Top Bankruptcy Lawyers Near Me in Wilmington Area

Tom is experienced in representing a broad range of entities in complex commercial bankruptcy cases including, among others, debtors, committees, debtor-in-possession lenders, secured and unsecured creditors, trustees, landlords, lessors, insurers, and parties purchasing assets. He regularly defends preference and fraudulent transfer actions and participates in the preparation of opinion letters regarding bankruptcy law matters in connections with complex commercial transactions.

Timothy J. Weiler is a Delaware bankruptcy attorney and owner of Tim Weiler Law in Wilmington, Delaware. The firm helps consumers eliminate debt through Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy.. Timothy J. Weiler was one of the few Delaware bankruptcy lawyers that were instrumental in convincing state legislators to change Delaware’s conservative exemptions. These changes have allowed numerous Delaware residents seeking debt relief to remain in their homes and keep more of their personal property. Mr. Weiler has been practicing bankruptcy law since 1990.

Siena is a member of the Bankruptcy and Restructuring group at Morris James LLP. She focuses on commercial contract disputes, business restructuring, and insolvency joining Morris James, Siena completed a judicial clerkship with The Honorable William C. Carpenter, Jr. of the Superior Court of Delaware. She received her Juris Doctorate Degree from Widener University Delaware Law School in 2022, where she received the Outstanding Service Award. During law school, she served as a Judicial Extern to the Honorable Meghan A. Adams of the Superior Court of Delaware and as a Certified Legal Intern for the Veterans Law Clinic at Delaware Law School. Siena was a Moot Court Honors Society member and finished as a finalist in many moot court competitions. Siena additionally served as an active board member of the Student Bar Association. Siena received her B.A. in History from Bloomsburg University in 2019 with a triple minor in Legal Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, and Sociology, which she attended while serving as captain of the women's varsity tennis team.

My practice primarily is in Delaware, with some work in Pennsylvania.  I focus on civil litigation (commercial, construction accident and contract litigation, premises liability, and toxic tort defense), bankruptcy litigation (creditor representation and adversary case defense), and business formation.. I was born in Washington, Pennsylvania (south of Pittsburgh).  My father was a welder at a steel plant and my mother was a legal secretary and homemaker.. I came to Philadelphia in 1976 to attend the University of Pennsylvania.  I majored in History and earned a B.A., magna cum laude, in 1980.  I then attended the University of Pennsylvania Law School and earned a J.D. in 1983.. During law school I worked for a summer in the Philadelphia City Solicitor’s Office.  After graduating law school and taking the Pennsylvania bar exam, I worked at Swartz, Campbell & Detweiler from 1983 to 1995, first as an associate, then as a partner.  The work primarily was defending personal injury lawsuits.  After working in the firm’s Philadelphia office for ten years, I took the Delaware bar exam and shifted my practice to develop the firm’s Wilmington, Delaware, office.  I was a founder and partner at McCullough & McKenty, P.A., in Wilmington from 1995 to 2007 and since then have been a partner at Philadelphia-based Bodell, Bové, Grace & Van Horn, P.C., (2007-2012) and Bodell Bové, LLC, (2012-present) in the firm’s Wilmington office.. My pro bono legal activities include representing children as guardian ad litem in Delaware's family court system and assisting Lutheran congregations and the regional synod in the Philadelphia area. In the community, as Community Service Chair I coordinate the after-school educational and cultural trips the Penn Class of 1980 alumni participate in with students from Sayre High School, an inner-city school in West Philadelphia.  I serve on the board of directors of Curio Theatre Company (2010-present) and Cedar Park Neighbors community association (2009-2011).  I was a board member 2003-2009 (chair 2004-2009) at The Christian Association at the University of Pennsylvania.

Ms. Darby is the co-founder of DARBY | BROWN-EDWARDS LLC, is the Firm’s Managing Partner, and heads the Firm’s business and corporate litigation practice. She concentrates her practice on corporate bankruptcy and restructuring and commercial and corporate litigation. Johnna has experience representing creditors and interested parties, among others, in Chapter 11 cases and adversary proceedings. She also represents businesses in various contexts, including business and commercial disputes pending in federal and state courts.  Darby | Brown-Edwards LLC is a State of Delaware certified women-owned and minority-owned business.

