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Jacob A. Manheimer

Pierce Atwood LLP

Jack Manheimer devotes his practice primarily to financially distressed situations, creditors' rights and commercial transactions, focusing on creditor-side representation. He regularly represents secured creditors, trade creditors and landlords in Chapter 11 reorganizations, Chapter 7 liquidations and Chapter 13 wage earner cases, out-of-court workouts, and collection matters.

Jack is experienced in negotiating, preparing and implementing agreements to use cash collateral and provide adequate protection of interests in collateral, and litigating contested cash collateral, relief from stay and adequate protection motions and contested plan confirmations. Jack is often called on to develop and implement "exit strategies" for commercial lenders and negotiate, structure and prepare plans of liquidation.

Lawyer Bio

Jack Manheimer devotes his practice primarily to financially distressed situations, creditors' rights and commercial transactions, focusing on creditor-side representation. He regularly represents secured creditors, trade creditors and landlords in Chapter 11 reorganizations, Chapter 7 liquidations and Chapter 13 wage earner cases, out-of-court workouts, and collection matters.

Jack is experienced in negotiating, preparing and implementing agreements to use cash collateral and provide adequate protection of interests in collateral, and litigating contested cash collateral, relief from stay and adequate protection motions and contested plan confirmations. Jack is often called on to develop and implement "exit strategies" for commercial lenders and negotiate, structure and prepare plans of liquidation.

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  • Lawyer of the Year Badge

Education:

  • Fordham University, J.D., graduated 1983
  • Dartmouth College, A.B., graduated 1978

Bar Admissions:

  • United States, Maine
  • United States, Massachusetts
  • United States, New Hampshire
  • United States, New York
 

Court Admissions:

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Maine
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
  • U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Affiliations:

  • American Bankruptcy Institute - Member
  • Credit Abuse Resistance Education Program - Volunteer
  • Cumberland County Bar Association - Member
  • Maine Bar Association - Member

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Portland, ME (2020)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  • Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
  • Commercial Finance Law
  • Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Litigation - Bankruptcy
  • Litigation - Real Estate
 

Awards:

  • Recognized in Chambers USA for Corporate M&A/Bankruptcy Law.
 

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Firm Details

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Pierce Atwood LLP
http://www.pierceatwood.com
 
Headquarters
Merrill's Wharf
254 Commercial Street
Portland, ME 04101
(207) 791.1100
7 Office Locations
in 2 Countries

Sweden

Sweden

Stockholm, Sweden

Stureplan 4C, Fourth Floor

Stockholm 114 35

Sweden

46 8 509 012 32

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United States

United States

District of Columbia

District of Columbia

Washington, DC

1875 K Street, NW, Suite 700

Washington, DC 20006

United States

(202) 530.6420

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Maine

Maine

Augusta, ME

157 Capitol Street, Suite Three

Augusta, ME 04330

United States

(207) 622.6311

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts

Boston, MA

100 Summer Street

Boston, MA 02110

United States

(617) 488.8100

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New Hampshire

New Hampshire

Portsmouth, NH

Pease International Tradeport, Suite 350

One New Hampshire Avenue

Portsmouth, NH 03801

United States

(603) 433.6300

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Rhode Island

Rhode Island

Providence, RI

One Financial Plaza, 26th Floor

Providence, RI 02903

United States

(401) 588.5113

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Lawyer Case History

Recent Experience

Machias Savings Bank in the liquidation of the real and personal property assets of Vaughn Thibodeau & Sons, a Maine earthworks, cement and asphalt company, after default in commercial loans exceeding $14,000,000

A federal savings bank in the out of court restructuring of commercial loans totaling approximately $2,000,000 secured by a chain of franchise restaurants in Maine and Florida

Tasman Industries, a family-owned leather producing and processing company headquartered in Louisville, KY, in the acquisition out of bankruptcy of leather tanning facilities and business in Hartland, Maine from Prime Tanning for $6,200,000

RBS Citizens, N.A., as agent and lead lender, in documentation and closing of term loans and lines of credit to Elmet Industries, Inc., a manufacturer with facilities in Maine, California and Tennessee, totaling $35,000,000 

KeyBank, N.A. in documenting and closing of term loans and lines of credit to Tri-Starr Management Services, Inc., a logistics service company operating in Texas, NH, Illinois, Florida and Maine, totaling $32,200,000