Robert S. Bernstein, Managing Partner

Board Certified, Business Bankruptcy Law, American Board of Certification Board Certified, Creditors' Rights Law, American Board of Certification 2008 “Pennsylvania Superlawyer,” Philadelphia Magazine 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.

Bernstein 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 2009 Best Lawyers in America by his peers in the field of Bankruptcy. (Copyright 2008 by Woodward/White, Inc. of Aiken, S.C.).

Certifications:

• Creditors’ Rights Specialist – American Board of Certification (1993-present).

• Business Bankruptcy Specialist – American Board of Certification (1993-present).

Background:

• Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Admitted to the bars of Pennsylvania; Florida; West Virginia; New York

• 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

• Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.A., 1976); Duquesne University (J.D., 1981)

• 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)

• American Board of Certification; Chairman (2006-2007); President (2005-2006); Treasurer (2003-2005); Chair, Standards Committee (2001-2002)

• Lease Enforcement Attorneys Network, Founder and Chairman

• Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA); Legal Committee (2000-2003)

• Allegheny County Bar Association; Chair, Professional Ethics Committee (2003-2005); Chair, Technology Utilization Committee (1996-2001); Chair, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section (1992)

• Commercial Law Foundation, Fellow

• Association for Conflict Resolution, member, trained Mediator

• Duquesne University Law Alumni Association: President (1994-1995)

• American Bankruptcy Institute: Member

• National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Allegheny District Chapter: Chairman, Board of Trustees (2006-2009)

• Temple Sinai, Pittsburgh, PA: President, Board of Trustees (2005-2007)