Thomas A. Draghi is a partner in Westerman Ball Ederer Miller & Sharfstein, LLP’s Bankruptcy, Workout and Restructuring Department. Tom has extensive experience representing a diversity of interests in bankruptcy cases as well as out of court workouts. He has represented lending institutions, creditors' committees, secured and unsecured creditors, sureties, asset purchasers, bond holders, equity security holders, debtors, and trustees in a wide variety of cases involving publicly and privately held corporations, businesses and individuals.  Tom has also has served as a bankruptcy trustee. 

Tom regularly litigates commercial issues arising in bankruptcy cases including actions involving claims for breach of contract, shareholder disputes, alter ego, preferences, fraudulent conveyances, discharge and dischargeability, and other litigation arising in bankruptcy cases.  Tom also advises clients interested in investing in, acquiring and/or turning around distressed companies.  He also represents clients in mediations.

Tom is a past President, founding member and former Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Long Island Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association. The “TMA” is a not-for-profit association dedicated to the revitalization and turnaround of distressed companies.  Tom also is the immediate past Chair of the Bankruptcy Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association, and frequently lectures on bankruptcy topics. 

Tom earned his law degree, cum laude, from New York Law School in 1990. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from St. John's University in 1987. At St. John’s, Tom played lacrosse on a four-year athletic scholarship.  Tom is also Vice President and a member of the Board of Directors of the Farmingdale Lacrosse Club.  He is admitted to practice in the Courts of  New York, as well as the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the Second Circuit.

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