
Mr. Jay Steven Geller
Jay S. Geller is a sole practitioner in the Law Office of Jay S. Geller in Portland, Maine, where he focuses his practice on complex bankruptcy and commercial litigation and mediation, corporate reorganizations, workouts and chapter 11 bankruptcies. He has represented creditors? committees, debtors, trustees, secured creditors, and unsecured creditors in cases of regional and national significance. Mr. Geller served for many years as a faculty member at the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and ABI?s Litigation Skills Symposium, teaching trial advocacy skills to commercial and bankruptcy attorneys. He frequently speaks to bar and other professional associations on bankruptcy litigation and general bankruptcy topics. Mr. Geller is certified as a business bankruptcy specialist by the American Board of Certification, is AV-rated by Martindale Hubbell, is recognized by Chambers USA and Best Lawyers in America for his work in bankruptcy law, and is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. He previously was a partner in the Commercial Law Department of Jenner & Block in Chicago until he relocated to Maine in 2000. From 2009-11, he co-chaired the Business Restructuring and Insolvency Practice Group of Bernstein Shur in Portland. Mr. Geller received his A.B. magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College in 1982, and his J.D. cum laude from Boston University School of Law in 1985.
Jay Steve Geller