Background
Fortgang, Chaim J. was born on July 6, 1947 in Bensheim, Germany.
Fortgang, Chaim J. was born on July 6, 1947 in Bensheim, Germany.
Brooklyn College (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1968). New York University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1971).
Worked at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Admitted to the bar, 1972, New New York Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif.
Recipient, University Graduation Prize.
Member, New York University Law Review, 1969. Company-author: with Harold South. Novikoff, "The Proposed New Bankruptcy Acting," 10 Review
Secretary Regular 849, 1977. With Lawrence P. King, "The 1978 Bankruptcy Code: Some Wrong Policy Decisions," 56 New York University Law Review 148, 1982.
With Thomas Moers Mayer, "Valuation in Bankruptcy," University of California, Los Angeles Law Review, August, 1985.
With Thomas Moers Mayer, "Trading in Claims and Taking Control of Corporations in Chapter 11," 12 Cardozo L. Review, October, 1990. With Thomas Moers Mayer, "Developments in Trading Claims and Taking Control of Corporations in Chapter 11", 13 Cardozo L. Review, October 1991. With Thomas Moers Mayer, "Developments in Trading Claims: Participations and Disputing Claims," 15 Cardozo L. Review, December 1993.
Contributing Author: "Collier Bankruptcy Practice Guide," Matthew Bender, 1981.
Adjunct Professor of Law, New York University School of Law, 1987. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New New York
New York State and American (Member, Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section, Business Bankruptcy Committee, 1980) Bar Associations. The National Bankruptcy Conference (Member, Executive Committee).
Member, New York University Law Review, 1969.