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Rebecca L. Butcher concentrates her practice in the area of corporate, commercial and bankruptcy-related litigation. Her practice focuses on representation of parties in corporate and commercial litigation in the Court of Chancery and federal courts.  Rebecca also regularly represents creditors, lenders and official and unofficial committees in adversary proceedings in the federal courts.

Rebecca graduated from the Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1999.  While in law school, she was the Executive Student Authorities Editor for the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law.  During law school, Rebecca began her membership in Phi Delta Phi, which she has continued after graduation.  She received her B.A. with distinction in History and Spanish from the University of Virginia in 1996.

Rebecca is admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of Delaware, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.  She is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Delaware State Bar Association, for which she is the current Vice Chair of the Litigation Section.

 

Selected Representations

Representation of financial services company in corporate proceedings in Court of Chancery;

Representation of corporate receiver in sale and dissolution of multi-million dollar partnership and related entities;

Representation of trustee in $20 million dollar note dispute with issuer, related entities and officers and directors;

Representation of noteholder in $18 million dollar note dispute with issuer, related entities and officers and directors;

Representation of director and shareholders in books and record actions in the Court of Chancery;

Representation of trustee of debtor’s estate in corporate dispute in the Court of Chancery;

Representation of municipality and municipal officials in actions alleging employment discrimination and Constitutional claims;

Representation of lender in collection and replevin actions in state and federal court;

Representations of third-parties in defense of subpoenas and discovery requests in state court;

Representation of creditors in claim or lease issues with debtor in the following bankruptcy cases: In re: Garden Ridge Corp.; In re: Summit Metals, Inc.; In re: W.R. Grace;

Representation of lender in the In re: Owens Corning bankruptcy case in claim and confirmation issues;

Representation of debtor and liquidating trust in prosecution of adversary proceedings;

Representation of preference defendants in numerous bankruptcy cases, including:

In re: Breuner’s Home Furnishings; In re: Cable & Wireless USA, Inc.; In re: Factory 2-U Stores, Inc.; In re: Fleming, Inc.; In re: Hayes Lemmerz, Inc.; In re: Inacom Corp.; In re: KB Toys, Inc.; In re: Montgomery Ward; In re: Trans World Airlines; In re: TW, Inc.




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