Ms. Rosa Evergreen

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Ms. Rosa Evergreen

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC

ROSA is a partner with Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP and has experience in all aspects of bankruptcy and corporate restructuring, including complex chapter 11 cases, bankruptcy litigation, out-of-court restructurings and distressed acquisitions. She has been involved in bankruptcy cases in a wide range of industries across the country, including financial services, real estate, environmental, hospitality and health care, among others. Rosa has served as co-chair of the firm’s Summer Associate Committee, a member of its Hiring Committee and chair of its Associate Professional Development Committee. She also serves on the boards of IWIRC International and the DC Chapter of IWIRC (of which she formerly cochaired), as well as TMA’s Chesapeake Chapter.Rosa has been recognized in Chambers USA, The Best Lawyers in America, Washington, DC Super Lawyers and Washingtonian Magazine, and she was named one of 12 “Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyers” by Turnarounds & Workouts for 2017. She also maintains an active pro bono practice and received the DC Bar’s Laura N. Rinaldi Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year Award for 2018. In one of her significant pro bono cases , she was the lead lawyer on a case representing a tenant association in the bankruptcy of their landlord, where the tenants were seeking safe and habitable housing. Rosa served as a Research Fellow for the ABI Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11, has published articles on a number of bankruptcy related topics, and is a frequent speaker at continuing legal education programs.

Education

  • J.D., ORDER OF THE COIF, WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL
  • M.B.A., THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY
  • B.A., SOCIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY, MAGNA CUM LAUDE GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

During my tenure in private practice and my 23 years as a federal judge, I have made hundreds of presentations before national, regional and local groups. No one I have ever worked with in these endeavors has been more insightful, scholarly and cerebral than Rosa.