Mr. Mulvihill received his undergraduate degree from Muhlenberg College and graduated magna cum laude from Widener University School of Law, where he was an articles editor for the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law and a member of the Transactional Law Honor Society. He served as a law clerk for the Delaware bankruptcy court for Chief Judge Brendan L. Shannon, Judge Kevin Gross, Judge Laurie S. Silverstein and Judge Peter J. Walsh (Retired); a judicial extern for the Delaware Supreme Court for Chief Justice Myron T. Steele (retired) and Justice Henry duPont Ridgely (retired); and a federal judicial intern for the Honorable Mary F. Walrath at the Delaware bankruptcy court.. Mr. Mulvihill is a member of the Delaware and Pennsylvania state bars and is resident in our Delaware office.

Marla Rosoff Eskin joined Campbell & Levine in 2002 and is a Member in the firm’s Wilmington, Delaware, office. Marla’s practice focuses on Bankruptcy Litigation and Commercial Bankruptcy. Marla also has extensive experience in Personal Injury Litigation, Business Law, and Commercial Litigation. Marla serves as counsel to numerous Section 524(g) Asbestos Settlement Trusts and has served as the Trustee for the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, Inc. Qualified Settlement Fund.

Lisa was born in Wilmington, Delaware.  While attending law school at night she worked full time as a law clerk for the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office and then as a corporate bankruptcy paralegal until her graduation.. Lisa focuses her practice on wills & trusts, estate planning and administration, commercial bankruptcy, business planning, formation and documentation, and elder law, including guardianship actions.  She regularly represent families, individuals, businesses, executors/personal representatives, trustees, Chapter 7 trustees, litigation/liquidation trustees, plan administrators and municipalities in various matters.. Additionally, she often serves as a Court appointed attorney ad litem in guardianship actions.  She is a certified mediator for the Superior Court for the State of Delaware, New Castle County and is on the register of mediators for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of DE.

Joe is a litigator and corporate counselor. While Joe litigates in all of Delaware’s state and federal courts, he specializes in corporate and alternative entity governance litigation in the Court of Chancery.   Joe’s Chancery litigation practice covers a broad range of matters, such as breach of fiduciary duty claims, corporate control issues, mergers and acquisitions, going-private transactions, corporate restructuring, proxy contests, preferred stock designations, stock repurchases, dissolutions, charter and bylaw amendments, and statutory proceedings under Delaware’s General Corporation Law.. Joe also represents clients in complex commercial litigation in state and federal court, including bankruptcy court.   He handles a wide variety of cases involving contracts, non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, business torts, trade secrets, financial instruments, debtor and creditor rights, director and officer liability, and intellectual property litigation.. Joe previously was a Shareholder in the Litigation Practice Group of Greenberg Traurig LLP.. While in law school, Joe was a Wolcott law clerk to the Honorable Randy J. Holland of the Delaware Supreme Court.

Jeff Waxman represents debtors, official committees of unsecured creditors, official committees of equity holders, secured creditors, plan administrators, liquidating trustees, purchasers of assets, and a wide variety of creditor constituencies and interested parties in Chapter 11 cases. Jeff also represents Chapter 7 trustees, and plaintiffs, and defendants in bankruptcy-related preference and fraudulent transfer litigation.. Prior to entering private practice, Jeff served as a law clerk to The Honorable Mary F. Walrath, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware, and to The Honorable Michael J. Kaplan, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of New York.. Jeff co-chairs Morris James’ Small Businesses and Start-Ups Group which provides a full range of legal services to assist small business owners to organize and transition their ideas to full-fledged businesses. The practice focuses on addressing issues that are of particular concern to entrepreneurs including initial corporate governance, employment, financing, tax issues, and liquidity.. Practice areas:• Bankruptcy and Restructuring• Committee Representations• Distressed Entity, Insolvency Counseling• Litigation and Liquidation Trustees• Small Businesses and Start-Ups• Bankruptcy in Mass Tort Litigation• Blockchain Technologies, Cryptocurrency Bankruptcies, and Claw-Back Litigation• Energy Industry

I am an Associate in the firm’s Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring Department. I counsel debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, and statutory committees in Chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings.

I am a bankruptcy, restructuring, litigation and renewable energy lawyer.   I have over 20 years of experience in the restructuring field involving many of the largest and most complicated business reorganizations, out-of-court restructuring matters, workouts, liquidations and distressed acquisitions and sales in Delaware’s state and federal courts, as well as in other jurisdictions across the country.. I also have wide-ranging commercial transactions and other transactional experience, representing clients as in-house counsel, as well as a private practitioner.   From 2005 to early 2009, I served as General Counsel of NextEra Energy Resources LLC, a clean energy leader and one of the largest competitive energy suppliers in North America.   At NextEra, I oversaw all legal aspects relating to the company’s activities.. Prior to entering private practice in 1996, I was a member of the corporate legal department for The Columbia Gas System, Inc., where I focused primarily on the bankruptcy proceedings of Columbia and its subsidiary, Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation, until their successful emergence from bankruptcy protection in 1995.

