Leah M. Eisenberg

Overview

Leah M. Eisenberg’s practice encompasses corporate reorganization, bankruptcy and default matters, corporate trust default matters, intercreditor matters, bankruptcy litigation, cannabis-related financing matters and cross border representations. She represents debtors, creditors, indenture trustees, committees of unsecured creditors, secured creditors, lenders, bidders and acquirors.

Leah takes pride in giving back to the community and recently represented a synagogue in proceeding in the Beth Din (Jewish Court) on employment, real estate and non-for-profit matters. Leah also represented clients where she was successful in obtaining for them Holocaust reparations from France. She also represented a non-profit Holocaust education organization on corporate, employment and cross border matters. Leah dedicated many pro bono hours to advising clients referred by Her Justice. Leah also volunteers at her synagogue and assists students and adults with reading Hebrew.

Prior to joining Pashman Stein, Leah worked at Mayer Brown LLP and at Foley & Lardner LLP. Earlier in her career, Leah served as a first law clerk to the Honorable Robert E. Gerber, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York.

Recognition

Honors & Recognitions

Selected for inclusion in the list of Best Lawyers, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2019-2022, 2026
Recipient of the NYIC Women’s Division Executive of the Year Award (2018)
Recipient of the Publication Award, American Bankruptcy Institute’s Annual Spring Conference (2017)

The Best Lawyers list is issued by BL Rankings, LLC of the selection methodology can be found at https://www.bestlawyers.com/About/MethodologyBasic.aspx.

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News & Insights

News

Speaking Engagements

1.9.25|Event
Leah M. Eisenberg to be Panel Speaker at AIRA & NYIC Annual Luncheon
10.29.24|Event
Leah Eisenberg and David Sklar Present CLE Webinar “Chapter 11 - Bankruptcy 101: What Every Company Needs to Know About Chapter 11 Proceedings and How Their Businesses could be Impacted”
6.24|Event
Leah M. Eisenberg Moderator, “Chapter 15 Hot Topics: Three Arrows, Blood, and Silicone” at AIRA’s 40th Annual Bankruptcy & Restructuring Conference
8.22|Event
Leah M. Eisenberg Speaker, "The 411 on Section 303: What you need to Know About Involuntary Bankruptcy Cases" at ABI Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop
11.20|Event
Leah M. Eisenberg Speaker, "Restructuring Cannabis Companies" at Fasken Cannabis Law Webinar Series
10.19|Event
Leah M. Eisenberg Speaker, "The Importance of Plan Feasibility" at ABI 2019 Mid-Level Professional Development Program
2.19|Event
Leah M. Eisenberg Speaker, "Valuing Causes of Action for Purposes of Third Party Releases" at ABI's VALCON Conference
1.19|Event
Leah M. Eisenberg Speaker, "How Does a Creditors' Committee work and Why Does it Exist," at NACM Commercial Services, North American Retail Group
10.18|Event
Leah M. Eisenberg Speaker, "Broken Bonds - Navigating Indenture Trustee Issues in the Default World" at IWIRC's 25th Annual Fall Conference
1.18|Event
Leah M. Eisenberg Moderator, “Pre-Packaged Chapter 11 Cases,” at the 13th Annual NYIC/AIRA Joint Bankruptcy and Restructuring Event
9.17|Event
Leah M. Eisenberg Speaker, "Young Lawyers Track: Best Practices for Motion and Brief Drafting" at Delaware Views From the Bench
8.17|Event
Leah M. Eisenberg Speaker, “New Challenges to Out-of-Court Exchange Offers” at American Bar Association Annual Conference, CLE in the City Series
4.17|Event
Leah M. Eisenberg Speaker, “Commercial Finance Association’s Workouts and Bankruptcy Workshop”
2.17|Event
Speaker, “In This Corner, Arbitration; in the Other, Bankruptcy” at ABI's Caribbean Insolvency Symposium
1.17|Event
Moderator, “Supreme Court Watch Dog: Cases That Could Have Impact on Bankruptcy Law and Practice” at the 12th Annual NYIC/AIRA Joint Bankruptcy and Restructuring Event

Publications

5.29.25|Publication
Leah M. Eisenberg Authors Article for Mg Magazine, “The Cannabis Industry and Bankruptcy Relief”
1.14.25|News
Leah M. Eisenberg Authors Article in American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, “U.S. Continues to Wait for the Federal Legalization of Cannabis”
9.30.24|Article
Third Circuit Rules Noteholders Were Improperly Denied Make-Whole Payments and Interest By Solvent Debtor - Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights Client Alert
9.24|Publication
Revolutionizing Recovery: Rethinking Bankruptcy for Mexico's Economic Resurgence, co-author – Pratt's Journal of Bankruptcy Law
2024|Publication
Bankruptcy Court Paves the Way for Excluded Bondholders to Seek Recoveries from Pre-Petition Liability Management Transactions – AIRA Journal
11.21|Publication
As U.S. Cannabis Industry Grows, Produces Distress, Bankruptcy Relief Remains Limited – TMA Journal of Corporate Renewal
4.19|Publication
Warning: Pro Bono Work Can Be Good for Your Professional Spirit – ABI Journal
7.17|Publication
Arbitration and Bankruptcy: A Tug of War, co-author - The Review of Banking & Financial Services, Vol. 33 No. 7
2016|Publication
Representing the Creditors Committee: A Guide for Practitioners, co-author - American Bankruptcy Institute

Blog Posts

Leah M. Eisenberg Authors Article for Mg Magazine, “The Cannabis Industry and Bankruptcy Relief”
Cannabis Blog, 5.29.25

Associations

Community & Professional

Board Member, Association of Insolvency Restructuring Advisors (AIRA)
Board Member, Holocaust and Human Rights Center, 2022
Co-Founder and Former President, Women’s Division for the New York Institute of Credit (NYIC)
Advisory board member of ABI's Valcon Conference
Board Member, The Bankruptcy Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accessibility Consortium