Matthew V. Spero
Partner
Matthew V. Spero
Partner
Matt identifies his clients’ endgames and devises the most effective strategy to achieve them. Although he is an experienced bankruptcy lawyer, his practice touches many other areas of law. He is also a musician who sees similarities between practicing law and playing in a band: When clients and lawyers prepare and collaborate, the result will be a stellar performance.
Contact
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (516) 357-3593
Fax: (516) 357-3333
926 RXR Plaza
Uniondale, NY, 11556
Practice Groups
Bar Admission
New York
Matthew V. Spero represents debtors, creditors, creditors’ committees, lenders, principals, and landlords in business reorganizations, restructurings, acquisitions, and liquidations before the bankruptcy courts in the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, as well as in out-of-court workouts.
A partner in Rivkin Radler’s Bankruptcy, Corporate, and Commercial Litigation Practice Groups, Matt represents businesses in the electronics, health, construction, plastics, garment, automotive, and factoring industries. His clients include retailers, manufacturers, distributors, financial institutions, insurance companies, real estate owners and developers, restaurants, physicians and medical practices, non-profits, unions, and health and welfare funds. Matt represents clients in matters as diverse as avoidance actions, breach of fiduciary duty claims, assumption/rejection of executory contracts, and dischargability of debt.
He is a published author, having written for the Nassau Lawyer, Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law, Law 360, and the Real Estate Finance Journal. He is a frequent speaker at continuing legal education programs.
Matt regularly provides pro bono representation, including to the indigent in landlord-tenant court.
In law school, Matt was a member of the National Moot Court team.
Court Admissions
U.S. District Courts for the Eastern & Southern Districts of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Bar Affiliations
Nassau County Bar Association
New York State Bar Association – Business Law Section
Education
St. John’s University School of Law, J.D.,
Fairfield University, B.A.
News & Publications
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54 Rivkin Radler Attorneys Named 2025 New York Metro Super Lawyers®/Rising Stars
October 30 | 2025 -
2nd Circuit Refuses to Enforce Insurance Policy’s Arbitration Provision
April 30 | 2025 -
56 Rivkin Radler Attorneys Named 2024 New York Metro Super Lawyers®/Rising Stars
October 24 | 2024
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In 2023, Matt was installed as the first assistant dean of the Nassau Academy of Law – the educational arm of the Nassau County Bar Association). He previously served as secretary of the Academy. He is the former chair of the Bankruptcy Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association, the former chair of the Bankruptcy Committee of the New York State Bar Association and sat on the Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association’s Business Law Section. In 2022, Matt was named a vice president on the Board of Directors of the Turnaround Management Association’s Long Island chapter.
Matt is a former vice president and board member of the Chaminade Alumni Association and the former president of the Chaminade Businessmen’s Association. He also acted as a mentor in St. John’s University School of Law’s mentoring program and currently serves as chair of the Board of Directors for Mentor New York, a non-profit that seeks to match at-need youth with mentors. He is a long-time youth sports coach and former member of the Executive Committee of the Plainview Little League Board of Directors.
Matt has been recognized by New York Metro Super Lawyers from 2014 to 2016 and 2022 to 2025. In 2014, he was featured in Ones to Watch by Long Island Business News. In 2013, Matt was named an Access to Justice Champion by the Nassau County Bar Association for his work representing the indigent in landlord-tenant court.
