Douglas S. Stanger is past chair of the firm's Bankruptcy, Financial Restructuring and Risk Management Department and concentrates his practice in bankruptcy, corporate, and real estate and property tax law. He has served on the United States Department of Justice Panel of Bankruptcy Trustees for 25 years and is an approved mediator for the Bankruptcy Court. He also previously served as a member of the firm's Board of Directors.
Mr. Stanger’s substantial experience in bankruptcy includes representation of debtors, creditors along with bankruptcy creditor’s committees. His real estate practice includes representation of individuals and developers in complex transactions. He has authored articles and regularly speaks at trade association conferences.
Additionally, he represents New Jersey commercial and residential property owners in the tax appeal process in challenging their tax assessments, and spearheaded the firm’s tax appeal seminar series.
Mr. Stanger is an active leader in professional associations as well as community organizations. He is a former recipient of the Atlantic County Bar Association’s “Honorable Benjamin A. Rimm Award” for outstanding young lawyer for the year. He is also the recipient of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division “Service to the Community Award.”
Representative Matters
- Effectuating sales in Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases
- Representing creditors and debtors in multiple industries
- Completing preferential/fraudulent conveyance actions in substantial and complex matters
Honors & Awards
- Named an Awesome Attorney, Bankruptcy & Creditor-Debtor Rights Law, South Jersey Magazine, 2020
- Named an Awesome Attorney, Business Litigation Law, South Jersey Magazine, 2018 & 2019
- Top Attorney List, SJ Magazine, 2014
A description of the standard or methodology on which the accolades are based can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
Professional Affiliations
-
Atlantic County Bar Association
-
New Jersey State Bar Association
-
National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees
-
New Jersey Bankruptcy Trustees Association
-
Greater Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce
Community Activities
- Congregation Beth Judah (Ventnor, NJ)
- Past president
- Jewish Family Services of Atlantic and Cape May Counties
- Past president
- Community Justice Institute of Atlantic County, NJ
- Past president
- Anti-Defamation League - Eastern Pennsylvania/Southern New Jersey/Delaware Region
- Vice Chair of Executive Committee
News
- Press Release(December 15, 2020)
- (May 4, 2020)
- Press Release(December 3, 2019)
- Press Release(May 9, 2019)
- Press Release(December 6, 2018)
- Press Release(March 8, 2017)
- Press Release(May 18, 2015)
- Press Release(November 10, 2014)
- Press Release(August 1, 2014)
- Press Release(July 21, 2014)
- Press Release(July 14, 2014)
- Press Release(March 21, 2014)
- Press Release(November 1, 2013)
- Press Release(October 10, 2013)
- Press Release(September 12, 2013)
- Press Release(September 5, 2013)
- Press Release(July 15, 2013)
- (February 19, 2013)
- Press Release(February 21, 2012)
- Press of Atlantic City(December 5, 2011)
- Press of Atlantic City(November 9, 2011)
- Press Release(October 20, 2011)
- Press Release(February 28, 2011)
- Press Release(February 2, 2011)
- Press Release(October 19, 2010)
Events
- New Jersey Builders Association(March 8, 2021)
- Burlington County Regional Chamber of Commerce(June 26, 2020)
- New Jersey Builders Association(June 10, 2020)
- Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey(April 8, 2020)
- (March 26, 2020)
- (June 29, 2016)
- (June 7, 2016)
- (January 20, 2016)
- Current Issues Affecting How You Run Your BusinessNJBA Atlantic Builders Convention(March 26, 2014)
- New Jersey Builders Association(March 26, 2014)
- (March 6, 2014)
- (March 4, 2014)
- Camden County Bar Association(October 23, 2013)
- Spectrum Gaming Group, Flaster/Greenberg PC(April 15, 2013)
- Flaster/Greenberg PC(March 5, 2013)
- Flaster/Greenberg PC(February 27, 2013)
- Flaster/Greenberg PC(February 26, 2013)
- Flaster/Greenberg(November 2, 2011)
- Tax Strategies for Builders and Investors2011 Atlantic Builders Convention(April 6, 2011)
- Flaster/Greenberg(March 10, 2011)
- Flaster/Greenberg(February 16, 2011)
- Flaster/Greenberg(March 9, 2010)
- Flaster/Greenberg(January 14, 2009)
- Dealing with Distressed Properties – Revisited – The Evolution and Impact on our IndustryThe Title Company of New Jersey and CMCAR Education Committee(December 5, 2008)
Articles & Alerts
- Legal Alert(March 3, 2021)
- Newsletter(June 30, 2020)
- Capaldi Reynolds & Pelosi Newsletter(July 2016)
- New Jersey Law Journal, vol. CLXXV, no. 11, index 1091(March 15, 2004)
Practice Areas
Industry Groups
Admissions
- New Jersey
- New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- Yeshiva University–Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, J.D.
- Emory University, B.A., with honors
Clerkships
- The Honorable Marvin N. Rimm, Tax Court, Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic County, 1981 – 1982