- Bankruptcy + Restructuring
- Business Litigation
- Corporate Governance
- Debt Finance
- Debtor + Committee Representations
- Distressed Mergers + Acquisitions
- Energy
- Financial Services
- Insurance + Reinsurance
- International
- Marketing + Advertising
- Private Equity
- Secured Lender Representation
- Telecommunications + Infrastructure
- Board member, Chicago Committee Advancing Minority Attorneys (2007-2013)
- Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
Education
- Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, J.D.
- Yale University, B.A., cum laude
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Illinois
- Massachusetts
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar
- U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
- Speaker, “Double-Dip Credit Structures: Permissibility, Enforceability, Benefits, Challenges, Risks, Key Loan Covenants,” Strafford, May 22, 2025.
- Speaker, “Bankruptcy Treatment of Deductibles and Self-Insured Retentions: Insurer and Debtor Rights and Obligations,” Strafford, November 21, 2024.
- Speaker, “Best Practices: Turnarounds, Bankruptcies, and Workouts,” SBIA 2023 National Summit for Middle Markets, October 15-17, 2023.
- Speaker, “Recession Readiness: Are You Prepared?” Small Business Investor Alliance, September 14, 2022.
- Speaker, “Innovations in Financing Chapter 11 Cases from the Petition to the Effective Date,” American Bankruptcy Institute Winter Leadership Conference, December 10, 2021.
- Speaker, “Executory Contract Rejection in Bankruptcy: Leveraging the Rights of Contract Counterparties Under Tempnology,” Strafford Live Webinar, September 9, 2021.
- Speaker, “Here’s Another Nice Mess We’ve Gotten Into – Legal and Lender Considerations Affecting Distressed Assets & Recovery,” Trying to Keep the Lights On – Strategies and Approaches for Responding to COVID-19’s Impact on the Hospitality Industry, February 9, 2021.
- Speaker, “M&A Strategies for the Acquisition of Insolvent/Financially Distressed Targets,” World Law Group (WLG) Virtual Webinar, November 10, 2020.
- Speaker, “Evolving Debt Financing Terms,” Small Business Investor Alliance (SBIA) Webinar, October 6, 2020.
- Speaker, “Defending Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims Against Directors & Officers of Distressed Companies in the Era of COVID-19,” Locke Lord, August 12, 2020.
- Speaker, “Corporate Survival in the Aftermath of Pandemic: A Consideration of Liquidity Issues, Revised Business Plans and Legal Strategies for Navigating Sudden and Unexpected,” 2020 eConference: Restructuring & Insolvency Resolution Group Webinar, May 5, 2020.
- Co-author, “Cooperation Agreements Help Distressed Lenders Negotiate as One,” Bloomberg Law, September 23, 2024.
- Co-author, “Too Much of a Good Thing: Congress Allows Increased Subchapter 5 Eligibility Level to Expire,” Locke Lord QuickStudy, June 27, 2024.
- Author, “The Double Dip: Guacamole Faux Pas or Liability Management Technique?,” Locke Lord QuickStudy, January 2, 2024.
- Author, “Are Term Loan Notes Securities? Court Confirms Longstanding Market View They Are Not,” Locke Lord QuickStudy, October 9, 2023.
- Author, “Protecting High Value Bank Accounts – Options to Increase FDIC Insurance Limits and Trust Solutions,” Locke Lord QuickStudy, April 5, 2023.
- Author, “Unexpected Rescue: Observations on the Silicon Valley Bank Closure and Ongoing Market Disruptions,” Locke Lord QuickStudy, March 16, 2023.
- Author, “All For One? Debt Co-Investors Need Not Behave as Musketeers,” Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law, February-March 2023.
- Author, “Last Dance? Third Circuit Shuts Down J&J Affiliate’s Chapter 11 Case Predicated on ‘Texas Two-Step’,” Locke Lord QuickStudy, March 2, 2023.
- Author, “All for One? Debt Co-Investors Need Not Behave as Musketeers,” Locke Lord QuickStudy, October 4, 2022.
- Author, “The Beatles ‘Get Back’ to Team-Building: Lessons for Attorneys,” Bloomberg Law, February 25, 2022.
- Author, “Have Contract Counterparties Increased Their Negotiating Power in the Wake of Tempnology?,” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, June 2021.
- Author, “In Desperate Times… Travelport Puts $1.15 Billion in Collateral Value Beyond the Reach of Its Creditors,” Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law, November 30, 2020.
- Author, “Saving Our Small Businesses – Considerations for Lenders upon the Default or Bankruptcy of a Paycheck Protection Program Borrower,” Locke Lord QuickStudy, November 10, 2020.
- Author, “Not Cool, Dude: Surf and Skate Company Primes Lenders with ‘Uptiering’ Transaction,” Locke Lord QuickStudy, October 28, 2020.
- Author, “Enter Sandman: Serta Sends Senior Lenders Off to Never-Never Land,” Locke Lord QuickStudy, July 30, 2020.
- Author, “In Desperate Times…Travelport Puts $1.15 Billion in Collateral Value beyond the Reach of its Creditors,” Locke Lord QuickStudy, May 29, 2020.
- Author, “CARES Act Guide: Overview of Key Reorganization Provisions and Bankruptcy Code Amendments,” Locke Lord QuickStudy, April 10, 2020.
- Quoted, “Tariffs Loom Large Over Smaller Ch. 11s So Far in 2025,” Law360 Large Cap Bankruptcy Authority, July 9, 2025.