Mrs. Laura Coordes

<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Laura Coordes is Professor of Law at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law in Phoenix, Arizona. Professor Coordes is an active member of the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) and was honored as a member of the ABI&#39;s 40 Under 40 in 2020. Professor Coordes served on the board of the American Bankruptcy Law Journal from 2019 until 2022 and is an Honorary Master of the Arizona Bankruptcy American Inn of Court. Professor Coordes was the Reporter for the Uniform Law Commission&#39;s Drafting Committee on Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors. With Charles Tabb and Kara Bruce, she is author of </span><em style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Law of Bankruptcy </em><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(6th ed.), and with Eugenio Vaccari, Yseult Marique, and Geo Quinot, she is author of </span><em style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Municipalities in Financial Distress: An ESG Critique</em><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> (Edward Elgar Publishing). She is also a contributing editor for Bankruptcy Law Commentaries (formerly Bankruptcy Law Letter). Professor Coordes is a co-founder/principal investigator of the Research Network on Public Authorities and Financial Distress, a global network examining the implications of local entity financial distress. Before coming to Arizona State University, Professor Coordes practiced in the Business, Finance and Restructuring Department at Weil, Gotshal &amp; Manges in New York. Professor Coordes received her B.A. from New York University and her J.D. with honors from The University of Chicago Law School, where she was a Bradley Fellow and served on The University of Chicago Law Review.</span></p>