Case number: 3:25-bk-17472 - Work 'N Gear, LLC - New Jersey Bankruptcy Court

Case Information
  • Case title

    Work 'N Gear, LLC

  • Court

    New Jersey (njbke)

  • Chapter

    11

  • Judge

    Mark Edward Hall

  • Filed

    07/16/2025

  • Last Filing

    05/12/2026

  • Asset

    Yes

  • Vol

    v

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U.S. Bankruptcy Court
District of New Jersey (Newark)
Bankruptcy Petition #: 25-17472-MEH

Assigned to: Honorable Mark Edward Hall
Chapter 11
Voluntary
Asset


Date filed:  07/16/2025
341 meeting:  08/13/2025
Deadline for filing claims:  10/31/2025
Deadline for filing claims (govt.):  01/12/2026

Debtor

Work 'N Gear, LLC

1900 Route 70
Lakewood, NJ 08701
OCEAN-NJ
Tax ID / EIN: 45-0472810

represented by
Maria A.G. Harper

A.Y. Strauss LLC
290 West Mount Pleasant Avenue,
Suite 3260
Livingston, NJ 07039
201-694-1420
Email: mharper@aystrauss.com

Eric Horn

A.Y. Strauss
290 West Mount Pleasant Avenue
Suite 3260
Livingston, NJ 07039
973-287-5006
Fax : 973-226-4104
Email: ehorn@aystrauss.com

David Salhanick

A.Y. Strauss
290 West Mount Pleasant Avenue Suite 3260
Livingston, NJ 07039
973-425-5548
Email: dsalhanick@aystrauss.com

U.S. Trustee

U.S. Trustee

US Dept of Justice
Office of the US Trustee
One Newark Center Ste 2100
Newark, NJ 07102
(973) 645-3014

represented by
Rachel Wolf

DOJ-Ust
One Newark Center
Ste 2100
Newark, NJ 07102
202-834-3003
Email: rachel.wolf@usdoj.gov

Creditor Committee

Official Committee Of Unsecured Creditors, Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors

c/o Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Attn: Jeffrey Cohen
Attn: Brent Weisenberg
One Lowenstein Drive
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.597.2500

represented by
Colleen Restel

Lowenstein Sandler LLP
One Lowenstein Drive
Roseland, NJ 07068
973-597-6310
Email: crestel@lowenstein.com

Creditor Committee

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

One Lowenstein Drive
Attn: Colleen M. Restel, Esq.
Roseland, NJ 07068
represented by
Colleen Restel

(See above for address)

Latest Dockets

Date Filed#Docket Text
05/12/2026343Order Granting Motion to Convert Case to Chapter 7 (Related Doc # [307]). . Service of notice of the entry of this order pursuant to Rule 9022 was made on the appropriate parties. See BNC Certificate of Notice. Signed on 5/12/2026. Missing schedules due within 14 days of the date of the order. (car)
05/12/2026342Order Granting Application For Compensation for Alan Chapell, Ombudsman fees awarded: $13,440.00, expenses awarded: $0.00 (Related Doc # [310]). Service of notice of the entry of this order pursuant to Rule 9022 was made on the appropriate parties. See BNC Certificate of Notice. Signed on 5/12/2026. (car)
05/12/2026Minute of Hearing Held, OUTCOME: Granted (related document:307 Motion to Convert Case from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7. Fee Amount EXEMPT., or in the alternative Motion to dismiss case for other reasons re:Failure to File Operating Reports and Pay U.S. Trustee Quarterly Fees Filed by Rachel Wolf on behalf of U.S. Trustee.) (car)
05/12/2026Minute of Hearing Held, OUTCOME: Granted (related document:310 Application for Compensation for Alan Chapell, Ombudsman Consumer, period: 12/23/2025 to 3/30/2026, fee: $13,440.00, expenses: $0, Filed by Consumer Privacy Ombudsman Alan Chapell) (car)
05/11/2026TEXT ORDER: The Court issues this Text Order to advise that the Debtors Application for Compensation (Doc. No. 310) and the United States Trustees Motion to Convert the Case from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7 (Doc. No. 307) scheduled to be heard on May 12, 2026, are uncontested and therefore the Court will decide those matters on the papers. Accordingly, no appearances are necessary in connection with any pending matter in this case scheduled for May 12, 2026. Signed on 5/11/2026. (mff)
05/11/2026341CONSENT ORDER AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS HELD IN ESCROW PURSUANT TO MARCH 30, 2026, ORDER (A) AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE SALE OF THE DEBTORS ASSETS FREE AND CLEAR OF LIENS, CLAIMS, CHARGES, ENCUMBRANCES, AND INTERESTS, AND (B) GRANTING RELATED RELIEF (DOC. NO. 294) (related document:[294] ORDER (A) AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE SALE OF THE DEBTORS ASSETS FREE AND CLEAR OF LIENS, CLAIMS, CHARGES, ENCUMBRANCES, AND INTERESTS, AND (B) GRANTING RELATED RELIEF) (related document: [339] Application re: Application in Support of Entry of Consent Order Filed by Kenneth L. Baum on behalf of Workwear Holdings LLC.) Service of notice of the entry of this order pursuant to Rule 9022 was made on the appropriate parties. See BNC Certificate of Notice. Signed on 5/11/2026. (mff)
05/08/2026340Certification Concerning Proposed Order (related document:[339] Application re: Application in Support of Entry of Consent Order Filed by Kenneth L. Baum on behalf of Workwear Holdings LLC. (Attachments: # 1 proposed Consent Order) filed by Creditor Workwear Holdings LLC). Filed by Kenneth L. Baum on behalf of Workwear Holdings LLC. (Baum, Kenneth)
05/08/2026339Application re: Application in Support of Entry of Consent Order Filed by Kenneth L. Baum on behalf of Workwear Holdings LLC. (Attachments: # (1) proposed Consent Order) (Baum, Kenneth)
05/07/2026338BNC Certificate of Notice - Order No. of Notices: 1. Notice Date 05/07/2026. (Admin.)
05/06/2026337Monthly Fee Statement. For the Month of March, 2026. Objection Date is 05/20/2026. Filed by Colleen Restel on behalf of Lowenstein Sandler LLP. (Attachments: # (1) Certificate of Service) (Restel, Colleen)