Mr. Charles M. Forman

Charles M. Forman is a senior managing member of Forman Holt Eliades & Youngman LLC in Para- mus, N.J., and has more than 35 years of experience as attorney for debtors, creditors and other trust- ees in addition to his service as a trustee appointed by the U.S. Justice Department. In his capacity as trustee, Mr. Forman has overseen more than 17,000 New Jersey and Delaware chapter 11 and chapter 7 cases, including many of the most complex cases that have been filed in this region during the past two decades, such as Linens 'n Things, Workbench Furniture, Russ Berrie Toys and Upsala College. Some of his assignments have included serving as trustee for a $100 million real estate Ponzi scheme and a $350 million-per-year employee staffing company. The U.S. Department of Justice awarded Mr. Forman the Director's Award for Outstanding Achievements by a Private Trustee. He has worked with telecom- munications, manufacturing, real estate, employee benefits and health care, securities law and other complex industries, and serves as chairman of the board of directors of the New Jersey Bankruptcy Law Foundation. Mr. Forman is admitted to the New Jersey, New York, District of Columbia, Essex County, Bergen County and American Bar Associations, the U.S. District Courts for the District of Columbia, District of New Jersey and the Southern District of New York, the U.S. Court of International Trade, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a member of ABI and the Turnaround Management Association. Mr. Forman received his B.S.I.E. from the Newark College of Engineering and his J.D. from Seton Hall University Law School.