Maureen Bass is a Partner and Co-Chair of the firm’s Restructuring, Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Practice Group at Abrams Fensterman, LLP.
Ms. Bass has more than 20 years of experience practicing in the areas of bankruptcy, corporate restructuring, creditors’ rights, financial services, commercial and corporate litigation, employment and general business law. She represents business entities, as well as their secured and unsecured creditors and their shareholders and principals inside and outside of bankruptcy, as well as creditors’ committees, trustees, and purchasers in bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings across the United States.
Ms. Bass also has significant experience in negotiating, litigating and resolving disputes arising under Warn Act, the Federal Securities and Exchange Act, New York Officer and Director Law, New York Partnership Law, RICO laws, HIPPA and New York Debtor and Creditor Law. Additionally, Ms. Bass represents lenders and special servicers, and has prosecuted many substantial commercial foreclosures in New York State.
Ms. Bass received her Juris Doctorate from Syracuse University College of Law and is a member of the Order of the Coif.
She is admitted to practice in the State of New York.
Bar Admissions
- New York
- United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
Education
- Syracuse University College of Law, Syracuse, New York
- J.D. Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1999
- Honors: Order of Coif, Summa Cum Laude, Law Review, ATLA Trial Team, NITA Trial Team and Moot Court.
- Tulane University
- B.A. in Political Economy, Minor in Sociology
Honors and Awards
- 2018 M&A Advisor Turnaround Award Winner: Healthcare/Life Sciences Deal of the Year.
Publications and Media
- When Ponzi Schemes Collapse, Service Providers May Be in the Cross-Hairs, author, Turnaround Management Association Journal of Corporate Renewal, May 2019
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bankruptcy Institute, Member