Rattet Pasternak, LLP - Attorneys

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ROBERT L. RATTET | JONATHAN S. PASTERNAK | ARLENE GORDON-OLIVER | DAWN K. ARNOLD

Main Office
550 Mamaroneck Avenue
Suite 510
Harrison, NY 10528
Phone: (914) 381-7400
Fax: (914) 381-7406

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NEW YORK CITY OFFICE
295 Madison Avenue
19th Floor
New York, New York 10017
Phone: (212) 677-6900

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Robert L. Rattet graduated from Georgia Tech in 1966, earning a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management, with a minor in Accounting. He received his law degree from Emory University in Atlanta in 1969. Born and raised in Florida, Mr. Rattet moved to New York and was admitted to practice in 1970. He founded his own firm in April of 1975. Mr. Rattet is admitted to practice in New York, the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Rattet is a long-standing member of numerous bankruptcy associations, including the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Commercial Law League of America, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Division and has lectured before numerous accounting and lawyer professional associations. He is certified as a mediator before the United States Bankruptcy Court and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Mr. Rattet has represented such noteworthy clients as John DeLorean, Circle In the Square, DiCanio Organization, Gaseteria Oil Corp., Karta Corporation and Universal Remote Control. Mr. Rattet has acted as an operating trustee and assignee for the benefit of creditors. Mr. Rattet was recently named the 32nd leading bankruptcy attorney in the United States by The Deal. Mr. Rattet was also named to 2007 New York Super Lawyers, handed out to only the top 5% practicing attorneys in the State of New York.

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Jonathan S. Pasternak graduated from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in American History and English. He earned his law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 1989 and is admitted to practice in New York as well as the Southern, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York. Mr. Pasternak is a member of numerous national and regional bankruptcy and commercial law associations and has lectured on bankruptcy before various professional associations throughout New York and Westchester County. Mr. Pasternak has represented such noteworthy clients such as Pudgie’s Famous Chicken, Gaseteria Oil Corp., Nationwide Electronics, Circle In the Square, International Wholesale Tile and Dicanio Organization in their respective Chapter 11 proceedings and has also practiced in the areas of corporate and real estate law. Mr. Pasternak was recently named the eleventh leading bankruptcy attorney and the third leading debtor bankruptcy attorney in the United States (in terms of case assignments) by The Deal. Mr. Pasternak appeared on CNN’s Lou Dobbs Money Line in the fall of 2005 on the issue of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 and was interviewed by June Grasso on Bloomberg Radio in June 2008 on the recent increase in business bankruptcies and again in November 2008 and December 2008 on the current retail bankruptcy crisis. He has been frequently quoted in Crain’s, The Deal and other industry publications and newspapers on various bankruptcy and related issues. Mr. Pasternak is included in the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 New York Super Lawyers, selected by peers to be considered in top 5% of the New York law profession. For the past 21 years Mr. Pasternak has represented numerous debtors, creditors, creditors’ committees, landlords and trustees throughout the Southern and Eastern District Bankruptcy Courts Of New York as well as the New Jersey Bankruptcy Courts.

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Dawn K. Arnold earned her bachelor's degree in political science and history from Skidmore College in 1990, and obtained her law degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1995 where she received honors and was a semi-finalist in the National Moot Court Competition for Bankruptcy. She is admitted to practice in New York, Connecticut, and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Ms. Arnold represents debtors, creditors and interested parties in Chapter 11 cases and out of court restructurings. She is also experienced in real estate litigation and leasing. Representative corporate chapter 11 clients include Feuerman Studios, Inc., Buchanan Entities, Inc., 14 Wall Street Jewelers, Inc., Greystone Partners LLC, WFB Restaurants LLC d/b/a Cheeburger Cheeburger, St. Casimir Development Corp., Barrier Motor Fuels, Inc., LaGuardia Tavern Corp. and Savvy Networks, Inc. Representative creditor committee clients include Michael Dawkins, Inc., a jewelry manufacturer with historic revenues of $5 million annually, selling products the home shopping network, QVC, and Designs by Skaffles, Inc., designer and manufacturer of accessories for teens bearing names of famous licensors. Ms. Arnold is the President of the Westchester Women's Bar Association (WWBA), where she co-chairs the Bankruptcy Committee. She is a member of the Board of the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY) where she formerly co-chaired the Bankruptcy Committee. Ms. Arnold is also a member of the International Women's Restructuring and Insolvency Confederation (IWIRC), where she is a member of the Planning Committee of the New York Network.

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