Gregory J. Flasser is an associate at Bayard. Greg concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate bankruptcy and restructuring.. Before joining Bayard, Greg graduated magna cum laude from Widener University Delaware Law School, where he also earned the Business Organizations and Business Advising Law Certificates. While in law school, Greg served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Kent A. Jordan of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and as the Styles Editor of the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law. Greg was also the Internal Manager of Widener’s Transactional Law Honor Society. Prior to law school, Greg graduated from Muhlenberg College in 2012 with a B.A. in Business Administration and Political Science.. Greg is a member of the Board of Directors for Abby’s Angel Kisses, a non-profit organization which raises awareness for a rare disease called Large Congenital Melanocytic Nevi (LCMN) and gives back to the local community.

Greg is a partner at the Wilmington, Delaware law firm of Pinckney, Weidinger, Urban & Joyce, LLC and a member of the firm’s Business Restructuring and Bankruptcy Group. He has been involved in all aspects of financial restructuring and bankruptcy proceedings in Delaware and in other jurisdictions on behalf of a wide range of clients, including debtors, corporate and individual creditors, committees and other parties in interest. In addition, Greg has represented clients in corporate, commercial and bankruptcy-related litigation matters before the Delaware Court of Chancery, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Filing for bankruptcy can be a challenging, stressful time for anyone. Representation from a bankruptcy lawyer who understands your needs can be essential as you process its legal and emotional repercussions.. A key member of the Poole, Mensinger, Cultrona & Ellsworth-Aults team, bankruptcy lawyer Tiffany Poole is available to help clients from our Wilmington, Delaware office. Contact Tiffany Poole for all matters relating to personal debt relief, including Chapter 13 and Chapter 7 bankruptcy, foreclosure prevention and more.

Erin Brignola devotes 95% of her personal bankruptcy/individual bankruptcy practice in New Castle County, Kent County and Sussex County in Delaware.  Erin Brignola helps individuals and business file successfully for debt relief. Erin Brignola provides attention to detail to tailor her representation to each client’s individual needs. Erin Brignola provides remedies for each individual and/or small business owner to protect their assets including their home, cars, bank accounts, retirement accounts and their business and income livelihood.. Erin Brignola has and continues to actively serve her Delaware Community as a legal service volunteer attorney for the Delaware State Bar Association, and Delaware Volunteer Legal Services and serves on the referral panel. Since the inception in 2006, she has proudly served as the Vice-Chair to the Consumer Bankruptcy Section to assist and mentor other attorneys to become better advocates for their clients. She is well known in the Delaware legal community as someone who is easily approachable and will always try to help. Erin is a member of many organizations both locally and nationally to continue her education to provide for her clients the best possible results. She is voted every year as a TOP Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney in Delaware Today magazine. (2001-2024). Erin Brignola has been a speaker and guest lecturer for many local and national organizations regarding the elements of bankruptcy case law and the interaction of bankruptcy law in family law, real estate title and foreclosure issues, and wills and inheritance.. If you need to file personal bankruptcy in Delaware, call Erin Brignola with your questions so that she and her team can help you make informative decisions about filing for individual bankruptcy in Delaware.. #personalbankruptcydelaware #personalbankruptcyattorney #bankruptcynewcastlecounty #bankruptcysussexcounty #bankruptcykentcounty

