Atty. Ilan D. Scharf
Ilan Scharf, resident in the firm’s New York office, specializes in financial restructuring and bankruptcy litigation with a particular focus on representing creditors’ committees of religious institutions and nonprofit entities. His practice focuses on representing tort claimant and creditors’ committees in chapter 11 cases.
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Ilan D. Scharf is an Attorney based in New York, New York, practicing at Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP. They have 24+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2002. Their practice focuses on bankruptcy. Admitted to practice in New York U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York U.S. District Court, Eastern District of (2002). Educated at University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 2001) and Yeshiva University (B.A., 1998). Serands clients in New York, NY and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Ilan Scharf, resident in the firm’s New York office, specializes in financial restructuring and bankruptcy litigation with a particular focus on representing creditors’ committees of religious institutions and nonprofit entities
- His practice focuses on representing tort claimant and creditors’ committees in chapter 11 cases
- Ilan has also represented debtors, equity holders, asset purchasers, trade creditors, chapter 11 trustees, and other parties in business reorganizations and related litigation
- He has appeared before bankruptcy courts across the United States, including New York, Delaware, New Jersey, New Mexico, California, Missouri, Montana, Texas and Pennsylvania
- In 2012, Ilan was named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers magazine and has been selected as a Super Lawyer every year since
- Prior to joining PSZJ in 2003, Ilan was a law clerk to the Honorable Robert E. Gerber in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York and was an associate at a multinational law firm
- He received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and is a graduate of Yeshiva University
- Clerkships •Law clerk, Judge Robert E. Gerber (Bankr
- S.D.N.Y. 2001-02) Publications •Show and Tell: Ad Hoc Committees’ Rule 2019 Disclosures Under Examination 28 ABI Journal No. 2, March 2009 •E-Discovery Issues Business Credit, October 2008 •Coauthor with R. Feinstein, “Update on the Role of Examiners in Chapter 11 Cases,” 2004 Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law 421 (2004) •Coauthor, “Mandamus Review in Bankruptcy Cases,” 2003 Annual Review of Bankruptcy Law 187 (2003) News Nine PSZJ Attorneys Named to 2024 New York Metro 'Super Lawyers' List
- Three Recognized as 'Rising Stars' October 24, 2024 PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2025 Edition of Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch August 15, 2024 PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2024 Edition of Best Lawyers in America August 17, 2023 PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2023 Edition of Best Lawyers in America August 18, 2022 PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2022 Edition of Best Lawyers in America August 19, 2021 PSZJ Attorneys Named in 2021 Edition of Best Lawyers in America August 20, 2020 Diocese of Great Falls-Billings Confirms Chapter 11 Plan August 16, 2018 Abuse Victims' Committee Settles With Catholic Religious Order Operating Schools May 24, 2013 Pachulski Stang Selected to Represent Creditors in Christian Brothers Chapter 11 Cases May 1, 2011 Pachulski Stang Honored for Work on Flying J and The Walking Company Chapter 11 Cases The M&A AdvisorMarch 9, 2011 Eight PSZJ Attorneys Named to New York Metro “Super Lawyers” and 'Rising Stars' Lists for 2021 September 1, 2021 Events Accountability & Protection: Child Sexual Abuse Claims in Chapter 11 Child USA Los Angeles, CA, October 27, 2023 From Conference Rooms to Zoom Break-Out Rooms: Mediation in the Time of COVID and Beyond 37th Annual Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors Bankruptcy & Restructuring Conference Virtual, June 17, 2021
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