Bruce W. Hoover

Bruce W. Hoover is a partner of the firm who concentrates his regional, statewide and national practice representing businesses and not-for-profit organizations in (i) enforcing and defending creditor rights in bankruptcy, work-out and collection proceedings, (ii) all aspects of licensing, distribution, employment and trade secret agreements and disputes, (iii) mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, start-up and dissolution, (iv) health care law and practice management, (v) strategic asset and succession planning and (vi) real estate transactions and credit facilities.

Some recent matters on which Mr. Hoover has been successfully involved include representing the following:

• a national transportation company in the acquisition of businesses in the central United States;
• a national manufacturer in the defense of a preference claim in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York;
• a national insurer in seeking stay relief to terminate surety and fidelity obligations in the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York;
• international manufacturers with licensing, product warranties, distribution and dealer negotiations and disputes;
• national insurers defending their interests under various surety, fidelity and fiduciary obligations;
• a national manufacturer in enforcing its rights as a creditor in the Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of New York;
• regional manufacturers in distressed asset sales;
• health care practices and facilities in practice agreements, disputes and credit facilities;
• start-up and financing of technology companies;
• a technology company acquired by a national venture capital firm;
• automotive dealers in the acquisition and divestiture of dealer points and franchise negotiations;
• construction and engineering companies enforcing lien and creditor rights;
• companies in proceedings involving the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the U.S.E.P.A.;
• trade associations and not-for-profit organizations in formation, governance and anti-trust compliance matters.

Mr. Hoover has been named to the Buffalo Law Journal's/Business First's 2007 Who's Who in Law.

Direct Dial
716.566.5432
Fax
716.566.5401
E-mail
bhoover@goldbergsegalla.com
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Practice Areas

• Creditors' Rights
• Commercial Litigation and Corporate Practice
• Life, Health, Disability and ERISA Litigation
• Construction Litigation 
• Transportation Defense Litigation
• Toxic Tort Litigation
• Health Care Law 

Education

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1984
State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1987, Law Review

• New York - All Courts
• United States District Court, Western District of New York
• United States District Court, Southern District of New York 
• United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
• United States District Court, Northern District of New York 
• United States Bankruptcy Court, Western District of New York
• United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York
• United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York
• United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of New York

Professional Affiliations

• Defense Research Institute
• Fidelity & Surety Committee
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• New York State Bar Association
• Antitrust Law Section
• Business Law Section
• Tax Section  
• Erie County Bar Association  

• Neumann Catholic Swim League, Officer 
• Athletic Committee at Stella Niagara Education Park, Chair

• Co-Author, Breaking the Bank(ruptcy Code)? Terminating Surety and Fidelity Bonds, For the Defense, Defense Research Institute, March, 2008
• Co-Author, Terminating Surety and Fidelity Bonds Upon the Insolvency or Bankruptcy of the Principal, 2008
• Presenter, "Contract Issues Related to Trucking Accident Litigation," Lorman Educational Services Seminar - Trucking Litigation and DOT Regulations in New York, July, 2006 
• Lecturer, New York State Printing and Imaging Association, Environmental Conference, Fall, 2005
• Dissolution and Liquidation of the Business, New York State Bar Association, Practical Skills Program, 2004

Honors

• Named to Buffalo Law Journal's/Business First's 2007 Who's Who in Law