Edward “Ed” Neiger is a co-managing partner of ASK LLP and a nationally recognized bankruptcy attorney who fights for people and businesses owed money in bankruptcy.  He represents all types of unsecured creditors, including trade creditors, suppliers, service providers and plaintiffs pursuing litigation claims, with a focus on protecting their rights and maximizing their recoveries.  He has recovered almost $1 billion dollars for unsecured creditors in bankruptcy.  

Ed understands that behind every unpaid claim is a business or person with something at stake.  He combines aggressive advocacy with practical business judgment to identify opportunities to increase recoveries and give creditors a meaningful voice in the bankruptcy process.

Ed has represented clients serving on more than 200 Official Committees of Unsecured Creditors, including in the bankruptcies of Revlon, J.C. Penney and The Weinstein Company.  His practice encompasses representing anyone owed money, whether they are a trade creditor, financial creditor, or plaintiff who was wronged by a debtor.

His experience also includes representing plaintiffs and other unsecured claimants in some of the country’s largest mass-tort bankruptcies:

• PG&E:  Ed represented a former City of Paradise executive and participated in the Official Torts Committee’s six-member settlement subcommittee, helping negotiate compensation for wildfire victims.
• Boy Scouts of America:  Ed helped found the Coalition for Abused Scouting for Justice and helped negotiate a multibillion-dollar settlement on behalf of survivors of sexual abuse.
• Purdue Pharma and Mallinckrodt:  Ed represented the Ad Hoc Committee of Individual Victims, comprising more than 60,000 victims of the opioid crisis, and helped negotiate substantial compensation on their behalf.

Whether his client is a manufacturer owed millions for delivered goods, a service provider with unpaid invoices or a plaintiff seeking compensation for serious harm, Ed brings the same commitment:  fighting to ensure that their claims are heard, their rights are protected and every meaningful opportunity for recovery is pursued.

Ed began his career at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where he trained under legendary bankruptcy attorney Harvey R. Miller and worked on the bankruptcies of Enron and WorldCom.  He founded his own firm in 2008, which merged with ASK LLP in 2012.  Today, he co-leads ASK’s nationally recognized bankruptcy, mass tort and sexual abuse practices.

Ed has written extensively about bankruptcy and creditor issues for publications including the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, the Journal of Corporate Renewal, the New York Law Journal and the ABI Trade Creditors newsletter.  He graduated summa cum laude from Touro College and has earned his law degree from Fordham University School of Law, where he served on the Law Review and received the Archibald R. Murray Award for Public Service.