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TEL: 201-489-3000, ext. 5097
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Gerald Gline represents public and privately-held corporate debtors, trustees, secured and unsecured creditors, and creditor committees in all phases of insolvency practice.

He represented Beth Israel Hospital Association of Passaic d/b/a PBI Regional Medical Center as debtor-in-possession in its Chapter 11 case. He also represented the Bond Insurer who is the largest secured and unsecured creditor in the Bayonne Medical Center Chapter 11 case.  He represented United Healthcare Systems, Inc. as the debtor-in-possession in one of the largest health care Chapter 11 cases in the history of New Jersey.  Mr. Gline also represented TNS Nursing Homes, Inc. and its affiliates, five nursing homes, in their Chapter 11 reorganization. He represented the Official Unsecured Creditors Committee of PHP Healthcare Corporation, a national medical management company, in its Chapter 11 reorganization proceeding in Delaware and currently is liquidating agent for PHP Healthcare, LLC, the entity created under PHP's confirmed Chapter 11 plan to pursue claims and causes of action and recoveries for creditors. 

He, along with other members of the firm, represented Marcal Paper Mills, Inc. and Barzel Industries, Inc. in their Chapter 11 case. He focused on labor, environmental and tax issues as well as overall issues relating to their cases. He along with other members of the firm served as special counsel to the New Jersey Commissioner of Insurance as the Rehabilitator of Mutual Benefit Life Insurance in the successful rehabilitation of Mutual Benefit in the largest insurance rehabilitation proceeding ever.

Mr. Gline has lectured and authored materials on the Bankruptcy Code for the Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), New Jersey State Bar Association and the National Business Institute, and on numerous insolvency-related topics, including health care insolvency, the impact of environmental laws on bankruptcy, labor and personal issues in bankruptcy, bankruptcy and real estate, landlord/tenant issues in bankruptcy, matrimonial law and bankruptcy, contingent claims in bankruptcy and successful creditors' strategies in bankruptcy.  He lectured and moderated a panel of experts on the New Bankruptcy Code amendments for ICLE and has served on panels at the New Jersey Bankruptcy Bench Bar Conference regarding hospital insolvencies, environmental issues in bankruptcy, mass torts and prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcies.

Mr. Gline has been awarded an AV rating for his professionalism and the quality of his legal work from Martindale-Hubbell, the premier directory of legal professionals. 

He has also been selected by his peers for inclusion in the prestigious Best Lawyers in America® in Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law, 2008-2012 and in New Jersey Super Lawyers® in Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights. Mr. Gline has also been included in 201 Magazine's list of Top Lawyers in Bergen County for 2011.

Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers For Business, a well-respected legal directory, compiled based on in-depth interviews with key in-house counsel and private practice attorneys, ranks Mr. Gline in Bankruptcy/Restructuring and notes:

“‘Bright and capable,’ Gerald Gline stands apart due to the pragmatic advice that has made him a favorite among clients.” 2011 Edition.

• Barzel Settles Superfund Bankruptcy Claim, Law 360, August 17, 2011
• Cole Schotz Lands Five Practices and Nine Attorneys in Chambers USA Guide, June 27, 2011
• 35 Cole Schotz Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in Best Lawyers in America®
• Five Cole Schotz Attorneys Receive Top Marks in Chambers USA 2010 Rankings

• Recent Publications Include:
• Withdrawing From Multiemployer Defined Benefit Claims, Law360, July 25, 2011
• Application of the Common-Interest Doctrine in Bankruptcy Proceedings, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, February 2011
• Constraints on Stay Relief Afforded to Chapter 15 Debtors, American Bankruptcy Institute International Committee Newsletter, November 2010
• Visteon's Impact On Debtors' Ability To Cancel Benefits, Law 360, August 20, 2010

• Co Chairman of the 12th Annual Hon. William H. Gindin Bankruptcy Bench Bar Conference, NJBSA Bankruptcy Law Section in cooperation with NJICLE, April 16, 2010
• What Employment Lawyers Need to Know About Other Areas of the Law, New Jersey State Bar Association, March 16, 2010

• American Bankruptcy Institute
• New Jersey State Bar Association (Bankruptcy Section, Vice Chair)
• Lawyer's Advisory Committee, United States Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey, former Member
• American Bar Association
• Bergen County Bar Association (Bankruptcy Insolvency Section)
• Master, Bankruptcy Inn of Court
• Ethics Committee in Bergen County, past Chairman