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

Deirdre M. Richards