Nora J. McGuffey
Associate
Nora McGuffey focuses primarily on bankruptcy litigation and financial restructuring matters. She represents and advises debtors, secured lenders, creditors, purchasers, and other interested parties in Chapter 11 bankruptcies, out-of-court workouts, and related adversary proceedings. Nora is an associate based in the firm鈥檚 Chicago office, where she is a member of the firm鈥檚 Bankruptcy & Business Reorganization Practice Group.
Prior to joining Foley, Nora served as a judicial law clerk for Judge Karen B. Owens at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware and for Chief Judge Karen K. Specie at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Florida.
Representative Experience
- Trinity Broadcasting Network and its subsidiary in successfully challenging the Chapter 11 filing by Merit Street Media (Case No. 25-80156, Bankr. N.D. Tex.), a startup media network backed by television psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw, and converting its case to Chapter 7.
- Higher Ground Education and its subsidiaries, as Debtors鈥 counsel through a successful Chapter 11 reorganization and confirmation (Case No. 25-80121, Bankr. N.D. Tex.).
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Oakland, as Debtor鈥檚 counsel in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy (Case No. 23-40523, Bankr. N.D. Cal.).
- Ideanomics and its affiliates, as Debtors鈥 counsel in their Chapter 11 bankruptcies, through successful 363 sale of its electric commercial vehicles and related intangible assets (Case No. 24-12728, Bankr. D. Del.).
- Heywood Healthcare and its affiliates, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit hospital system, as Debtors鈥 counsel through a successful health care Chapter 11 restructuring (Case No. 23-40817, Bankr. D. Mass.).
- Telephone USA, Inc., a telecommunications company, as Debtor鈥檚 counsel in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case through a consensual plan of liquidation, resulting a significant distribution to equity (Case No. 24-01686, Bankr. N.D. Ill.).
Presentations and Publications
- Author, 鈥淧raxair and the PTAB鈥檚 Shadow Over Biotechnology Patents,鈥澛U.C. Davis Business Law Journal听(2020)
- Author, 鈥淐onstitutional Challenges Arising from Increasing United States Trustee Quarterly Feeds Under 28 U.S.C. & 1930(a)(6)(B),鈥澛Newsletter of the Bankruptcy Section of the Federal Bar Association聽(Summer 2019)
Foley Recognized at 24th Annual M&A Advisor Awards
Foley Team Receives 鈥楲itigator of the Week鈥 Shout Out for Trial Victory in Bankruptcy Case
番茄社区; Lardner LLP partners Rajiv Dharnidharka,聽Steven Lockhart, Mark Moore, Holland O鈥橬eil, and Robert Slovak received a shout out in聽The Am Law Litigation Daily聽column, 鈥淟itigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs,鈥 for their trial victory on behalf of Trinity Broadcasting of Texas, Inc. in聽a challenge to the Chapter 11 filing by聽Merit Street Media, a startup media network backed by television psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw.聽
Foley Wins Non-Profit Turnaround of the Year Award for Heywood Healthcare Restructuring
番茄社区; Lardner LLP is proud to announce that the firm has won the 2025 Non-Profit Turnaround of the Year Award from the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) for its restructuring work on behalf of Heywood Healthcare Inc., the Massachusetts-based health care nonprofit.
Foley Advises Ideanomics in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Proceedings and 363 Sale
番茄社区; Lardner LLP is advising Ideanomics, Inc. and its subsidiaries in their jointly administered Chapter 11 Bankruptcy cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.聽
Foley Recognized at The M&A Advisor鈥檚 Turnaround Awards for Divestiture of the Year
番茄社区; Lardner LLP is proud to be named a winner at The M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards in the M&A Transaction Award category.