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Alex Pisarevsky

Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf LLP • NJ
BankruptcyCommercial Litigation

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Contact

Email
info@njlawfirm.com
Phone
201-273-7169
Address
NJ, 07663, US

Professional

Bar Admissions
New Jersey2008New YorkU.S. District Court Southern District of New YorkU.S. District Court Eastern District of New YorkU.S. Court of Appeals 3rd CircuitU.S. District Court Northern District of New York

About

Alex Pisarevsky practices primarily in the fields of complex commercial litigation and debtor-creditor litigation. Within these areas, he has successfully represented clients in individual, class, and collective actions in such diverse matters as consumer fraud, wage and hour, bankruptcy, and business transactions and litigation. Mr. Pisarevsky has litigated matters that have been the subject of published opinions in both state and federal court. In addition, he has represented clients in commercial and wage and hour matters before the American Arbitration Association. Mr. Pisarevsky has successfully arbitrated more than 40 cases as lead counsel, including multiple contested hearings through verdict. Mr. Pisarevsky is Second Vice Chair of the Securities Law Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association. He is also a member of the E-Discovery Committee and the Internet and Computer Law Committee of the Bergen County Bar Association. He has spoken on topics including net neutrality and e-discovery. A Russian speaker, Mr. Pisarevsky started at Cohn Lifland as a law clerk in 2007 and joined the firm as an associate the following year. He is a graduate of the Justice Morris Pashman American Inn of Court. Mr. Pisarevsky graduated from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he was the Managing Editor of the Cardozo Arts and Entertainment Law Journal and Co-President of the Russian Law Students' Association. While in law school, he spent a semester in the Prosecutor Practicum, a competitively-selected full-time internship with the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. At the Manhattan DA's Office, he worked in a general trial bureau and successfully prosecuted a narcotics eviction case. Mr. Pisarevsky was included in (201) Magazine's list of Bergen County's "Top Lawyers" in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, in Labor & Employment and Bankruptcy. Alex was named a “Rising Star” in 2019 by Super Lawyers in Employment & Labor. See Awards and Honors Methodology

About Bankruptcy Law

Bankruptcy attorneys help individuals and businesses overwhelmed by debt find relief through bankruptcy protection. They guide clients toward financial recovery. Common matters include chapter 7, chapter 13, chapter 11, debt relief.

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Credentials

Education
Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, New York | J.D. | Honors: Co-President, Russian Law Students’ Association | Law Journal: Cardozo Arts and Entertainment Law Journal, Managing Editor | Rutgers University Business School | B.S. | Honors: summa cum laude | Major: Marketing

Recognition & Involvement

Awards
(201) Magazine’s list of Bergen County’s “Top Lawyers” in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019 in Commercial Litigation and Bankruptcy | Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2019 - 2020 | New Leader of the Bar, The New Jersey Law Journal | Selected to the list of New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2018-2021, in Employment & Labor | Selected to the list of Bergen County's Top Lawyers, 2018-2020, in Labor & Employment, Bankruptcy, Debtor & Creditor
Associations
New Jersey State Bar Association, Securities Law Committee (Second Vice Chair) | Bergen County Bar Association, E-Discovery Committee and the Internet and Computer Law Committee (Member) | Justice Morris Pashman American Inn of Court (Graduate) | Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey | BNI
Updated: May 25, 2026