Biography
Don A. Beskrone is a Director in Ashby & Geddes’ Bankruptcy and Insolvency group. For over 40 years, Mr. Beskrone has practiced bankruptcy law in several jurisdictions, including New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Arizona.
Since 2001, he has practiced exclusively in Delaware’s Bankruptcy Court. Prior to joining Ashby & Geddes, Mr. Beskrone was a trial attorney with the Office of the United States Trustee in Delaware. He is a chapter 7 panel trustee in Delaware. Status Reports of Chapter 7 Case Administration of Large and Converted Cases can be found here.
CREDENTIALS
EDUCATION
- Rutgers University School of Law – Camden, J.D., 1985
- University of South Florida, B.A., 1981
BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS
- New Jersey, 1985
- Pennsylvania, 1985
- Arizona, 1987
- Delaware, 2003
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- United States District Court for the District of Delaware
- United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
- United States District Court for the District of Arizona
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
Don has served as lead or Delaware counsel in a number of complex bankruptcy cases including the following representative matters: The Creditors Committees in Lang Holdings, Meridian Automotive Systems, AFY Holdings and Pliant Corporation; the Debtors in Broadstripe, LLC, Inland Fiber Group, Trenwick America Corporation and Arnold & Baker Farms; the Senior Prepetition Lenders in the Capmark (CitiBank), Pacific Energy (Goldman Sachs/J. Aron & Co.), Flying J (Wilmington Trust)and American LaFrance (Patriarch Partners) cases; the Chapter 11 Trustee in the Napster case; Goldman Sachs’ affiliate, J. Aron & Co., as swap participant, lender and litigant in the SemCrude case; and the Liquidators in the Goody’s, Boscov’s andRitz Camera cases. Don was also appointed as Examiner in the Anderson News case.
AFFILIATIONS
- Member, Delaware State Bar Association