 2013)
  • The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers: Insolvency and Restructuring (member since inception)
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent

Professional & Community Involvement

  • Past board member, American College of Bankruptcy
  • Past board member, American College of Bankruptcy Foundation
  • Board member, 565 Park Tenants Corporation
  • Member, Board of Trustees of the Colonial Theatre Association, Inc
  • Member, Syracuse University College of Law Board of Advisors (1990 – 2006)
  • Member, New York State Bar Association
  • Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
  • Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York