Christopher J. Leavell

Christopher focuses his practice on creditors’ rights, bankruptcy, workouts, and commercial litigation, with a particular emphasis on landlord-tenant disputes, foreclosure litigation, international commercial arbitration, and asset recovery. He routinely represents institutional lenders, bankruptcy trustees, floor plan lenders, pharmaceutical distributors, creditors’ committees, property managers, and other business entities.

He strives to advocate persistently and effectively on behalf of his clients and to advise his clients on how to achieve their desired outcomes in a sound, creative, and cost-effective way. Having previously served as a law clerk for the Honorable Bruce I. Fox, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Chris often considers a case from the perspective of a judge and then formulates the best strategy for aggressively advancing his client’s interests.

Author, “Under Financial Pressure, Colleges Face a Complex Balancing Act in the Weeks Ahead,” August 14, 2020

Author, “NJ Now Prohibits the Use of Confessed Judgments in Financing Agreements Targeted at Garden State Businesses,” June 20, 2020

Author, “Using PPP Proceeds as Collateral for Other Loans—Implications for Borrowers and Secured Lenders,” April 17, 2020

• The bankruptcy trustee in liquidation of Atlantic City casino.
• International real estate holding company in lease workouts throughout Pennsylvania.
• Multiple bank clients as creditors in business and consumer bankruptcies and in loan workouts.
• Insurer in a bankruptcy proceeding involving a $30 million fraud recovery.
• National self-storage company as a creditor in bankruptcies throughout the United States.