Members News
Arnold & Porter LLP and Kaye Scholer LLP have merged with the combined firm to be known as Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP. With over forty bankruptcy and corporate restructuring lawyers, the combined firm’s practice will have the capabilities to advise the firm’s diverse client base on a full spectrum of insolvency and distressed situations. Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer has offices in New York, Washington DC, Houston, Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, West Palm Beach, London, Frankfurt, Brussels, and Shanghai.
Evelyn Meltzer, a partner in Pepper Hamilton LLP’s office, reports that Pepper Hamilton’s corporate restructuring and bankruptcy practice is looking to hire an associate with 1-3 years of bankruptcy experience to support its Wilmington and Philadelphia offices. The ideal candidate will have stellar academic credentials and excellent written and verbal communications skills. Delaware bar admission preferred. Federal judicial clerks encouraged to apply. The group is focused on all aspects of reorganizations, bankruptcies, and restructurings, workouts, and buyouts. Interested? Apply online at http://careers.pepperlaw.com.
Vania Allen (U.S. Attorney's Office) spoke on a panel hosted by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia’s Bench & Bar Committee on Bankruptcy & Tax issues on January 30, 2017. The program focused on pre-through post-bankruptcy tax liabilities, common tax deductions, tax dischargeability, issues regarding tax liens, and how to avoid common pitfalls.
On January 24, 2017, Marguerite Lee DeVoll joined Watt, Tieder Hoffar & Fitzgerald in McLean, Virginia. Marguertie joins Jennifer Larkin Kneeland who chairs the bankruptcy and creditors’ rights practice at the firm. Marguerite is very excited for this new opportunity and looks forward to expanding her practice into surety work, construction law, and government contracts.
Rosa J. Evergreen, a partner in Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP in Washington, DC, and Jennifer M. McLemore, a partner in Christian & Barton, LLP in Richmond, Virginia, will be speaking together on a panel with the Honorable Stephen C. St. John, Chief Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia Bankruptcy Court, on “Recent Developments in Bankruptcy” at the 25th Annual Hal J. Bonney, Jr. Seminar on Bankruptcy Law and Practice on February 24, 2017.
Leanne Gould (HDH Advisors) moderated a panel in Atlanta in January 2017 on The Fair Labor Standards Act and Bankruptcy: Compliance & Consequences. Panelists discussed the hotly contested changes in wage and hour rules, current compliance issues, and consequences of litigation for distressed businesses either contemplating or entering bankruptcy protection.
Melissa Hager (Morrison & Foerster LLP) spoke at ABI’s 28th Annual Leadership Conference in December on Disruptive Engagement: The Role of Creditors in Asset Sales.
L. Alexandra Hogan (Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin) was named to the 2016 Massachusetts Rising Stars List.
Vania Allen
Marguerite Lee DeVoll
Rosa Evergreen
Leanne Gould
Melissa Hager
L. Alexandra Hogan
Jennifer L. Kneeland
Jennifer McLemore