Angela has represented Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 trustees, liquidation trustees, plan administrators creditors’ committees and foreign representatives in fraudulent transfer, breach of fiduciary duty, misrepresentation and other litigation. Angela has also advocated for these parties in large and complex bankruptcy cases, as well as for ad hoc committees, equity holders, indenture trustees and purchasers of distressed assets and securities.
Angela can navigate quickly through sophisticated financial circumstances to identify and pursue critical causes of action. Her ability to simplify the needed course of action to maximize value for her clients has been her key strength throughout her career.
Angela earned her B.A. from Brown University and her J.D. from Emory University School of Law. She is admitted to practice in New York, the Second Circuit, and the Third Circuit. Angela has been recognized as Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers in America (2026). Earlier in her career, Angela was Counsel at Allen & Overy, LLP, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP, and LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP. She speaks and writes regularly on bankruptcy/litigation issues, including at industry forums including CNBC’s Squawk Box and Bloomberg News, and has been quoted in leading financial publications.
Angela has represented clients in the following matters:
• Cryptocurrency cases:
- Acting as Chapter 11 Trustee of Power Block Coin
- Cred Inc. Liquidation Trust in assigned claims of customers against third parties relating to yield earning platform.
- Trustee of Tibanne Co. Ltd., the parent of Mt. Gox in Chapter 15.
• Liquidation and chapter 7 trustees in suits against directors and officers, including:
- Alan Nisselson, as chapter 7 trustee in Helios and Matheson Analytics, and Movie Pass.
- Marc Kirschner as liquidation trustee of Mercon Coffee Corporation and MerconB.V.
- Yann Geron, as chapter 7 trustee in Pali Capital and Pali Holdings.
- Solution Trust as liquidation trustee in AWTR Liquidation/Rhythm & Hues
- Deborah Piazza, as chapter 7 trustee in Empire Financial Group Inc., Rhinoceros Visual Effects and Design LLC, Evacuation Complete LLC
• Liquidation and chapter 7 trustees in fraudulent transfer and related actions, including:
- Creditors’ Committee as intervenor in Diamond Sports Group
- Christopher Moser, as plan trustee in Tango Transport in action against Navistarcompanies.
- Yann Geron as chapter 7 trustee in Thelen in actions against former partners and against the Commissioner of Insurance for the State of California.
- FTI Consulting as litigation trustee in Centaur in action against Merit Management and other transferees
• Numerous foreign representatives in Chapter 15 cases, including:
- Farfetch Limited.
- AJW Offshore Ltd.
- ICP Strategic Credit Income Fund Ltd.
- Monitor in the AbitibiBowater bankruptcy case in conjunction with cross border issues.
- Expert in Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd. on recognition under U.S. bankruptcy law.
• Other Constituents in Chapter 11 cases, including:
- Second Lienholder in Avaya on chapter 11 plan issues.
- National and international plaintiffs and claimants in conjunction with derivative and other transactions in the Lehman Brothers (financial collapse).
- Offshore bank in Granite Fund (breach of fiduciary duty, misrepresentation, wrongful margin calls).
- Repo participants and other clients pursuing recovery of funds in various sub-prime lending, including New Century and People’s Choice.
- Mezzanine entity lenders to and owners of distressed real estate assets.
- Indenture trustees as official committee members in numerous cases, including Rexene and Eastern Airlines cases.
• Debtors, Official Committees and Trustees in Chapter 11 cases, including:
- Unsecured creditors in the Mirant Americas Generation (intercompany claim and asset transfer/reinstatement issues).
- Unsecured creditors in the Manhattan Investment Fund (fraudulent transfer and fraud issues).
- Debtors in NorthWest Airlines.
- Debtor in RSL COM U.S.A. (breach of fiduciary duty and fraudulent transfer issues).
- Equity security holders in Columbia Gas (fraudulent transfer, preference and equitable subordination issues).
- Unsecured creditors in NVF Company (directors and officers breach issues).
- Pre-merger bondholders in the Federated Department Stores (fraudulent transfer LBO issues).
- Debtor in Phoenix Information Systems Corp. (breach of fiduciary duty issues).
- Debtor Portrait Corporation of America.
- Chapter 11 trustee in Sasson Jeans (hidden assets).
• Major Suppliers in asserting ownership rights over goods in Chapter 11 cases:
- In WP Steel in $200 million metallurgical coke in consignment.
- In Eagle Pipe in major pipe assets of case in ownership dispute
