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Practice Areas
Experience
A partner in the firm's insolvency practice Tracy represents
clients in all aspects of their dealings with financially
troubled companies. She represents debtors, creditors'
committees, creditors and trustees in connection with
Chapter 11 reorganizations and liquidations, out-of-court
work outs, buying and selling assets, assignment for
the benefit of creditors, avoidance actions (fraudulent
conveyances, preferences, and equitable subordination)
and Chapter 7 liquidations. She also represents parties
in commercial disputes and secured transactions.
Admissions
- State Bar of California
- All United States District Courts in California
- United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- United States Supreme Court
Affiliations
- United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District
of California, Bench Bar Liaison Committee, 2005 -
2008
- Bankruptcy Dispute Resolution Panel
- California Women Lawyers
- Bankruptcy Forum of Northern California
- Alameda County Bar Association
- Mediation Section, Board of Directors 2008
- Alternative Dispute Resolution, Executive Committee
2006
- Commercial Law Section, Chair 2004
- Bar Association of San Francisco
Publications
Speaking / Teaching
- Alameda County Bar Association
- "The Distressed Company in Bankruptcy:
A Primer," presenter, Business section, May
22, 2008
- "The Applicability of California Anti-Deficiency
Laws in Bankruptcy Estates," presenter
- "Bankruptcy Issues for the Real Estate
Lawyer," presenter, Real Estate Section
- Bay Area Women's Insolvency Network
- "Gender Issues Affecting Professionals,"
chairperson and moderator, Second Annual Conference
- "Women in Law: Successful Women and Strategies
for Success," moderator and panelist, First
Annual Conference
- Continuing Education of the Bar
- Bankruptcy Seminar on Chapter 11 Reorganization,
consultant
Contra Costa County Bar Association
- "Bankruptcy Issues Impacting Real Estate
Transactions," presenter
- Creditor Association
- "How to Manage Outside Counsel," presenter
- "Personal Guarantees in Bankruptcy and
the Avoidance of Preferential Transfers in Bankruptcy,"
presenter
- Lorman Education Services
- "Bankruptcy in California and the New Amendments
to the Code," seminar chair and presenter,
May 5, 2005
- "Bankruptcy in California," seminar
chair and presenter, May 6, 2004, May 6, 2003
- "Bankruptcy Law and its Impact on Real
Estate Transactions," presenter
- "The New Article Nine: Protecting Security
Interests in Personal Property," seminar
chair and presenter
- "Introduction to Bankruptcy Law: A Creditor's
Guide to Bankruptcy," seminar chair and presenter
- National Business Institute
- "Nuts and Bolts of Bankruptcy Law,"
panelist, August 14, 2008
- University of San Francisco School of Law
- Introductory and Advanced Bankruptcy Law, adjunct
professor
- Western Regional Bankruptcy Conference
- "Introduction to Bankruptcy," presenter
Education
- University of San Francisco, School of Law; J.D.
(1984)
- University of California, Santa Cruz; B.A., Economics
(1979)
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Business approach: Both the organization and
liquidation process offer the debtor an important opportunity
for a new beginning, often at the expense of the creditors.
I make sure that my clients get the protection that
they need in that process.
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