Burton R. Lifland
Burton R. Lifland was a bankruptcy judge for the United States bankruptcy court, Southern District of New York. He was the former chief judge of the Southern District of New York and the former Chief Judge of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Second Circuit. Lifland was appointed to the court in 1980.[1]
Lifland died in January 2014.[2]
Education
Judge Lifland received his bachelor's degree from Syracuse University in 1951 and his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 1954.[1][3]
Career
Before his appointment in 1980, Lifland practiced law with the firms of Lifland, Marcus & Angel; Levy, Levy & Ruback; and Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Heine, Underberg & Casey.[1]
Work as an author and editor
- Contributing author of Chapter 11 Theory and Practice: A Guide to Reorganization, "Practical Prefile Considerations and Commencement of Case"
- Contributing editor of Norton Bankruptcy Law[1]
Memberships
- Member of the Judicial Conference Subcommittee on Bankruptcy Case management
- Current member of the American Bar Association’s SABRE (Select Advisory Committee on Business Reorganization)
- Founding member of the International Insolvency Institute[1]
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Footnotes
Federal courts:
Second Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of New York, Western District of New York, Northern District of New York, Southern District of New York • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of New York, Western District of New York, Northern District of New York, Southern District of New York
State courts:
New York Court of Appeals • New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division • New York Supreme Court • New York District Courts • New York County Courts • New York City Courts • New York Town and Village Courts • New York Family Courts • New York Surrogates' Courts • New York City Civil Court • New York City Criminal Courts • New York Court of Claims • New York Problem Solving Courts
State resources:
Courts in New York • New York judicial elections • Judicial selection in New York
