Specialty lenders, healthcare companies, secured creditors, creditor committees, and indenture trustees seek Katie Stenberg's representation in bankruptcy proceedings, financial transactions, corporate reorganizations, and state and federal court litigation. Katie provides counsel to clients regarding a wide range of matters, including:
· Corporate restructurings and workouts, bankruptcy, and commercial transactions
· Defaulted bond issues, corporate trust administration
· Commercial litigation, Federal court receiverships
· State and Federal Government procurement, program eligibility, and contract administration
· Acquisitions of distressed healthcare assets, buyer and seller side in and out of bankruptcy
Experience
· Serving as debtors counsel to a national pediatric dental management company in its Chapter 11 proceedings pending in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
· Assisted as Committee Counsel for the Unsecured Creditors Committee in the American Home Patient bankruptcy, in which the Committee served as co-proponent, with the debtors, of a plan paying creditors 100 cents on the dollar. The plan, approved despite strong objection, and its confirmation were upheld by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in the first case in which the Sixth Circuit had to consider the impact of the United States Supreme Court's Till decision
· Served as counsel to the senior secured lender in the Health Essentials Solutions, Inc. bankruptcy as well as the senior secured lenders and agents in the Lexington Precision, Inc. bankruptcy
· Represented an OEM automobile manufacturer in several bankruptcies involving its tier 1 and tier 2 suppliers
Professional
· Member, American Health Lawyers Association
· Member, Board of Directors of the Middle Tennessee Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association
· Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
· Member, Board of Directors of the Mid-South Commercial Law Institute
· Member, Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations
· Member, American Bar Association Public Contract Law Section
Prior Affiliations
· Counsel-Commercial Operations, GE-Aviation, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2005-2006
· Legal Clerk, Military Engine and Government Business Operation, GE Aircraft Engines, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2001-2002
News/Events
ARTICLES
05.15.09, JOURNAL OF CORPORATE RENEWAL, "Antitrust Concerns May Block Section 363 Sales"
MEDIA MENTIONS
03.27.12, Katie Stenberg in NASHVILLE POST, "Allen Printing Emerges from Chapter 11 to Produce Record Sales"
EVENTS
04.06.09, 2009 In-House Counsel Conference
PRESS RELEASES
04.16.12, Waller Lansden Announces New Practice Group Leaders
Community
· Member, Board of Directors of St. Mary Villa Child Development Center
Up Close
An avid runner, Katie has participated in a number of marathons and half marathons, her favorite so far being the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C. She also enjoys entertaining at home and cooking for family and friends.