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Email: fstevens@klestadt.com  
Tel: 212.972.3000
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Mr. Stevens is a commercial bankruptcy lawyer whose practice focuses primarily on the representation of creditors' committees, trustees, debtors and creditors in complex bankruptcy cases, debt restructurings and avoidance actions.  Mr. Stevens employs a practical, results-oriented approach that helps his clients maximize value on their investments, and find money in the tough cases. Mr. Stevens' experience and cases span a number of industries, including real estate investment, healthcare, diagnostic imaging, ambulette, construction, telecommunications, automotive, food, jewelry, garment, and law firms.   

 Some of Mr. Stevens' recent significant representations include: 

• Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors for FKF 3, LLC, a $60 million real estate investment fund
• Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors for Sonix Medical Resources, Inc.
• Official Committees of Unsecured Creditors in the construction contractor cases of Cavalry Construction, Inc. and OMC, Inc.
• Estate of Hilly Kristal as a lender in the CBGB Holdings, LLC bankruptcy case
• R2 Investment LDC, a large shareholder in the Charter Communications bankruptcy cases
• One of the Lead Investor Plaintiffs in the LandAmerica bankruptcy proceedings concerning the failure of the one of the nation's largest IRC Section 1031 intermediaries
• Chapter 11 Trustee in In re AppliedTheory Corp.
• Chapter 7 Trustee in In re Jeffrey J. Prosser, a former telephone magnate in the U.S. Virgin Islands
• Archstone Smith, the largest apartment REIT in the country in In re Adelphia Communications
• A billion dollar lending syndicate in Enron Corp. v. Chase

Prior to joining Klestadt & Winters, LLP, Mr. Stevens was a partner in the bankruptcy and financial restructuring group at Fox Rothschild LLP.  Mr. Stevens graduated from St. John's University School of Law in 1999 and summa cum laude from St. John's University with a BS in Finance and Economics in 1996.  He is admitted to practice in the state courts of New York and Massachusetts, the federal courts in the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, the U.S. Tax Court, and the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Mr. Stevens currently sits on the Steering Committee for the New York City Bankruptcy Assistance Project.  Mr. Stevens often speaks on bankruptcy related topics and is quoted in the popular press.  Among others, Mr. Stevens has been quoted or mentioned in the following recent articles and sources - Music Stops Playing for CBGB Holdings Bankruptcy, WSJ Blogs (December 2, 2010), Steakhouse Bigwig Glazier Group Files for Bankruptcy, Crain's New York Business (November 16, 2010),  Kristal Estate Open to Selling CBGB Name, The Wall Street Journal (October 14, 2010), CBGB Founder's Estate Squares Off With Buyer, WSJ Blogs (June 28, 2010), Fund Challenges Swig Creditors Over $4M Judgment, The Real Deal (January 15, 2010), Thelen Creditors Try to Put Trustee To Vote, Los Angeles Daily Journal (October 19, 2009), and Recession Makes A Meal Of City's Top Restaurants, Crain's New York Business (April 25, 2009).