Thomas S. Onder, Associate, practices as a member in both the Commercial Litigation and Bankruptcy & Creditor’s Rights groups of Stark & Stark. He concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial litigation, secured transactions, and bankruptcy before federal and state courts in New York and New Jersey.  Mr. Onder deals extensively with problems and opportunities created by business insolvencies, representing (both in bankruptcy cases and out-of-court) a wide variety of creditors.

Mr. Onder is regularly involved in bankruptcy and non-bankruptcy forums representing commercial landlords, financial institutions, franchisors and trade creditors in a variety of matters, including the prosecution of commercial eviction and collection actions, pursuing promissory note and guaranties obligations for financial institutions, replevin actions for commercial equipment lease holders, and general creditor representation in Chapter 7 and 11 bankruptcy proceedings.

Recently, Mr. Onder successfully represented a creditor, commercial landlord in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding in the Southern District of New York, obtaining a rejection of the lease prior to the 120-day statutory period and allowance of pre-pettion arrearage claims and post-pettion rejection and damage claims.

Mr. Onder regularly writes on issues for commercial creditors.  He has a regular monthly blog on commercial landlord issues for the New Jersey Law Blog in his "Landlord's Beware" series.  A few of his most recent blogs include:  Options to Purchase Commercial Property Strictly Adhered; Commercial Tenant Failure to Obtain Municipal Permits Not Grounds For Eviction and Tenants Allowed to Maintain Almost "No Deductible" For Commercial Insurance Coverage.  Mr. Onder is also a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, Inc.

Prior to joining Stark & Stark, Mr. Onder was a law clerk for United States Bankruptcy Judges Kathryn C. Ferguson and Raymond T. Lyons in Trenton, NJ.  Prior to his clerkship, Mr. Onder was a legal editor for Collier on Bankruptcy and various commercial legal treatises at LexisNexis. In addition, Mr. Onder interned for United States Bankruptcy Arthur Gonzalez in the Southern District of New York, while in law school.

You can read Mr. Onder's most recent blog post here.