Ava Schoen Gives 9th Circuit Case Update at NW Bankruptcy Institute

Tonkon Torp partner Ava Schoen was a panelist at the 38th Annual NW Bankruptcy Institute, co-sponsored by the Oregon State Bar Debtor-Creditor Section and the Washington State Bar Association Creditor Debtor Rights Section. Ava joined Seattle attorney Dominique Scalia and the Honorable Whitman Holt from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Washington, for a discussion on recent 9th Circuit bankruptcy case law.

Ava Schoen is a partner at Tonkon Torp where she serves as Co-Chair of the firm’s Bankruptcy & Reorganization Practice Group. Her practice is focused on Chapter 11 corporate reorganizations, out-of-court workouts, state-court receiverships, and debtor-creditor law. She is experienced representing Chapter 11 debtors-in-possession, as well as creditors, and has worked on some of the largest chapter 11 cases in the Pacific Northwest.