Craig R. Tractenberg

Background

Tractenberg, Craig R. was born on December 5, 1956 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Jerome and Diane (Epstein) Tractenberg.

Education

Bachelor, La Salle College, Philadelphia, 1979;

Juris Doctor, Temple University, 1981.

Career

Worked at Abraham Pressman & Bauer P.C. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Also Cherry Hill, New Jersey) specializing in Franchise Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Transactions, Bankruptcy, Real Estate, Environmental. Admitted to the bar, 1981, Pennsylvania and United States.

District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. 1982, New Jersey; 1983, United States. Court of Appeals, Second and Third Circuits and United States.

Supreme Court.

Member, Moot Court Board, 1980-1981. Listed, Who's Who in American Law. Author: "Corporate Indemnification of Directors and Officers: Time for a Reappraisal," University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, Volume 15, No.

2, 1981; "Managing Environmental Risks In Franchising," Franchise Legal Digest, January and February, 1990. "New Jersey Federal Court Suggests Safe Harbor Franchisor Antitrust Violations," Franchise Legal Digest, January/February 1989. "Saving the Ailing Franchisor: Work Outs and Bankruptcies," Volume 11, No.

3 American Bar Association, Franchise Law Journal, 1992. Faculty Member: "Practical Advice for Limiting Environmental Liabilities," 1989 American Bar Association Annual Forum Committee on Franchising. "The Current Status of Franchisee Use of the Federal Bankruptcy Act," International Franchise Association Legal Symposium, 1995.

"Franchise Law Issues," Philadelphia Bar Association, 1996. "Franchise Bankruptcy and Workouts," International Franchise Association Legal Symposium, 1997. "The Rights of Franchisors and Franchisees in Bankruptcy," Bus.

Law Section of the American Bar Association, 1997. Speaker, Philadelphia Bar Educational Center. Member: Pennsylvania (Chair, Franchise Law Subcommittee), New Jersey State (Franchise Law Committee), and American (Member, Forum Committee on Franchising) Bar Associations.

Achievements

• Bar: Pennsylvania 1981, New Jersey 1983, United States District Court (eastern district) Pennsylvania 1981, United States District Court New Jersey 1983, United States Court 2nd District Court of Appea circuit) 1983, United States Court Appeals(3rd circuit) 1990, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1987.

Membership

Board of directors Har Zion Temple, Penn Valley, Pennsylvania, since 1988, Friends of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, 1989. Member American Bar Association (faculty forum commission on franchising 1989), Pennsylvania Bar Association (chairman commission on franchising), Philadelphia Bar Association, New Jersey Bar Association (commission on fundraising), International Franchise Association, Rotary (president Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania chapter 1989).

Interests

• Avocations: running, golf, electronics.

Connections

Married Anna P. McDonald, June 9, 1981. Children: David, Jeremy.

Father:

Jerome Tractenberg

Mother:

Diane (Epstein) Tractenberg

Spouse:

Anna P. McDonald

child:

David Tractenberg

child:

Jeremy Tractenberg