Jaynee LaVecchia

Former Senior Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court

Jaynee LaVecchia was appointed an Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, effective February 1, 2000.  Having now served more than twenty-one years on the Court, she is currently the Senior Associate Justice and the author of more than 300 opinions while on the Court, including opinions on school financing, affordable housing, employment, environmental and administrative law, and state constitutional principles controlling the actions of the Branches and agencies of State government. At the time of her nomination by Governor Christine Todd Whitman and confirmation by the New Jersey Senate, Justice LaVecchia was serving as the New Jersey Commissioner of ... Read More

David Adler

Partner, McCarter & English, LLP

David Adler’s practice encompasses bankruptcy and other insolvency proceedings. He represents a broad range of clients, including debtors, creditors’ committees, trustees, secured creditors, indenture trustees, unsecured trade creditors, equipment lessors, landlords and purchasers of assets. David represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the bankruptcy of Coudert Brothers LLP, a former major international law firm founded in the 1850s. In connection with the confirmation of Coudert’s plan of liquidation, the estate recovered over $8 million from its partners. Following confirmation, David, on behalf of the plan administrator, asserted claims against non-settling partners and successor law firms under the bankruptcy code ... Read More