Kelli Norfleet

Kelli S. Norfleet is a partner with Haynes and Boone LLP in Houston, where she represents clients in connection with business bankruptcy and insolvency law and related litigation, financings, dispositions and other restructuring transactions. She handles both in-court and out-of-court restructurings for clients in the oil and gas, oilfield services and electric power sectors, as well as in the engineering and construction, technology and aviation industries. Ms. Norfleet works with chapter 11 debtors, secured creditors, unsecured creditors, and other parties in interest. She has represented clients in some of the largest recent chapter 11 cases, including cases filed by JC Penney Co., Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. and McDermott International Inc. Ms. Norfleet was identified in a 2020 analysis by The Texas Lawbook as one of the state’s busiest bankruptcy lawyers by case assignment. She was also selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America from 2020-23 for bankruptcy and creditor/debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law, and in Texas Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” in 2022. Ms. Norfleet received her B.A. in political science summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 2006 from Texas A&M University, and her J.D. magna cum laude in 2009 from American University Washington College of Law, where she was admitted to the Order of the Coif and served as associate executive editor of the American University International Law Review.