Burton S. Weston  represents debtors, creditors and creditor constituencies in all aspects of the Chapter 11 process.  He is also a member of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group, which advises clients on a broad array of corporate and transactional matters.

Burton’s practice includes the preparation and prosecution of Chapter 11 cases for corporate debtors, the representation of creditors’ committees, creditor constituencies and individual creditors in reorganization cases, the acquisition and disposition of assets and business in the Chapter 11 context, the development of competing plans of reorganization for potential acquirors of distressed entities, the advise of parties in connection with the claims trading process, debtor-in-possession financing, the defense of preference and fraudulent conveyance actions, and the representation of landlords to Chapter 11 debtors.

Burton has co-authored a bankruptcy text for inside counsel and other practitioners entitled “Bankruptcy Strategies for Corporate Creditors," and lectures frequently on creditors’ rights and asset protection issues to professional groups and attorneys.

He has served as Secretary to the Committee on Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization for Association of the Bar of the City of New York, is a member of the Bankruptcy Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association, and a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute.

In addition, Burton has represented numerous distressed hospitals and health care related facilities, and mid-market companies in the retail, technology, and manufacturing sectors and has successfully concluded many reorganizations, both formal and informal restructurings, allowing companies to emerge with new financial life.  He has also represented landlords and other large creditors in many of the nation’s largest Chapter 11 cases.

Burton's past experience reflects a blend of public and private service.  Burton served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, has served on the boards of non-profit agencies, and currently is President of Temple Israel of Great Neck and a Trustee and Deputy Mayor of the Village of Thomaston. 

Prior to joining Garfunkel Wild, P.C., Burton was a partner at a prominent New York City firm.