Prior to joining Willkie in 2022, Hon. Shelley C. Chapman (RET.) served as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York since 2010. A widely-recognized leader of the bankruptcy bar, Judge Chapman oversaw the Lehman Brothers Holdings bankruptcy case—the largest bankruptcy case in history—and many other chapter 11 mega-cases and chapter 15 cross-border proceedings, … Continued
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Link to Firm Bio Brady Williamson is a constitutional and corporate litigator who has taught periodically at the University of Wisconsin Law School for more than 20 years. Brady is a member of the firm’s Business, Finance and Restructuring Practice Group. He has successfully represented clients in the U.S. Supreme Court, see, e.g., Farrey v. … Continued
Mr. White recently retired from O’Melveny & Myers LLP, where he founded the Restructuring and Reorganization Department. During his tenure at O’Melveny, Mr. White represented debtors, bank financiers, secured and unsecured creditors, creditor committees, bank committees, equity holders and acquirers in connection with workouts and restructurings across a broad range of industries. He was involved … Continued
Link to Academic Bio One of the nation’s most distinguished scholars in the field of bankruptcy, and a pioneer in empirical studies in this area, Professor Westbrook also teaches and writes in commercial law and international business transactions. He practiced in all these areas for more than a decade with Surrey & Morse (now part … Continued
Jane Lee Vris most recently worked at Millstein & Co., until its sale to Guggenheim Securities in 2018. Previously, she was a a founding partner of Cronin & Vris, LLP and also a partner in the creditors’ rights department at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. She specializes in representations involving out of court restructurings and reorganizations under … Continued
Link to Firm Bio R. Patrick Vance began his legal career at the Jones Walker LLP firm upon graduation from law school in 1975. The firm has grown to 17 offices in eight states and the District of Columbia and has over 390 lawyers. Mr. Vance served as the chairman of the firm for a … Continued
J. Ronald Trost was Chair of the National Bankruptcy Conference from 1996 through 2004. From 1980 through 2002 he was a member of Sidley & Austin, Managing Partner of its Los Angeles office, chair of its national practice Bankruptcy and Reorganization Group and served on its Management Committee for 20 years. He taught at the … Continued