Eric J. Monzo focuses his practice primarily on issues relating to business restructuring and insolvency. He regularly represents a wide range of stakeholders including corporate debtors, commercial creditors, official and unofficial committees, trustees, lender groups, agents to syndicated lending groups, financial institutions, principal financial and private equity sponsors, officers, insurers, accountants, and financial advisors.. Eric handles matters relating to the restructuring and liquidation of companies in a broad range of industries with specialization in construction, energy, finance, food and beverage, healthcare, technology, transportation, real estate and retail. Eric is experienced in representation of clients regarding multi-jurisdictional and international insolvency proceedings and litigation.. A specific area of focus of Eric’s practice includes assisting clients regarding complex legacy liability issues in bankruptcy such as environmental, pension, union and similar types of claims.. While in law school, Eric was a member of Law Review. Upon graduation, Eric served as the law clerk for The Honorable Mary Pat Thynge, United States Magistrate Judge, United States District Court, District of Delaware. Eric earned a certification in employee benefits and estate planning through the Temple University School of Law and assists entities, such as employee and healthcare benefit plans and trustees relating to issues of executive compensation, deferred compensation, severance, and ERISA in the context of bankruptcy.. Practice areas:• Bankruptcy and Restructuring• Committee Representations• Distressed Entity, Insolvency Counseling• Litigation and Liquidation Trustees• Corporate and Fiduciary Litigation• Legal Opinions• Bankruptcy in Mass Tort Litigation• Blockchain Technologies, Cryptocurrency Bankruptcies, and Claw-Back Litigation• Energy Industry

Doug Candeub has long and broad experience working to achieve effective outcomes for his clients in matters pertaining to bankruptcy, insolvency, and creditors’ rights. As a litigator, Doug represents business clients in both state and federal court, at the trial and appellate level, while as a business lawyer, he provides advice and representation to clients on business issues and disputes.. Doug has represented a wide range of creditors as well as corporate and individual debtors, creditors' committees, purchasers of debtor assets, and chapter 7 trustees. Creditor representations have included prepetition lenders, trade creditors, landlords, homeowner associations, tort plaintiffs, construction contractors, equipment lessors, health care providers, private equity funds, predecessor entities, insurers, directors and officers, and lawyers and accountants. Doug is regularly involved in litigating and negotiating the range of disputes arising in bankruptcy cases. In addition, Doug has successfully argued appeals in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.. Experience. Professional Affiliations

Dave focuses his practice on commercial and corporate bankruptcy, commercial and general litigation, and corporate law. Dave has experience in all aspects of corporate and personal bankruptcy having practiced many years for the bankruptcy section of the Department of Justice. Dave also has experience in various aspects of litigation, including lead trial counsel in a number of civil and commercial litigation cases in federal and state courts.. Prior to forming Bielli & Klauder, Dave spent ten years as a Trial Attorney for the Office of the United States Trustee, the bankruptcy arm of the Department of Justice. As an attorney in the Wilmington, Delaware office of the U.S. Trustee’s Office, Dave had primary responsibility on behalf of the federal government for some of the largest corporate Chapter 11 bankruptcies in the country, including, among others, Owens Corning, W.R. Grace & Co., Tribune Co., Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. and NewPage Corp. He was also selected to be a part of the team at the U.S. Trustee’s Office providing assistance on the historic General Motors chapter 11 bankruptcy case. Dave has litigated numerous complex matters in federal bankruptcy courts in Delaware and Pennsylvania. His responsibilities for the U.S. Trustee’s Office also included forming creditors’ committees, conducting debtor examinations, drafting objections, motions, and other pleadings, and appearing in federal bankruptcy court on a routine basis on various matters.. After leaving the U.S. Trustee's Office, Dave joined O'Kelly Ernst & Bielli, LLC, where he helped expand their bankruptcy and litigation practices in both Delaware and Pennsylvania. Dave then left O'Kelly Ernst & Bielli and formed Bielli & Klauder with Tom Bielli in October 2015, and continues to grow his practice areas

Christopher Ward represents distressed companies with a business-minded, client-driven approach. He has represented clients in corporate bankruptcy, financial restructuring, bankruptcy litigation, and distressed asset sales for the last two decades. He has extensive experience in Delaware in addition to working nationally.  Chris also serves on the Board of Directors of the American Bankruptcy Institute, which provides him with full-insight into the restructuring community. As Co-Chair of the Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring practice and Managing Shareholder of the Delaware office, Chris routinely tackles financial restructurings, litigation, and asset sales with a creative and aggressive approach. He has significant experience in representing Chapter 11 debtors and Official Committees of Unsecured Creditors, which allows him to provide his clients with compressive insight into both sides of the restructuring industry. As a result, Chris advises his clients in situations where a negotiated resolution may be the appropriate course of action or, when an agreement cannot be reached, he aims to zealously push his client’s interests forward in litigation. Chris leads Polsinelli’s national bankruptcy practice from Delaware, but practices all across the country.  Whether it be a bankruptcy, or another restructuring alternative, Chris has the depth and breadth in his practice to represent clients in distressed deals no matter where they arise.

