Eric J. Haber is special counsel in the Firm's Bankruptcy & Restructuring practice group. He joined Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman LLP in 1998, which was merged into Cooley Godward Kronish LLP in 2006. He is resident in the New York office.
Previously, Mr. Haber was a partner in Siegel Sommers and Schwartz, a nationally recognized boutique bankruptcy firm which merged into Kronish Lieb in 1998. He also served as staff attorney in the SEC’s Reorganization Division.
Recently, Mr. Haber has been involved in several bankruptcies on behalf of distressed investors, representing debenture holders in the Composite Technology and Horizon Natural Resources cases and the equity committees in the Seitel, Peregrine Systems and Bush Industries proceedings. In addition, he has significant experience representing creditors committees in a variety of industries including retail, barter and travel-related businesses. Mr. Haber also has experience representing debtors.
Mr. Haber has extensive experience in the area of preference and other avoidance actions, having defended and prosecuted hundreds of such cases in courts throughout the United States.
Mr. Haber earned his J.D. from the New York University School of Law in 1983. He received his undergraduate degree from Harvard College in 1979, cum laude.
Mr. Haber is admitted to practice in the State of New York and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. He is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute.