Allen J. Underwood II
ajunderwood@beckermeisel.com
Education:
Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D.
Hamilton College, B.A.
Areas of Specialty:
Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Creditors' Rights
Admitted to Practice:
New Jersey
New York
District of Columbia
Office:
Livingston
973-422-1100 extension x121
ajunderwood@beckermeisel.com
Education:
Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D.
Hamilton College, B.A.
Areas of Specialty:
Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Creditors' Rights
Admitted to Practice:
New Jersey
New York
District of Columbia
Office:
Livingston
973-422-1100 extension x121
Allen J. Underwood II
In The News
Allen J. Underwood II is a partner in the Firm. He represents individual and corporate creditors, debtors, creditors' committees and Trustees in Chapter 7 and 11 bankruptcy matters, as well as parties in state court commercial matters. This practice encompasses diverse areas of state and federal law. Mr. Underwood has represented plaintiffs and defendants in preference, fraudulent conveyance, breach of contract, common law fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, employment and commercial matters. He has represented bankruptcy creditors on administrative, secured, priority and unsecured claims. Many of these matters involved issues of security, priority, setoff, recoupment and possession of collateral. Others involved parties subject to agreements of guaranty and indemnity, in the construction and insurance contexts.
Mr. Underwood is a graduate of Hamilton College, where he obtained a B.A. in both history and creative writing. Mr. Underwood obtained his J.D. from the Seton Hall University School of Law, where he was a member of the Interscholastic Moot Court Board, and the team that won Best Brief, and Third Place Overall, in the Federal Bar Association - Thurgood Marshall National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition. Upon receipt of his law degree, he was judicial law clerk to the Honorable Edward V. Torack, J.S.C.
Mr. Underwood is admitted to practice before the courts of the states of New Jersey and New York as well as the District of Columbia. He is also admitted to practice before the Federal District and Bankruptcy Courts of New Jersey, and the Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York. Mr. Underwood has also appeared pro hac vice in several Delaware bankruptcy matters.
In addition, Mr. Underwood is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association and its Bankruptcy Section, the American Trial Lawyers Association and the Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey. Mr. Underwood is an associate member of the Bergen County Bar Association and a member of the Traffic Club of New York as well as the Turnaround Management Association.
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In The News
Allen J. Underwood II is a partner in the Firm. He represents individual and corporate creditors, debtors, creditors' committees and Trustees in Chapter 7 and 11 bankruptcy matters, as well as parties in state court commercial matters. This practice encompasses diverse areas of state and federal law. Mr. Underwood has represented plaintiffs and defendants in preference, fraudulent conveyance, breach of contract, common law fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, employment and commercial matters. He has represented bankruptcy creditors on administrative, secured, priority and unsecured claims. Many of these matters involved issues of security, priority, setoff, recoupment and possession of collateral. Others involved parties subject to agreements of guaranty and indemnity, in the construction and insurance contexts.
Mr. Underwood is a graduate of Hamilton College, where he obtained a B.A. in both history and creative writing. Mr. Underwood obtained his J.D. from the Seton Hall University School of Law, where he was a member of the Interscholastic Moot Court Board, and the team that won Best Brief, and Third Place Overall, in the Federal Bar Association - Thurgood Marshall National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition. Upon receipt of his law degree, he was judicial law clerk to the Honorable Edward V. Torack, J.S.C.
Mr. Underwood is admitted to practice before the courts of the states of New Jersey and New York as well as the District of Columbia. He is also admitted to practice before the Federal District and Bankruptcy Courts of New Jersey, and the Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York. Mr. Underwood has also appeared pro hac vice in several Delaware bankruptcy matters.
In addition, Mr. Underwood is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association and its Bankruptcy Section, the American Trial Lawyers Association and the Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey. Mr. Underwood is an associate member of the Bergen County Bar Association and a member of the Traffic Club of New York as well as the Turnaround Management Association.
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