Uniondale, NY – March 24, 2025 – Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C. is proud to announce that Partner Michael Amato has been named an honoree at the LI Herald’s Top Lawyers Awards. This prestigious recognition celebrates legal professionals who demonstrate excellence in their field and make a meaningful impact on their communities.
Hosted by RichnerLIVE, the events division of Richner Communications, the 6th Annual Top Lawyers Awards Gala will take place on April 8, 2025, honoring Long Island’s most distinguished attorneys across a variety of practice areas.
“We are thrilled to see Michael receive this well-deserved recognition,” said Adam Silvers, Managing Partner at Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C. “Michael’s dedication to his clients and the legal profession is truly commendable. We’re proud to celebrate Michael’s receipt of this award!”
Mr. Amato is the Chair of the Corporate Restructuring & Bankruptcy Practice Group, and a member of the firm’s Litigation Department and Block-chain Technology and Digital Asset Practice Group. Mr. Amato is a skilled bankruptcy attorney with considerable experience representing debtors, creditors, trustees and creditor committees in complex restructuring and reorganization matters. He focuses his practice on business reorganizations and restructurings, and bankruptcy litigation. Mr. Amato has advised clients in negotiating, structuring and drafting complex Chapter 11 plans and debtor-in-possession financing agreements. Mr. Amato regularly represents parties in interest in bankruptcy litigation, including fiduciary duty and fraud claims, actions to avoid preferential transfers and fraudulent conveyances, turnover proceedings and actions to recover assets.
Mr. Amato’s litigation experience includes both jury and non-jury trials in federal and state courts. He has represented clients in complex commercial matters, including shareholder valuation and dissolution actions, unfair competition and labor matters, including wage and hour claims.
Mr. Amato has extensive experience in alternative dispute resolution and is an approved mediator in the United States Bankruptcy Court for both the Eastern and Southern District of New York. Mr. Amato is also an active member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Turnaround Management Association and the Nassau and Suffolk County Bar Associations.
For over 50 years, Ruskin Moscou Faltischek P.C., headquartered in Uniondale, has built a reputation as one of the region’s leading providers of innovative legal services. Its attorneys are practical, experienced advocates who measure their success by their clients’ success. Cornerstone groups in all major practice areas of the law are represented at the firm, including corporate and securities, corporate restructuring & bankruptcy, commercial lending, commercial litigation, intellectual property, health care, real estate, employment, not-for-profit, cybersecurity and data privacy, energy, and trusts and estates. Clients include large and mid-sized corporations, privately held businesses, institutions and individuals.
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