Ms. Laura Appleby

Laura E. Appleby is a partner with Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP in New York, where she represents clients in all aspects of complex bankruptcy proceedings, out-of-court restructurings and distressed transactions. She has experience representing bondholders, indenture trustees, financial institutions and other creditors in special situations, and has provided advice with respect to corporations and other for-profit business organizations, nonprofit entities and municipalities. Ms. Appleby advises clients on sophisticated restructurings, including those in connection with chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, distressed investment opportunities, § 363 sales, UCC Article 9 sales, consensual foreclosures and event-driven acquisitions in such industries as agriculture chemical, financial services, health care and related services, mining, nonprofits, retail, senior living facilities and transportation. She also counsels clients with respect to issues surrounding municipal distress and insolvency. Ms. Appleby clerked for Hon. Victor J. Wolski of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Prior to attending law school, she was a legislative assistant and director of correspondence for U.S. Senator Peter G. Fitzgerald (Ret.). Ms. Appleby is a 2018 honoree of ABI’s “40 Under 40” program and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First, Second and Ninth Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and the Northern District of Illinois. She received her B.S. in 2001 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her J.D. in 2007 from the University of Michigan Law School, where she was editor-in-chief of the Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review.