Bradford J. Sandler

Current

• Partner at Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff

Past

• Adjunct Professor at Temple University Beasley School of Law
• Shareholder at Adelman Lavine Gold and Levin, PC
• Associate at LaBrum and Doak LLP

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Education

• Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law
• Drexel University - College of Business and Administration
• Drexel University - College of Business and Administration

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Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Law Practice

Websites

• Philadelphia Art Alliance
• Settlement Music School

Bradford J. Sandler’s Summary

I work hard at and enjoy serving as a trusted legal advisor providing guidance regarding:

(i) creditors' rights;
(ii) corporate reorganizations and workouts;
(iii) corporate and commercial transactions;
(iv) asset protection and acquisition (both healthy and distressed);
(v) business opportunities and the bankruptcy implications of strategic transactions; and
(vi) duties of directors and officers in distressed companies.

Admitted to practice in Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York.

Bradford J. Sandler’s Specialties:

Business Reorganization, Bankruptcy Litigation, Bankruptcy Reorganizations, Loans and Loan Documentation, Debt Restructurings, Corporate & Securities,
Workouts and Restructurings, Contract Preparation, Negotiation and Compliance, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Shareholder, Operating and Partnership Agreements, Legal Issues Related to Doing Business in China, and Legal Issues Related to Chinese Businesses Doing Business in the United States

Bradford J. Sandler’s Experience

• Partner

  Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff

  (Partnership; Law Practice industry)

  2007 — Present (2 years )

  Benesch is a full-service business law firm with offices in Cleveland, Columbus, Wilmington, Philadelphia and Shanghai. Benesch is dedicated to building a deep understanding of its clients, their businesses, and their industries. We develop client-focused teams to ensure first class legal service, view business issues from our clients perspective, and assist in discovering the best legal services to address our clients’ needs, drawing upon the strengths of diverse, knowledgeable and experienced lawyers.
  
  Our practice areas include Business Reorganization; Compensation and Benefits; Corporate and Securities; Environmental; Estate Planning and Probate; Intellectual Property; Labor and Employment; Litigation; Public Law; Real Estate and Tax. Some of the industries the firm concentrates in include Banking; Health Care; China; Polymer, Plastics & Packaging; Transportation and Logistics; and Franchising.

• Adjunct Professor

  Temple University Beasley School of Law

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  January 2009 — May 2009 (5 months)

  Teaching law students a practical chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization course. Students learn and discuss the reorganization process from pre-bankruptcy planning to commencement of a case through post-confirmation of a plan of reorganization. Among the topics covered are “first-day” motions and orders, the assumption or rejection of executory contracts, asset sales, and plan and disclosure statement issues. The course focuses and tracks a hypothetical bankruptcy cases that is based on real bankruptcy case, and the shifting and competing interests of parties to that Chapter 11 case are identified and explored. Students are taught both the techniques and strategies of Chapter 11 practice, as well as the history and philosophy of business rehabilitation. Students also are made aware of certain ethical issues that confront bankruptcy attorneys.

• Shareholder

  Adelman Lavine Gold and Levin, PC

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Law Practice industry)

  1997 — 2007 (10 years )

  Adelman Lavine Gold and Levin, PC, was a business law boutique firm with offices in Philadelphia, Wilmington and New York.

• Associate

  LaBrum and Doak LLP

  (Partnership; 201-500 employees; Law Practice industry)

  September 1995 — August 1997 (2 years )

Bradford J. Sandler’s Education

• Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law

  JD , Law , 1992 — 1995

  Activities and Societies:

  Executive Editor, Environmental and Technological Law Journal

• Drexel University - College of Business and Administration

  MBA , Finance , 1988 — 1989

• Drexel University - College of Business and Administration

  BS , Finance and Economics , 1984 — 1988

Additional Information

Bradford J. Sandler’s Websites:

• Philadelphia Art Alliance
• Settlement Music School

Bradford J. Sandler’s Interests:

Business Reorganization, China Law, Economics and Finance, Golf, Cooking, US Revoluntionary War History, Swimming, Technology

Bradford J. Sandler’s Groups:

Member - ABA (Co-Chair of the Asset Valuation and Disposition Subcom.; Co-Chair of the Bankr. and Insolvency Lit. Sub of the Com. & Bus. Lit Com.),
Member - Phila. Bar Assoc. (Exe. Comm. Member of Bus. Law Section, Past-Chair of the Bankr. Com. of the Bus. Law Section (2007, 2008)),
Member - DE, PA and NY Bar Assoc.,
Member - Amer. Bankr. Inst. (co-Chair of the Special Projects Task Force of the Asset Sales Com.),
Member - DE Bankruptcy American Inn of Court,
Member - Eastern Dist. of PA Bankruptcy Conf. (Steering Committee member),
Member - International Federation of Insolvency Practitioners (INSOL),
Member - Turnaround Mgmt. Assoc.,
Member - Assoc. for Corporate Growth,
Ambassador - Select Greater Philadelphia,
Member - The Union League of Phila.,
Director and Secretary - The Women's Christian Alliance (2007 - 2008),
Director - Temple Adath Israel Preschool (2007 - 2008)
Director - Phila. Art Alliance (2008 - present)
Member -- Edu. Com. of The Settlement Music School

•    Global Supply Chain Council (Asia, China, Vietnam, India)
•    Executive Suite
•    China Private Equity & Investment Banking Insiders
•    Private Equity and Venture Capital Group
•    Credit and Collections
•    The Drexel University Alumni Association Networking Group
•    Temple University Alumni Group
•    Drexel University Alumni
•    Workout/Restructuring
•    Credit Management Group
•    Drexel University Alumni Association
•    Drexel University's LeBow College of Business Alumni Association
•    American Bankruptcy Institute
•    Union League of Philadelphia
•    Private Equity
•    Commercial Workout Professionals
•    International Reconstruction and Insolvency Professionals Network
•    Bankruptcy Lawyers
•    Rain-Making Lawyers Law Firm Marketing
•    Corporate Lawyer Network
•    Restructuring and Turnaround Management
•    Philly Area - Accounting/Finance Professionals
•    Turnaround, Restructuring & Distressed Debt (OPEN TO ALL)
•    Lawyer & China
•    The Bankruptcy and Legal Services Professionals
•    The Deal.com's Corporate Dealmaker Connection
•    Corporate Restructuring Professionals
•    Temple University Beasley School of Law Alumni
•    Distressed Middle Market Commercial Loans- Professional Networking Group
•    Leadership Philadelphia Connectors
•    ABA Private Equity & Venture Capital Committee

Bradford J. Sandler’s Honors:

Committee of the Year Award, 2007 and 2008, Bankruptcy Committee of the Business Law Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association
Leadership Philadelphia, 2008

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