Debra has also served as counsel for municipalities, special districts, developers, institutional investors, debtors, creditors' committees, and secured and unsecured creditors in complex out-of-court restructurings and Chapter 11 proceedings throughout the country, including California, Delaware and New York. Her experience covers a wide array of industries, including real estate, manufacturing, dietary supplements, subprime lending, technology, and healthcare.
Debra has significant experience in pre-negotiated, pre-planned bankruptcy cases resulting in efficient, effective, and timely restructurings. Debra has drafted plans of reorganization, disclosure statements and related plan implementation documents, and has handled contested matters involving debtor-in-possession financing, asset sales, plan confirmation, claim objections, and the assumption and assignment of executory contracts and unexpired leases and license agreements.
Prior to joining Allen Matkins, Debra was a partner at a national law firm in Chicago where she was involved in many nationally prominent bankruptcy cases and out-of-court restructurings of public and private debt.
Before embarking on the practice of law, Debra was a certified public accountant in Connecticut and maintained an audit and consulting practice with a predecessor to Ernst & Young.
