Robert S. Bernstein, Managing Partner
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Board Certified, Business Bankruptcy Law,
American Board of Certification
Board Certified, Creditors' Rights Law,
American Board of Certification
Named a Pennsylvania Superlawyer by Philadelphia Magazine since 2008
rbernstein@bernsteinlaw.com
800-693-4013
412-456-8251 fax |
Robert S. Bernstein became aware of the intricacies of the legal system at the age of 14, while working for his father as the firm's liaison to the sheriff's department. Today he serves as counsel to commercial landlords, equipment lessors, bankruptcy trustees, creditors' committees, creditors and reorganizing businesses in proceedings throughout Pennsylvania and the Middle Atlantic States, concentrating in the many facets of bankruptcy and commercial law.
While fulfilling his duties as managing partner of Bernstein Law Firm, P.C., Bernstein represents other businesses of all sizes and types in many areas of their operation, including representation in reorganization proceedings. He has extensive experience in credit recovery matters, including collection, secured transaction and mortgage foreclosure.
His book, Get P.A.I.D.TM : A Guide to Getting Paid Faster (and What to Do if You Don't!) lays out an innovative strategy for businesses to successfully manage their credit policy and collect for their sales. Get P.A.I.D. is Bernstein's comprehensive system for businesses and credit managers to increase profits, reduce costs and delays, while developing better relationships with customers.
Bernstein heads the Preference Defense Team, a specialized group within the firm dedicated to the effective and efficient representation of clients against whom preference payment claims are made.
Bob writes and lectures for local and national groups on matters of collection, bankruptcy, business law, and professional ethics and, for more than 17 years, has been certified as both a creditors' rights and business bankruptcy specialist by the American Board of Certification. Currently, few attorneys in the country hold both certifications.
As a trained mediator, Bernstein is also a member of the Association for Conflict Resolution, an organization dedicated to the practice and public understanding of conflict resolution.
Bernstein served as both president and treasurer of the Commercial Law League of America, North America's oldest creditors' rights organization. He served as chair of the Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility of the CLLA. Bernstein served as chairman of the American Board of Certification, the country's only bankruptcy and creditors' rights certifying organization. Bernstein also works on several committees within the Allegheny County Bar Association, where he is a past chairman of the Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section, the Technology Utilization Committee, and the Professional Ethics Committee. Bernstein was a member of the Legal Committee of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) and is the founder of the Lease Enforcement Attorney Network (LEAN).
Bernstein has been a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer since 2004 in the area of bankruptcy and workout by Philadelphia Magazine. He was also named as one of The Best Lawyers in America for 2009 and 2010 by his peers in the field of Bankruptcy. (Copyright 2008 by Woodward/White, Inc. of Aiken, S.C.).
Certifications:
Background:
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Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Admitted
to the bars of
Pennsylvania
; Florida ; West
Virginia ; New
York
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Admitted
Federal jurisdictions:
the United States
District Court
for the Western,
Middle and Eastern
Districts of
Pennsylvania
; the United
States Court
of Appeals for
the Third Circuit,
and the United
States Supreme
Court
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Education:
University of
Pittsburgh (B.A.,
1976); Duquesne
University (J.D.,
1981)
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Commercial
Law League of
America : President
(1995-1996);
Board of Governors
(1991-1994);
Recording Secretary
(1989-1990);
Treasurer (2001-2002);
Chair, Committee
on Ethics and
Professional
Responsibility
(2002-2004);
Chair, Young
Members Section
(1986-1987)
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American
Board of Certification;
Chairman (2006-2007);
President (2005-2006);
Treasurer (2003-2005);
Chair, Standards
Committee (2001-2002)
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Lease
Enforcement
Attorneys Network,
Founder and Chairman
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Equipment
Leasing and
Finance Association
(ELFA); Legal
Committee (2000-2003)
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Allegheny
County Bar Association;
Chair, Professional
Ethics Committee
(2003-2005);
Chair, Technology
Utilization
Committee (1996-2001);
Chair, Bankruptcy
and Commercial
Law Section
(1992)
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Commercial
Law Foundation,
Fellow
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Association
for Conflict
Resolution, member,
trained Mediator
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Duquesne
University Law
Alumni Association:
President (1994-1995)
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American
Bankruptcy Institute:
Member
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National
Multiple Sclerosis
Society, Allegheny
District Chapter:
Chairman, Board
of Trustees (2006-2009)
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Temple
Sinai , Pittsburgh
, PA : President,
Board of Trustees
(2005-2007)
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