Attorney Steven Weiss Elected President of NABT Board of Directors

Steven Weiss

SPRINGFIELD — Attorney Steven Weiss, a shareholder at Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin, P.C., a regional law firm with offices in Springfield and Northampton, is now bringing his legal expertise to a national stage. He has been elected president of the National Assoc. of Bankruptcy Trustees (NABT), the premier organization advocating for and supporting the interests of bankruptcy trustees across the country. Weiss, who has served as NABT’s first vice president, assumed the new role on Oct. 1.

He takes on this position at a key time for the profession. According to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, the number of bankruptcy filings in the U.S. rose 15% over the last year.

“I’m excited and honored,” Weiss said. “It’s a busy time for us in bankruptcy law, and there are not a lot of people who do what we do, so the NABT is really a great resource for the profession as a whole. I have been a chapter 7 trustee for almost four decades, and feel I have the experience to guide the organization over the next year.”

Weiss has been a member of the NABT for more than two decades and is co-chair of its amicus committee, which evaluates requests for friend-of-the-court briefs to be filed in cases for which the bankruptcy profession may have an interest.

He concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial and consumer bankruptcy, reorganization, and litigation. He supervises the bankruptcy, reorganization, and workout practice at Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin. He is also a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and has been part of the private panel of chapter 7 trustees for the District of Massachusetts for 38 years. He is a graduate of Boston University School of Law.