Yann Geron

Yann Geron is a New York bankruptcy and restructuring attorney who focuses on trusteeships, corporate wind-downs, bankruptcy litigation, and fiduciary representation. He advises bankruptcy trustees, debtors, creditors, and defendants in complex insolvency matters. His work includes Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 proceedings, Subchapter V cases, corporate dissolutions, estate administration, and disputes involving management, insiders, creditors, and third parties.

Geron earned his J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law in 1988. While in law school, he interned for a bankruptcy judge in the Southern District of New York and worked at a law firm. He is admitted to practice before the Southern, Eastern, and Northern Districts of New York and the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. His training supports careful analysis of bankruptcy law, fiduciary duties, and contested claims.

Geron has served continuously on the Federal Panel of Bankruptcy Trustees for the Southern District of New York since 1993. He is also a federal Chapter 11 Subchapter V panel trustee for Region 2 and has acted as a Chapter 11 trustee in matters across the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. His experience includes large estates involving finance, aviation, real estate, food distribution, investment banking, professional services, retail, and manufacturing.

Yann Geron brings extensive experience in complex liquidations, recovery actions, and bankruptcy-related mediation. He has investigated and pursued estate claims against prior management, insiders, creditors, and other parties, using litigation or mediation when appropriate. He also serves as a court-approved mediator in bankruptcy courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. His professional involvement includes the American Bankruptcy Institute and the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees.

Law Office Affiliations

• Managing Member, Geron Legal Advisors LLC
• Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
• Member, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees

Licensed State

• New York

Education

• Hofstra University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)