195 Church Street, 13th Floor, New Haven, CT 06510
Phone: 203.821.2000 | Fax: 203.821.2009
Practice Areas
Education
- Boston University School of Law, J.D.
- Cornell University, B.A.
Biography
Douglas S. Skalka is an experienced bankruptcy and commercial finance practitioner. He represents businesses, lenders, trade creditors, court appointed trustees and investors in financial restructuring transactions and business reorganization matters. His cases are located in Connecticut and throughout the country.
Doug holds a certification in business bankruptcy from the American Board of Certification. He has held this select certification for over twenty-five years. As such, Doug was recently named a Senior Specialist by the Board. The American Board of Certification is the nation’s premier legal specialty certification organization. The Board certifies attorneys as specialists in business bankruptcy, consumer bankruptcy and creditors’ rights law.
In addition, Attorney Skalka has served as the Co-chairman of the Bankruptcy Committee of the Stamford Regional Bar Association and Chairman of the Bankruptcy Committee for the New Haven County Bar Association. He served as the President of the Connecticut chapter of the Turnaround Management Association (1999-2000) and is a current board member. Attorney Skalka served as a Contributing Editor to the 1998-1999 treatise on bankruptcy law published by Wiley Publications. Doug is admitted to practice in the states of New York and Connecticut. An active member of the American Bar Association (Business Law Section), he also is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, and the Connecticut Bar Association (Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section). Attorney Skalka lectures extensively on commercial finance, business reorganizations and insolvency issues.
Attorney Skalka graduated from Cornell University in 1982. He received his law degree from Boston University School of Law in 1985. In law school he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Probate Law Journal. Doug joined Neubert, Pepe & Monteith as a Principal in 1995,
Attorney Skalka has been named in Best Lawyers since 2006, named 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” Bankruptcy Law, New Haven, CT by Best Lawyers, and listed in Connecticut Super Lawyers since 2007.
Professional Memberships
- American Bar Association, Business Law Section
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- Connecticut Bar Association, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section
- Connecticut Bar Foundation, Lifetime Fellow
- New Haven County Bar Association, Bankruptcy Committee, Chair
- Turnaround Management Association, (Connecticut Chapter), Board Member, 1995 – 2002; President, 1999 – 2000; Board Member, Membership Co-chair, 2017 – Present
Honors & Awards
- American Board of Certification, Senior Specialist, Business Bankruptcy
- Martindale-Hubbell AV-Preeminent
- Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2006-2024
- Best Lawyers in America, New Haven, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, “Lawyer of the Year” 2021
- Best Lawyers in America, New Haven, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, “Lawyer of the Year” 2024
- Connecticut and New England Super Lawyers, Bankruptcy: Business, 2007-Present
- Connecticut Super Lawyers Top 10, 2014
- Connecticut Super Lawyers Top 50, 2014-2016
- New England Super Lawyers Top 100, 2013-2016
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Community
- Ezra Academy, Board of Directors, 2004-Present
- Anti-Defamation League, Connecticut Region, New Haven County Committee, Chair, 2000-Present
- Tower One/Tower East, Senior Housing Community, Board of Directors, 2004- 2009
- Long Wharf Theatre, Development Committee Member, 1995 – 1999
Publications
- Treatise on Bankruptcy Law, Wiley Publications, Contributing Editor, 1999
Speaking Engagements
- “Commercial Law and Bankruptcy: Year in Review,” Connecticut Bar Association 2017 Connecticut Legal Conference, Panelist, June 2017
- “The Closely Held Business in Financial Trouble,” American Bankruptcy Institute 24th Annual Northeast Conference, Moderator, July 2017
- “Latest Trends in Bankruptcy and the CARES Act,” Connecticut Chapter Turn Around Management Association, Panelist, April 2021.
Representative Cases
- In re Thermospas, Inc.
- In re Daticon, Inc.
- In re Publishers Consortium, Inc.
Bar Admissions
- Connecticut
- New York
- U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
- U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit