David C. Burger, Attorney

A Chapter 11 bankruptcy case on behalf of a limited partnership which held a ground lease from the City of New York, with a fixed price purchase option, for a block of real estate on West 42nd Street in Manhattan. Mr. Burger successfully opposed the City's efforts to dismiss the bankruptcy and terminate the ground lease. A plan of reorganization was approved which permitted the partnership to assign the ground lease for $107 million. Mr. Burger also defeated a claim for over $20 million by the disgruntled under-bidder for the ground lease.

Representing a party that was owed a finder's fee including a percentage of all future payments under long-term promissory notes, where the notes had been repeatedly assigned, Mr. Burger obtained a judgment after a bench trial for over $3 million.

Representing individuals holding stock options in a Philadelphia bank, where the bank had purported to cancel the options, Mr. Burger engaged in extensive litigation that resulted in a $9.5 million in settlement which constituted nearly full value of the options.

Representing a landlord challenging unlawful subleasing by a commercial tenant, Mr. Burger obtained an appellate decision that established - for the first time under New York law - that a landlord may be entitled to recover the profit earned by the tenant from the unlawful subleasing.

Representing an executive in the insurance industry, Mr. Burger obtained a jury verdict for over $300,000 based on the executive having been constructively terminated from his employment.