Debra Dandeneau is co-chair of Baker McKenzie’s Global Restructuring and Insolvency Group and chair of its North America Restructuring and Insolvency Group. Her practice focuses on business reorganizations and debtor and creditors’ rights.
Debra has been ranked by The Best Lawyers in America 2011-2017 in the practice areas of Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, and Litigation–Bankruptcy.
Debra has dealt with a variety of entities experiencing financial distress, across a range of industries. Over the course of her career, her work has included representations in the real estate, manufacturing, power generation, healthcare, municipal, retail, and service sectors.
Education:
- Columbia Law School (J.D. Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar) (1986)
- University of Miami (A.B. Magna cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa) (1983)
Admissions:
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida~United States
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan~United States
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York~United States
- Florida~United States
- New York~United States
Professional Associations and Memberships:
- New York Bar – Member
- Florida Bar – Member
Representative Legal Matters:
- Debra’s debtor representations include Aleris International, Armstrong World Industries, Brothers Gourmet Coffee, Daffy’s, Eagle-Picher Industries, Formica Corporation, LandSource Communities Development (Newhall Land & Farming), Magellan Health Services, Maidenform Corporation, Okeelanta Power Corporation, Petite Concepts, Sun Healthcare Group and Takata Corporation.
- She also has represented creditors and other parties in a number of high-profile bankruptcy cases, including in the Caesars chapter 11 cases, the MF Global cases, the Stockton and San Bernardino chapter 9 cases, the Homer City prepackaged chapter 11 case, and the Archdiocese of Portland and the Diocese of Spokane chapter 11 cases.
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