Solving Difficult Problems with Creative Solutions
Jessica is a member of the firm’s Banking, Receivership, and Creditors’ Rights Practice Group. She draws upon her experience clerking in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin to represent court-appointed receivers, secured and unsecured creditors, financial institutions, buyers, and corporations in state and federal court, including Chapter 128 receiverships. Jessica is the Chair of the Milwaukee Bar Association’s Bankruptcy Section and serves on the board of the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Creditors’ Rights Section.
Jessica Assists Clients With
- State and federal court receiverships, including Chapter 128 proceedings
- Complex bankruptcy proceedings
- Post-judgment collection matters
- Preference and fraudulent conveyance actions
- Purchasing and selling assets of distressed businesses
- Commercial eviction matters
- Commercial loan transactions
- Commercial litigation
- Appeals
Experience/Representative Client Work
- Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable G. Michael Halfenger, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2017–2018
Professional Associations and Affiliations
- Chair, Milwaukee Bar Association–Bankruptcy Section
- Board Member, State Bar of Wisconsin – Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Creditors’ Rights Section
- International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation-Wisconsin Network
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association
- American Bar Association
Court Admissions
- Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
Awards/Distinctions
- Selected for inclusion in 2022 and 2023 Wisconsin Super Lawyers Rising Stars, Law and Politics and Milwaukee Magazine
- 2022 State Bar of Wisconsin Leadership Summit Participant
- 2020 Wisconsin Pro Bono Honor Society Member
- Note and Comment Editor, Wisconsin Law Review
- University of Wisconsin Pro Bono Society Member
- Turnaround Management Association Chicago/Midwest Chapter Student Intern Competition – First Place
- University of Wisconsin Law School Best Brief Competition – Finalist
Articles/Presentations
- Co-Presenter, “Secured Debt in Commercial Cases–Interest Rates, Values, Cram Down,” 2023 BICR Section Educational/Social Retreat, February 2023
- Presenter, “Ponzi Schemes and Fraudulent Transfer Litigation: Where Winners Become Losers,” O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong and Laing S.C, March 2022
- Co-Presenter, “Distressed Asset Sales in Chapter 128 Receiverships,” O’Neil Cannon, November 2020
- Co-Presenter, “Federal Tax Liens,” O’Neil Cannon, February 2020
- Co-Presenter, “Vendors’ Rights in Bankruptcy,” O’Neil Cannon, December 2019
- Co-Presenter, “Considerations Involving Involuntary Bankruptcy,” O’Neil Cannon, October 2019
Community Involvement
- City of Milwaukee Chief Election Inspector
- State Bar of Wisconsin Continuing Legal Education Committee Member
