Lawrence J. Kotler  is a Partner at Duane Morris in Philadelphia and co-chair of the Bankruptcy and Fiduciary Representations division of Duane Morris' Business Reorganization and Financial Restructuring Practice Group. Mr. Kotler practices in the area of reorganization and finance, representing chapter 11 debtors-in-possession, chapter 11 trustees, chapter 7 trustees, liquidating trustees, creditors' committees, secured creditors and large institutional unsecured creditors in all facets of bankruptcy.

Mr. Kotler is currently serving as counsel to the senior secured lender in the Hajjar Business Holdings, LLC et al, bankruptcy cases, pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey; counsel for StoneMor Operating LLC in the bankruptcy cases of Moon Group, Inc., pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware; and the Plan Administrator in the Spectrum Alliance LP bankruptcy case, pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He is also serving as trustee's counsel in the bankruptcy cases of Image Masters, Inc., et al., Fitzpatrick Container Corp., Precise Graphix, LLC, WM Robots, LLC, all pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Kotler has been listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers since 2006 as one of the top Bankruptcy lawyers in Pennsylvania. He has been named a Super Lawyer in Pennsylvania since 2005 and has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 2009. For their 2023 publication The Best Lawyers in America will recognize Mr. Kotler as “Lawyer of the Year” for Bankruptcy – Litigation in the Philadelphia metro region.

Admissions

• Delaware
• New York
• Pennsylvania
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
• U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Education

• Boston University School of Law, J.D., 1989
• University of Pennsylvania, B.A., with honors in the major, 1986

Professional Activities

• Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy, Co-Chair of the Educational Committee for the Third Circuit
• Certified by the American Board of Certification in Business Bankruptcy Law
• Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference
  - Past Chairman

• Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project
  - Board Member and Past President
  - Executive Committee Member

• American Bankruptcy Law Institute

• Delaware Bankruptcy American Inn of Courts

Honors and Awards

• Named a Best Lawyers "Lawyer of the Year" in Litigation - Bankruptcy, Philadephia, 2023

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2009-2023

• Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
• Named to the Philadelphia Business Journal's "Best of the Bar" for Bankruptcy, 2022

• Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers, 2006-2022

• Listed in New York Metro Super Lawyers, 2017-2021

• Named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for Bankruptcy and Workout, 2005-2021

• Listed in Best Lawyers Greater Philadelphia, 2016-2019

• Recipient of the 2010 Large Turnaround Award from the Turnaround Management Association
• Listed in Avenue magazine's Legal Elite, 2010 and 2011

• Listed in Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition, 2010-2019

• AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®

Board Memberships

• Board of Directors, Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project
  - Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service, 1999 and 2001

• Homeless Advocacy Project, Executive Vice President

• Gladwyne Fire Company- Board Member 2020-present

• Gladwyne Library, 2016-2022, President, 2021-2022