Honors & Awards

Lawdragon Names Brandy Rapp A Leading Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyer

Date: July 15, 2024

Lawdragon has recognized  Brand M. Rapp, a Roanoke-based Partner with Whiteford, as a 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyer. Lawdragon's program recognizes traditional bankruptcy lawyers, specialists in leveraged finance and restructuring, and litigators well-versed in financial litigation and distress.

Ms. Rapp has significant experience representing clients in bankruptcy cases, complex business litigation and business transactions.   She has a diverse practice representing debtors, official committees of unsecured creditors, secured lenders, lessors, trustees and unsecured creditors in numerous Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases.  Ms. Rapp has substantial experience in the mining, health care and construction industries.  Her experience extends to debtor-in-possession financing, sale of assets, adequate protection payments, administering liquidation trusts, use of cash collateral, lien validity and priority litigation, avoidance action litigation, and litigation involving the debtor's assumption and/or rejection of leases and other executory contracts. Additionally, she has represented the receiver in several receiverships prosecuted by the Securities Exchange Commission and the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission.
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About Whiteford: Whiteford provides a comprehensive range of business law and litigation services to clients ranging from innovative start-ups to middle market companies to Fortune 100 enterprises. With a growing Mid-Atlantic footprint that includes offices in Delaware, D.C., Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia, Whiteford serves clients regionally, nationally and internationally.