Contact:
Phone: 215-665-3140
Fax: 215-665-3165
Email: edmond.george@obermayer.com
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Office:
Philadelphia, PA
One Penn Center, 19th Floor
1617 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1895

Practice Areas:
Commercial Litigation
Creditors' Rights, Bankruptcy and Financial Reorganization
Government Relations

Education:
Pennsylvania State University (BS '83)
Thomas M. Cooley Law School (JD '86)
Temple University School of Law (ML '87)

Professional/Civic Activities:
Philadelphia VIP Program
Taxation and Bankruptcy Sections, Philadelphia Bar Association

Edmond M. George is a partner with Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP. He is a member of the firm’s Creditors’ Rights, Bankruptcy and Financial Reorganization Department.

Mr. George has extensive experience with all types of commercial litigation, and business transactions including the financial and tax aspects of business reorganizations and the representation of debtors, trustees, secured lenders and committees in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware bankruptcy proceedings.  Mr. George also has extensive experience in out of court workouts, restructuring, intercreditor agreements and other similar arrangements.

He received his Bachelor of Science degree in administration of justice/business law from Penn State University. He graduated with honors from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, MI. After graduation, Mr. George served as law clerk to the Honorable Vincent A. Cirillo, President Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania where he wrote on many important issues arising under Pennsylvania law. While working full-time, he attended Temple University School of Law in Philadelphia, receiving his Master of Laws degree in taxation, with honors.

Since joining Obermayer in 1987, Mr. George has litigated various matters before regulatory bodies, and in state and federal courts in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Washington D.C. He has successfully reorganized dozens of companies, and has restructured in excess of $100 million in liabilities.  Mr. George has also been involved in many of the areas largest and most important bankruptcy cases.

Mr. George’s civic activities include providing legal services to the indigent through the Philadelphia VIP Program. He is also a frequent writer and lecturer on bankruptcy law, presenting programs for the Bankruptcy Law Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association.  Mr. George is also active in his community and is a member of the Moorestown Economic Development Advisory Committee, where Mr. George has used his financial and business background to tackle local issues in Moorestown, NJ.

Mr. George is a member of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Washington D.C. Bar Associations. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Washington D.C., the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New Jersey and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.