Christopher R. Belmonte

Christopher R. Belmonte is a partner of Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke LLP. Mr. Belmonte concentrates his practice in commercial litigation and creditors' rights. He regularly represents financial institutions and major corporations in matters regarding lender liability defense, inter-creditor disputes, computer performance defense, commercial mortgage foreclosures and bankruptcy. He represented the unsecured creditors committee in Colonial Realty Co., the largest bankruptcy ever filed in the District of Connecticut, and Perry H. Koplick & Sons in the Southern District of New York. He also has represented creditors serving on official committees in major cases nationwide.

Mr. Belmonte is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey. He is also admitted to practice before the United States District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the District of New Jersey, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Westchester County Bar Association, New Jersey State Bar Association and the American Bankruptcy Institute. He is also active in the American Bar Association, where he is a member of the Litigation and Business Law Sections.

Mr. Belmonte earned his undergraduate degree (B.A.) from the City University of New York Queens College and his law degree (J.D.) from St. John's University, where he served as Managing Editor of the St. John's Law Review.