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Jeffrey S. Posta

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993 Lenox Drive, Building Two
Lawrenceville, New Jersey 08648

Jeffrey S. Posta, Shareholder, is a member of the Bankruptcy & Creditor’s Rights Group. Mr. Posta concentrates his practice in the areas of bankruptcy, debtor-creditor matters, business law and commercial civil litigation in state and federal courts. His practice includes debtor, creditor and fiduciary representations in bankruptcy proceedings, pre-bankruptcy workout and insolvency counseling, and state court litigation involving business disputes, receiverships, attachments, replevins and foreclosure actions. Representative clients include banks, insurance companies, institutional lenders, equipment lessors, landlords, and a variety of individual and corporate creditors.
 
Mr. Posta has represented debtors, creditors and trustees in adversary proceedings and contested matters in the bankruptcy courts since 1983, including preference and fraudulent transfer actions, automatic stay litigation and sales of assets. He is an author and lecturer on various matters related to bankruptcy practice.

Mr. Posta has extensive experience in the area of alternative dispute resolution. He is a trained mediator, included in the Roster of Mediators for the courts of New Jersey, and has mediated many types of cases. He also has represented clients in numerous mediation and arbitration proceedings. He serves on the Board of Directors and is the Chair of the Dispute Resolution Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association. He is also a member of the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators and the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Complementary Dispute Resolution.
 
Mr. Posta is currently the Executive Director of the Mercer County American Inn of Court, which teaches effective courtroom skills and promotes collegiality, civility and ethics among its members.
 
Mr. Posta is a past President of the Mercer County Bar Association, and a past Chair of both the Ethics and Fee Arbitration Committees of the New Jersey Supreme Court in Mercer County.

Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Posta served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Daniel A. O'Donnell and the Honorable Coleman T. Brennan, Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Mercer County, during the 1982-1983 court term.
 
Mr. Posta was a member of the Board of Directors of the Trenton Country Club from 2002-2007. He serves as an attorney-coach for the Mock Trial Team at the Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart in Princeton, New Jersey in the New Jersey State Bar Foundation High School Mock Trial Competition.

Mr. Posta is a frequent contributor to the New Jersey Law Blog. You can read Mr. Posta's most recent blog post here.

Education

L.L.M., Temple University School of Law, 1989

J.D., St. John's University School of Law, 1982

B.S. , Tulane University, 1979

Bar Admissions

New Jersey
New York
Florida
United States District Court, District of New Jersey
United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
United States District Court, Southern District of New York
United States District Court, Northern District of New York
United States District Court, Middle District of Florida
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
United States Supreme Court

Professional Organizations

Mercer County Bar Association
Member, Past President

Mercer County American Inn of Court
Executive Director

Mercer County Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee
Member

Ethics Committee of the New Jersey Supreme Court, District VII
Former Chair

Fee Arbitration Committee of the New Jersey Supreme Court, District VII
Former Chair

New Jersey State Bar Association, Bankruptcy Law and Dispute Resolution (Chair) Sections
Member

New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Complementary Dispute Resolution
Member

New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators
Member

New York State Bar Association
Member

The Florida Bar
Member

American Bar Association, Business Law Section
Member

American Bankruptcy Institute
Member

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