Amir is a member of the Financial Industry Group, practicing in the area of Bankruptcy & Reorganization. He regularly represents and advises corporate clients on bankruptcy and other insolvency matters as well as issues related to the Uniform Commercial Code. He has extensive experience in banking and finance law, complex commercial litigation, business reorganizations, creditors' and debtors' rights under federal and state law, and constitutional litigation at the trial and appellate levels.
Amir routinely writes on bankruptcy and restructuring matters and federal procedure. His published work has been cited in judicial opinions, academic journals, and government periodicals and been featured in treatises, including Sutherland Statutes and Statutory Construction, Collier on Bankruptcy, and Collier Lending Institutions and the Bankruptcy Code, and manuals like the Collier Bankruptcy Practice Guide and the New Jersey Practice Series. In 2019 and 2020, several of his academic and non-academic pieces netted recognition from judicial and professional groups and prompted requests for expert guidance from nonprofit and governmental organizations.
Prior to joining Reed Smith, Amir held a variety of positions in the legal and financial fields. He worked as a legal adviser to a small fund and counsel to a coterie of mobile app developers. In between these two posts, he served as a law clerk to United States Bankruptcy Judges in the Eastern District of New York and the Middle District of Florida, a United States Magistrate Judge in the Southern District of California, and two United States District Judges in the Middle District of Louisiana and the Eastern District of New York. Before he commenced his legal career, he taught English at two Texas middle schools in Houston and Brownsville, Texas, as a member of Teach for America’s Rio Grande Valley Corps.
Amir received his J.D. from Harvard Law School and his B.A., magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and with highest honors in two majors (English and Politics, Philosophy, and Economics) and won awards for his writing.
Born in Israel and raised in Tel Aviv, among other cities, Amir is fluent in Hebrew.