Christopher is an attorney in the Bankruptcy and Restructuring group at Morris James LLP. He focuses his practice on commercial contract disputes, business restructuring, and insolvency issues.. Prior to joining Morris James, Christopher was a judicial law clerk to The Honorable Brenda A. Sexton of the Circuit Court of Maryland. He received his Juris Doctorate Degree from Widener University Delaware Law School in 2022. During law school, Christopher was a judicial extern to The Honorable Vivian L. Medinilla and a Summer Associate for Allen and Associates. He also was a member of the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, the Moot Court, and Transactional Law honor societies. During his time as a member of the Moot Court Society, Christopher was part of a three-member team that finished as runners-up at the 2021 Capital Law School Family and Youth Law Center’s annual Child Welfare Moot Court Competition.. Practice areas:• Bankruptcy and Restructuring• Bankruptcy in Mass Tort Litigation• Blockchain Technologies, Cryptocurrency Bankruptcies, and Claw-Back Litigation• Committee Representations• Distressed Entity, Insolvency Counseling

Chris Samis focuses his legal practice on corporate bankruptcy, restructuring and other insolvency-related matters. He routinely represents both debtors and creditors in chapter 11 and chapter 7 bankruptcy cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Chris also represents assignees for the benefit of creditors in the Chancery Court of Delaware.

Bill, a Certified Elder Law Attorney and member of the Special Needs Alliance, began his law career in 1982 and decided to focus on estate and elder law exclusively in 1992. Over his career he has helped thousands of individuals and families with estate planning, family trusts, veterans’ benefits, Medicaid planning and probate. A native of Delaware, Bill’s character and demeanor set the tone for the entire Estate & Elder Law Services team. His practice is welcoming, serves clients with compassion and helps people make decisions for protecting their assets, families and themselves.. After high school Bill joined the Marines, an experience that provided the foundation for his personal and professional beliefs and values. Following his service, Bill entered the Reformed Episcopal Seminary, earning his Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1979. After graduation from Rutgers Law School and his admission to the Delaware Bar, Bill began his legal career as a prosecutor.. He sees this work as a ministry because he is helping the elderly and others whose worries are eased by the services he and his team provide.. Bill and his wife, Gail, have a daughter, Julie. In addition to the many activities Bill is involved with in the community, he is an avid outdoor sportsman who delights in the time spent with family, friends and colleagues.

Bill Chipman is a bankruptcy and restructuring practitioner with significant experience representing debtors, official committees of unsecured creditors, asset purchasers, debtor-in-possession lenders, secured and unsecured creditors, and plaintiffs and defendants in a broad spectrum of bankruptcy related litigation in large Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases pending in various jurisdictions throughout the United States.. Prior to founding Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Bill helped establish the Delaware office of Greenberg Traurig LLP and was a partner in Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP’s Delaware office.. Bill is also a Certified Public Accountant who has extensive business-related accounting experience.

Attorney Vivian Houghton has owned and operated her own law practice since 1981. She has practiced before every court in Delaware in all three counties and has practiced in the Federal Court for the District of Delaware and the Federal Court for the District of Maryland. She is admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court. Ms. Houghton is a member of the Delaware and Maryland Bar Associations and is in good standing.. Ms. Houghton graduated from Delaware Law School in 1979. For her undergraduate degree, obtained in 1976, she doubled majored in Spanish and Criminal Justice. While at law school, this Delaware bankruptcy lawyer:. Professional Affiliations. Ms. Houghton, a Delaware bankruptcy lawyer and real estate lawyer, also has extensive teaching experience, has authored numerous publications and has given numerous presentations on both teaching and law subjects, including Bankruptcy Facts and Fiction – What You Need to Know to Protect Yourself, (1991).. Ms. Houghton has also been extensively involved in the community, and has managed many successful campaigns, including Gary Hutt (1988), Jesse Jackson for President, State Coordinator (1988), S. B. Woo for Lieutenant Governor, City Coordinator (1984), Mimi Boudart (1982), Karen Peterson for President of New Castle County Council (1980 and 1984), William Houghton for Sheriff of New Castle County (1976) and for Representative in State of Delaware General Assembly (1980), and Loretta Walsh for City Council (1984 and 1988).. Ms. Houghton was chosen by her peers as a top lawyer in bankruptcy and featured in the Delaware Today Magazine in October 2001 and again in November 2010. Ms. Houghton was a Green Party candidate for Delaware Attorney General in 2002.