Deborah J. Piazza is a partner in the Firm’s Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring Practice. Deborah counsels clients on transactional, litigation, and advisory work relating to various types of restructurings, commercial finance, bankruptcies, and workouts. Notably, Deborah sits on the Panel of Bankruptcy Trustees in the Southern District of New York.

Deborah represents debtors, creditors, trustees, examiners, liquidating agents, purchasers, and other parties in interest in various restructurings, financings, litigations, and compromises, as well as asset acquisitions and dispositions.

Beyond transactional work, Deborah advises clients in all aspects of contested matters and adversary proceedings, including claims litigation, fraudulent conveyances, preferences, relief from stay motions, appeals, and any type of bankruptcy litigation. She has also represented creditors' committees, large institutional lenders, distressed investors, asset purchasers and other major creditors, and parties in interest in court and out of court proceedings.

Debtor Client Representation:

• Northwest Airlines
• Enron Corp.
• Lodgian, Inc.
• Bradlees Stores, Inc.
• Casual Male Corp.
• Grand Union Company
• Able Laboratories
• Republic Technologies
• Peninsula Hospital

Other Clients and Cases:

• Mattel/Fisher Price
• General Motors Corporation
• Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Center
• Lear Corporation
• Circuit City Stores
• Bearing Point
• Lyondell Chemical Company
• New York City Off-Track Betting Corporation
• Stone Barn (formerly Steve & Barry's)
• Lexington Precision
• Mortgage Lenders Network USA
• Jacobson Stores, Inc.
• FAO Schwarz
• Lehman Brothers
• WCI Steel