Deirdre M. Richards
Top rated Bankruptcy attorney in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
Practice Areas:
Bankruptcy,
Business litigation,
Insurance coverage,
Real estate,
Credit repair,
Insurance defense
Education Qualification:
Temple University Beasley School of Law
Practice Areas:
Bankruptcy,
Business litigation,
Insurance coverage,
Real estate,
Credit repair,
Insurance defense
925 Harvest Drive, Suite 300Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, 19422
First Admitted: 1989, Pennsylvania
Professional Webpage: https://www.elliottgreenleaf.com/attorney/deirdre-m-richards...
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- Delaware
- U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, District of Delaware
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
- Successfully represented national equipment leasing company which objected to discharge of individual chapter 7 debtor and obtained order that is $100,000.00 judgment was non-dischargeable.
- Served as local Delaware counsel for insurance campaign in chapter 11 bankruptcy case.
- Represented a myriad of creditors (secured and unsecured) in bankruptcy case.
- Represented factor in cash collateral hearing in chapter 11 bankruptcy case.
- Represented tort claimant and in chapter 11 bankruptcy case.
- Successfully represented chapter 7 trustee in commercial disputes against creditors and insiders of debtor.
- Successfully represented chapter 11 trustee and debtors who confirmed chapter 11 plans of reorganization.
- Successfully represented national equipment leasing company which objected to individual chapter 11 debtor’s discharge and obtained settlement requiring $100,000.00 paid to creditor.
Honors/Awards:
- Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, 2024
Educational Background:
- Hollins College, B.A., 1984
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- “Quasi-Bankruptcy Quagmires” LJN’s The Bankruptcy Strategist, April 2019.
- “Bankruptcy – Equipment Lessors’ Rights Under the Bankruptcy Code and How That May Change Under the Proposed Reformation of Chapter 11,” Equipment Leasing Finance Association, Legal Forum Speaker, May 2015.
- “Factoring Receivables and the True Sale of the Asset,”- Presentation to Northeast Chapter of the International Factoring Association, February 2016.
- “Tricks of the Trade – Effective Representation of Equipment Lessors and Lenders in Bankruptcy,” Equipment Leasing Finance Association, Legal Forum Speaker, May 2016.
- “Bankruptcy Litigation – What’s Unfair and What’s an Equipment Lessor to Do About it?” Equipment Leasing Finance Association, Legal Forum Speaker, May 2017.
- “Legally Speaking, what’s New in the Market Place” Co-Presenter at NEFA Funding Symposium, October 2017.
- “How to Prove Your Non-Recourse or Recourse Factoring is a True Sale of Accounts…and What Happens When the Court Gets it Wrong,” International Factoring Association, Webinar, November 2017.
- “Chapter 11 Plans of Reorganization and Equipment Leases,” LJN’s Equipment Leasing Newsletter, January 2016.
- “When a Lessee Files for Bankruptcy,” LJN’s Equipment Leasing Newsletter, November 2016.
- “Using a True Lease or TRAC Lease, Potential Complications In Bankruptcy,” LJN’s Equipment Leasing Newsletter, June 2017.
- “The Art of Filing a Proof of Claim in a Bankruptcy Case,” LJN’s Equipment Leasing Newsletter, October 2017.
- “Discovery Strategies for a Creditor in a Bankruptcy Case,” LJN’s Equipment Leasing Newsletter, November 2017.
- “Protecting the Secured Lender,” LJN’s The Bankruptcy Strategist, September 2018.
- “Secured Creditors Beware of your Descriptions, Nomenclature and Terminations” LJN’s The Bankruptcy Strategist, December 2018.
Industry Groups:
- Equipment Leasing
- Financing
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