Erin represents creditors and other parties in interest in bankruptcy proceedings, restructurings and out-of-court workouts, along with companies in financial distress. Erin has significant experience in retail and restaurant bankruptcy cases in which she represents owners and managers of shopping centers and addresses the full spectrum of related issues. Erinโs experience includes handling contested assumptions, assignments, and rejections of leases, litigating claims against a debtorโs estate, and related disputes over DIP financing, and issues related to a debtorโs plan of liquidation or reorganization.
Before joining the firm, Erin gained extensive experience in bankruptcy and litigation as an associate at a creditors’ rights firm in Boston, where she maintained a state and federal court practice in Massachusetts and New York.
Erin represents corporate debtors, creditorsโ committees, landlords and secured and unsecured creditors in all facets of commercial insolvency and restructuring, including bankruptcies, receiverships, assignments for the benefit of creditors and Article 9 sales.
Erin has experience representing liquidating trustees and plan administrators in the post-confirmation administration of bankruptcy estates, including overseeing the liquidation of assets, claim reconciliation process, prosecution of avoidance actions and dissolution and wind-down of debtors.
Erin has represented clients throughout the country in debtor, committee, post-confirmation, and retail/landlord engagements. Examples include;
Debtor Counsel
Hopedale Mining, LLC (Rhino Energy)
JW Resources, Inc. and Cambrian Holding Company, Inc.
Committee and Post-Confirmation Counsel
Stein Mart, Inc.
Gordmans Stores, Inc.
Retail/Landlord Counsel
J.C. Penney, Francescaโs
Ascena Retail
Tailored Brands
GNC
Brooks Brothers
CEC Entertainment (Chuck E Cheese)
California Pizza Kitchen
Sears, Forever 21
J.Crew
Pier 1
Buffets
Luckyโs Market
Toys โRโ Us
University of Colorado, J.D.
University of Maryland, B.A., Government and Politics and Women Studies
Massachusetts
New York
Ohio
Kentucky
First Circuit Court of Appeals
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
International Womenโs Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation
American Bankruptcy Institute
Cincinnati Bar Association
Ohio Bar Association
Kentucky Bar Association