Stephanie Wickouski

Stephanie Wickouski is an American bankruptcy lawyer. A partner with the New York City office of Locke Lord LLP, she has practiced bankruptcy law for more than 35 years, litigating complex reorganization cases throughout the country and serving as lead bankruptcy counsel in multiple high-profile cases, including Avianca, China Fishery Group, Black Elk Energy, Sanchez Energy, VIvus, La Paloma Energy, Energy Future, iHeartmedia, Windstream, Seadrill, Caesars Entertainment, United Airlines, Northwest Airlines, General Maritime, General Motors, Hayes Lemmerz, ION Media, Escada, Bally Total Fitness, Dex Media, New Page, Independence Air, Loral Orion, USGen New England, Tower Automotive, WHX Corp., Armstrong World Industries, and Friendly Restaurants.

Named in New York Super Lawyers and The Best Lawyers in America year after year, she is a well-known presence in the national bankruptcy community. She has been named as one of the 12 Outstanding Restructuring Lawyers in the U.S. by Turnarounds & Workouts. She is the author of two other books, Bankruptcy Crimes (3rd Ed.) (Beard Books), the leading authoritative treatise on bankruptcy crime, and Indenture Trustee Bankruptcy Powers & Duties (Beard Books 2015), a practical guide for the distressed debt industry, as well as the Corporate Restructuring Blog. (http://blogs.bankrupt.com/).