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Listening, analyzing and problem solving is part of my DNA. Finding my legal niche in business disputes and insolvency affords me the opportunity to meet the needs of financially distressed clients with compassion and expertise.

Ms. Isaacson focuses her practice in bankruptcy and insolvency, with an emphasis on trustee and creditor rights law. She serves as a Chapter 7, Chapter 11 and Chapter 11 Subchapter V Trustee for debtors in federal bankruptcy proceedings, and has represented appellants in cases before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. She has achieved a national profile in her area of practice through her involvement in a number of large bankruptcy matters representing tort claimants and landlords. She is an approved mediator for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey.

Ms. Isaacson began her career as a litigator, and has significant experience in complex commercial litigation. 

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Honors & Awards

  • Recipient of the 2018 IWIRC-NJ Woman of the Year Award from the International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation New Jersey Network
  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© (a trademark of Woodward/White, Inc.) in the Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation - Bankruptcy practice areas (2011 – present)
  • Listed in Super Lawyers - New Jersey Edition (a Thomson Reuters business) in the Bankruptcy: Business and Business Litigation practice areas (2011 – present)
  • Listed in the Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyers (a publication of Lawdragon Inc.) (2024, 2023, 2020)
  • Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rated AV® Preeminent (a trademark of Internet Brands, Inc.)

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Uniquely NJ

  • Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey; Consumer Practice Subcommittee
  • New Jersey State Bar Association; Bankruptcy Section
  • International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) New Jersey Network
  • Jewish Bar Association of New Jersey; Inaugural Board Member and Secretary
  • South Orange-Maplewood Independent Minyan
  • National MS Society Metro NJ Chapter Women on the Move Committee
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More Activities & Experience

  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey Court-Approved Mediator
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey Chapter 5 and 7 Trustee
  • National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees
  • American Bankruptcy Institute
  • Hadassah Attorney’s Council
  • Former law secretary to the Honorable Leo Yanoff, J.S.C. (1985-1986)

Presentations & Speaking Engagements

Publications & Alerts

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Departments

Education

Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., 1985

Rutgers University, B.A., 1978

Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey, 1985
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1985
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, 2000
  • Third Circuit Court of Appeals, 2002
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 2009



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Please visit our Award Methodology page for a description of the standard or methodology on which these accolades are based. Attorney Advertising: No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.