Lisa G. Beckerman has extensive experience representing debtors and creditors committees in chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings. Ms. Beckerman focuses on corporate restructuring and creditors' rights in a variety of areas, including manufacturing, airlines, retail and health care. Recent representations include serving as lead counsel to the ad hoc crossover lender group in Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, the ad hoc noteholders group in Panolam Holdings, and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Kaiser Aluminum Corporation and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of ATA Holdings Corporation and as counsel to the Official Committee of WCI Communities, Inc. and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Delta Air Lines and the liquidators of Bear Stearns High-Grade Structured Credit Strategies Master Fund, Ltd. and Bear Stearns High-Grade Structured Credit Strategies Enhanced Leverage Master Fund, Ltd.
Ms. Beckerman received her B.A. with honors in 1984 from the University of Chicago, her M.B.A. in 1986 from the University of Texas and her J.D. in 1989 from Boston University. She is a member of the New York, New Jersey and District of Columbia bars and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of New Jersey.
Ms. Beckerman has been recognized in several leading publications, including Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business and Practical Law Company's (formerly Global 3000) list of top bankruptcy attorneys in the United States.