bankruptcy guide
ThisGuidehasbeenpreparedbyAndrewDeNatale,apartnerintheFinancialRestructuringPracticeGroupofStroock&Stroock&LavanLLP,asareferenceguidetotheBankruptcyActof1978,11U.S.C.§101etseq.,whichiscommonlyreferredtoastheBankruptcyCode.Thefirmhopesthatithasaccomplisheditsobjectiveofprovidingausefulreferencetoolforlawyersnotexperiencedinbankruptcypractice,aswellasnon-lawyersforcedtodealinthecomplexareaofbankruptcycases.AlthoughgreatcarehasbeentakentoassuretheaccuracyandcompletenessofthematerialcontainedinthisGuide,itisintendedasageneralreferenceguideonlyanddoesnotpurporttorenderlegalorotherprofessionaladvice.Additionally,thisGuidedoesnotaddresseveryprovisionoftheBankruptcyCodeandBankruptcyRulesoreveryissuethatmightariseinabankruptcycase;instead,theGuideislimitedtothosematerialprovisionsthatwebelievearemostrelevanttoourreaders.Whenlegaladviceorotherexpertassistanceisrequired,thereadershouldseektheservicesofacompetentprofessional.TheauthorwouldliketoacknowledgetheassistanceofDanielP.Ginsberg,BonnieBolzMerkt,GabrielSasson,JeffreyD.Uffner,SherryJ.MillmanandHaroldA.Olsen,allwiththefirmofStroock&Stroock&LavanLLP,inthepreparationofthismaterial.Copyright©2010byStroock&Stroock&LavanLLP
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