Mickee Hennessy is a partner at Westerman, Ball, Ederer, Miller & Sharfstein in the Bankruptcy, Workout and Restructuring Department. Mickee’s experience includes representation of secured and unsecured creditors and debtors in chapters 7, 11 and 13 bankruptcy cases as well as commercial litigation on behalf of banking and financial institutions, health care companies, insurance companies and manufacturers in the fashion and textile industries.  Mickee has also served as counsel for a number of creditors’ committees.

Prior to joining WBEMS, Mickee was associated with a well known New York City law firm where she practiced insolvency/creditor’s rights and commercial litigation. She has represented a number of financial institutions in workout transactions and as creditors in bankruptcy cases, and has prosecuted and defended institutional and business entities in commercial litigations. She has represented clients in a number of high profile bankruptcy cases, including In re Levitz Furnishings, Inc. et al., In re Worldcom, In re Enron Corp. et al., In re Marvel Entertainment, In re TEU Holdings et al. (This End Up) and Just For Feet, Inc. et al. 

Mickee earned her law degree at Fordham University School of Law in 1995 where she was a member of the Dean’s List and an Editor of the Mentor Moot Court Program. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University of New York at Potsdam, Crane School of Music in 1990, where she studied violin. 

Mickee is Vice President/Legal Counsel for the Long Island Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association, a national not-for-profit association of professionals in the corporate restructuring industry.  She has served as Vice President of Marketing and Programming for the organization, and she has moderated a number of panels.  Mickee is a registered mediator for the United States Bankruptcy Courts in both the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.  She is admitted to practice in the State of New York, the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts for the Court of Appeals and the Second Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.

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