Jason Teele is a Member of the Firm’s Creditors’ Rights/Bankruptcy Reorganization Practice Group, bringing more than two decades of experience. He represents an array of clients in bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings and distressed situations throughout the United States. Mr. Teele also handles commercial litigation and transactional matters for clients, and provides actionable advice concerning corporate directors’ and officers’ fiduciary duties and strategies companies can use to deal with distressed customers and vendors. His clients are publicly and privately held companies, secured and unsecured creditors and committees of creditors, equity holders, venture capitalists, private equity/hedge funds, labor unions, pension funds, and individuals. He represents clients in the automotive, broadcasting, chemical, health care, manufacturing, media and entertainment, paper and publishing, pharmaceutical, retail, textile, and transportation and logistics industries.

Practices

  • Bankruptcy, Financial Reorganization and Creditors’ Rights

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Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit

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Rankings and Recognition

  • Selected for inclusion in:
  • The Best Lawyers in America®* 2012-2025, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • New Jersey Super Lawyers®* 2012-2024, Bankruptcy: Business; Business/Corporate; General Litigation
  • New Jersey Law Journal®* "40 Under 40" 2011

Prior to joining Sills Cummis, Mr. Teele was part of teams recognized for their restructuring work and received the following recognitions, “Turnaround Atlas Awards – Consumer Products Restructuring of the Year” in 2019 and “Turnaround Atlas Awards – Retail Services Restructuring of the Year” in 2019 by Global M&A Network, as well as “Turnaround Awards – Restructuring Deal of the Year – $25 million to $50 million” in 2018 and “Turnaround Awards – Restructuring Deal of the Year – $100 million to $500 million” in 2013 by The M&A Advisor.

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Affiliations

  • Member, American Bankruptcy Institute

    — Education Co-Chair, Commercial and Regulatory Law Committee (2016-2018)

  • Member, Turnaround Management Association

  • Member, American Bar Association

  • Member, New Jersey State Bar Association

  • Member, New York State Bar Association


Education

  • J.D., Seton Hall University School of Law, magna cum laude
  • M.P.A., Seton Hall University
  • B.A., Rutgers University

Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey
  • New York