Team Members

CATHERINE STEEGE, Esq.

EDUCATION Northwestern University, B.S.J. (1978) DePaul University, J.D. (1982) PROFESSIONAL CAREER Catherine Steege is a partner in the firm of Jenner & Block LLP in the Chicago office, where she is co-chair of the Bankruptcy and Restructuring group. Ms. Steege’s practice covers all aspects of financial restructuring and related litigation, with an emphasis on representation … Continued

HON. CRAIG GOLDBLATT

Judge Goldblatt was appointed to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court bench in 2021. Craig Goldblatt is an experienced bankruptcy litigator, with a focus on complex bankruptcy disputes and bankruptcy appeals. The core of his practice has been protecting the interests of secured creditors, financial institutions and insurance companies in bankruptcy-related disputes, though he has also represented … Continued

SUSAN M. FREEMAN, Esq.

Link to Firm Bio Susan Freeman is a partner who concentrates her practice on business bankruptcy and on appeals of all kinds. She is the only lawyer invited to membership (and leadership) in both the American College of Bankruptcy and the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. Susan has briefed and argued before the U.S. Supreme … Continued

HEATHER LENNOX, Esq.

Link to Firm Bio Heather Lennox has played a leading role in Jones Day’s representations of debtors and potential debtors, creditors’ committees, prepetition secured lenders, bank groups, DIP lenders, credit card processors, and other significant creditors in many of the nation’s largest in-court and out-of-court corporate restructurings. She has substantial experience counseling clients in fraudulent … Continued

HON. SHELLEY C. CHAPMAN (ret.)

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