Mark Conlan

Mark Conlan

Director, Financial Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights

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Mr. Conlan has extensive experience representing fiduciaries in insolvency proceedings, including creditors, debtors-in-possession, creditors’ committees, and trustees in all aspects of bankruptcy cases, bankruptcy litigation, and debtor-creditor matters. Mr. Conlan has been included on the Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and New Jersey Super Lawyers lists for bankruptcy, restructuring, and creditor/debtor rights. Martindale-Hubbell has included Mr. Conlan on its “Preeminent” list, its highest level list for professional excellence, as well as high ethical standing, with an average 4.9 rating out of 5 for legal knowledge, analytical capability, judgment, communication, and legal experience.

Mr. Conlan has extensive experience litigating fraudulent and preferential transfer actions. His recent representations include former New Jersey Chief Justice James R. Zazzali in his capacity as the Chapter 11 trustee and as the post-confirmation litigation trustee of the DBSI Estate Litigation Trust, where Mr. Conlan led the team of Gibbons lawyers that commenced more than 850 avoidance actions on behalf of the DBSI Estate Litigation Trust. DBSI Inc. and its affiliates consisted of a conglomerate of hundreds of real estate entities with listed assets valued at over $2.65 billion at the time of their bankruptcy filing in November 2008.

Mr. Conlan also serves as a federal equity receiver in an enforcement action commenced by the Securities and Exchange Commission in the District of Colorado. Mr. Conlan is a member of the National Association of Federal Equity Receivers.

Credentials

Education

Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude)

    • Member, Seton Hall Constitutional Law Journal
    • Recipient, Academic Award – Real Property

William Paterson University (B.A.)

Professional Admissions

State of New Jersey

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

State of New York

State of Idaho

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

United States District Court for the Northern District of New York

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

United States District Court for the Western District of New York

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of New York

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

United States District Court for the District of Idaho

United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Idaho

United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas

United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Supreme Court of the United States

Professional Activities

New Jersey State Bar Association

Idaho State Bar Association

New Jersey Brewers Association

National Association of Licensing & Compliance Professionals (NALCP)

American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI)

National Association of Federal Equity Receivers (NAFER)

Legal Employment

Prior to joining Gibbons in 2001, Mr. Conlan served as Associate Counsel for The Grand Union Company, Inc., where he worked as a member of the core executive team in all aspects of Grand Union’s liquidating Chapter 11 cases and, ultimately, the sale of the company.