Kathleen M. LaManna
Partner
Katie LaManna has extensive experience protecting and enforcing the rights of her creditor and corporate trust clients in defaults, commercial litigation and bankruptcy matters. She is a former chair of Shipman's Corporate Trust Practice and former co-chair of the firm’s Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights Practice Group. She is primarily focused on commercial defaults, including extensive experience in bankruptcy courts across the country, as well as in state, federal and appellate courts.
Katie has been actively involved on behalf of her clients in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of all sizes, both reorganizations and liquidations, including cases in Delaware, New York, Texas, Delaware, new Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, Louisiana, and many other states, as well as international restructuring proceedings in Canada. Katie has represented creditor-side secured and unsecured clients in bankruptcies related to an array of industries, including cryptocurrency, genetic testing, energy, major telecommunications, bank holding company, ecommerce, retail, health care, entertainment and airline bankruptcies. She has represented her clients on numerous creditors' committees and has been actively involved in all stages of the Chapter 11 process, including the successful enforcement of claims and negotiation of plans of reorganization and liquidation through confirmation, as well as Debtor in Possession financing, exit financing and asset sales pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code.
Credentials
Education
- University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., 1995
- Boston College, B.A., 1992, cum laude
Bar Admissions
- Connecticut, 1995
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of NY, 2000
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of NY, 2000
- U.S. District Court, District of CT, 1996
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2005
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of NY
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2011
Distinctions
- AV Preeminent® Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
- Listed as a Connecticut Super Lawyer® (2014-2023); Business Litigation (2023)
- Selected as one of the "500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyers" (Lawdragon) (2020-present)
- Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America, The Trial Lawyer Honorary Society (2015-present)
- Listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers
- Formerly Named Among 40 Under Forty, Hartford Business Journal
- Former Commissioner, Connecticut Superior Court Small Claims Division
- Associate Editor, University of Connecticut Insurance Law Review (1994-1995)
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association: Litigation Section; Business Litigation Section; Commercial Litigation Section
- Connecticut Bar Association
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- Hartford Association of Women Attorneys
- International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation
- Turnaround Management Association
Community Involvement
- Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America, Connecticut Chapter: Board Member and former President
- The Cove Center for Grieving Children: Board of Directors (2004-2009); Advisory Board (2010-present)
- Leadership Greater Hartford: Quest Class