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Awarded Practice Areas

Administrative / Regulatory Law Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Biography

Neil B. Glassman is a member of the firm’s bankruptcy group. Neil focuses his practice on commercial transactions, bankruptcy and insolvency law, and insurance and entity law. He joined Bayard in 1986.

Neil regularly represents debtors, official committees of unsecured creditors or equity holders, secured lenders, banks and insurance companies, financial institutions and publicly and privately held businesses in large bankruptcy cases and other insolvency proceedings including insurance company insolvencies. An experienced transactional attorney, Neil has also developed a substantial practice representing clients in relation to the law of Delaware business entities including corporations, business trusts, general and limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and conventional and captive insurance companies. Neil has developed a specialty in counseling insurance companies in regulatory matters in Delaware. He is regularly appointed as a hearing officer by the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Delaware in insurance matters pertaining to changes of control and advises merger parties themselves when not acting for the Commissioner.

Neil is a past President of the Commercial Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association and is presently a member of its Statutory Trust Committee as well as a member of the Bankruptcy and the Corporation Law Sections. He also served on the Board of Directors for the Delaware Captive Insurance Association.

Neil is a published author and a frequent speaker on issues and developments in bankruptcy and insolvency law.

Bayard PA

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Overview

  • Case Western Reserve University, J.D., graduated 1981
  • University of Connecticut, MBA, graduated 1978
  • Trinity College, graduated 1974
  • Trinity College, BA, graduated 1974

  • Delaware, 1982

  • American Bankruptcy Institute - Member
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Delaware State Bar Association - Member
  • Federal Bar Association - Member
  • Delaware, 1982
  • American Bankruptcy Institute - Member
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Delaware State Bar Association - Member
  • Federal Bar Association - Member
  • Case Western Reserve University, J.D., graduated 1981
  • University of Connecticut, MBA, graduated 1978
  • Trinity College, graduated 1974
  • Trinity College, BA, graduated 1974

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2025 - Administrative / Regulatory Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Administrative / Regulatory Law, Wilmington, DE (2025)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Administrative / Regulatory Law
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Insurance Law

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