Education

• Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, B.A., 1991
• University of Pittsburgh School of Law, J.D., 1996

Experience

• Serving as national bankruptcy counsel to a multinational group of manufacturing and service companies
• Representing clients including trade creditors, secured creditors, debtors, small businesses, major corporations, and court-appointed committees in bankruptcy cases nationally
• Representing former officers and directors in bankruptcy proceedings in insurance coverage and indemnification matters
• Defeating a renowned former Solicitor General of the United States in oral argument before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• Counseling unsecured creditors committee in North American Refractories Co., et al. (W.D. Pa.)
• Counseling unsecured creditors committee in Global Indus. Tech., Inc. et al. (W.D. Pa.)
• Counseling unsecured creditors committee in CEP Holdings, LLC, et al. (N.D. Ohio)
• Counseling chapter 11 trustee in Allegheny Health Education and Research Found. (W.D. Pa.)
• Major creditor in Firstline Security Inc. chapter 11 case (D. Utah)
• Representing US Airways, as chapter 11 debtor (E.D. Va.)
• Counseling former corporate officer in Advanced Mktg. Systems, Inc. chapter 11 case (D. Del.)
• Counseling unsecured creditor in Caesar's Entertainment chapter 11 case (N.D. III.)
• Representing several unsecured creditors in Lyondell Chemical Co. chapter 11 case (S.D.N.Y.)
• Counseling unsecured creditor in Payless Holdings chapter 11 case (E.D. Mo.)
• Counseling unsecured creditors in ITT Educational Services, Inc. chapter 11 case (S.D. Ind.)
• Counseling several cure claimants and unsecured creditors in the Chrysler LLC chapter 11 cases (D. Del.)
• Counseling unsecured creditor in rue21, inc. chapter 11 case (W.D. Pa.)
• Counseling unsecured creditor in Washington Mutual, Inc., chapter 11 case (D. Del.)
• Counseling former corporate officer and director in Peregrine Sys., Inc. chapter 11 case (D. Del.)
• Guest Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh’s School of Law and Katz Graduate School of Business

Distinctions

• Nominated by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Named to Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® list and Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® Rising Stars list
• Named among the “40 under 40” by Pittsburgh Magazine
• Selected by the National Diversity Council as one of the “2012 Most Powerful and Influential Women in Pennsylvania”
• Faculty Award for Excellence in Legal Scholarship and the Community Service Award, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
• Distinguished™ Peer-Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Admissions

• Pennsylvania State Bar
• United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
• United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Memberships

• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Immediate Past Chair, Western Pennsylvania Network, International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation
• Allegheny County Bar Association

Publications & Presentations

• Co-editor, Commercial Bankruptcy Litigation, West, 2013
• Author, “Third Circuit OKs Liquidating Plan for a Non-Operating Debtor, Insurer Challenge Fails,” American Bankruptcy Institute Mass Torts Committee, ABI Committee News, March 2009
• Author, “Collateral Attack of Non-Bankruptcy Court Rulings in Bankruptcy Adversary Proceedings and Contested Matters,” ABI Rocky Mountain Conference, January 2009
• Panelist, Industry Forum: Financial Institutions, June 2009
• Guest Lecturer, “Corporate Bankruptcy,” University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, April 2009
• Guest Lecturer, “Corporate Bankruptcy,” University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, April 2007
• Guest Lecturer, “Asbestos Bankruptcies,” University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, April 2009

Other

• Fluent in French