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Bankruptcy and restructuring attorneys Nancy A. Mitchell, Maria J. DiConza, and Matthew Hinker have joined the New York office of O'Melveny & Myers LLP. Ms. Mitchell and Ms. DiConza will join as partners and Mr. Hinker as counsel. All three previously practiced together at Greenberg Traurig, where Ms. Mitchell was co-chair of the firm's Global Restructuring and Bankruptcy practice and co-managing shareholder of the New York office. Ms. DiConza, brings more than 20 years of experience in complex financial restructuring and debtor and lender/creditor representations across industries including food services, municipal, healthcare, manufacturing, energy, financial services, and for-profit education. Mr. Hinker focuses his practice on complex Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, adversary proceeding litigation, and other insolvency-related matters.
Cozen O'Connor P.C. has announced that bankruptcy litigator, Thomas J. Francella Jr., has joined the Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring Group as a member of the firm's Wilmington, DE office. Francella comes to the firm from Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLC, where he was a partner their Business Reorganization and Bankruptcy practice. A former deputy attorney general for the State of Delaware, Francella regularly represents corporate debtors in the administration of their Chapter 11 bankruptcy estates; corporate entities in out of court financial workouts with secured lenders; and secured and unsecured creditors in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. He also represents trustees in Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings; and unsecured creditor committees appointed in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP announced that litigators Vernon E. Inge, Jr., and Corey Simpson Booker have joined the firm, resident in its new Richmond office. Mr. Inge's litigation practice includes creditors' rights and banking/lender litigation, construction litigation and local government litigation. He also represents professional athletes and sports agents, and is experienced handling matters relating to the Major League Baseball Players' Association and the National Football League Players' Association, including arbitrations. Ms. Booker is experienced in a broad range of commercial, bankruptcy, environmental and real estate litigation including creditors' rights and banking/lender litigation.
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