Solving Difficult Problems with Creative Solutions
Jessica is a member of the firm’s Banking, Receivership, and Creditors’ Rights Practice Group. She represents court-appointed receivers, secured and unsecured creditors, financial institutions, buyers, landlords, and businesses in state and federal court, including Chapter 128 receiverships. Jessica also represents lenders and borrowers in workouts, forbearance agreements, and commercial loan transactions.
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. Prior to joining the firm, she was a judicial law clerk to the Honorable G. Michael Halfenger, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Jessica Assists Clients With
- State and federal court receiverships, including Chapter 128 receiverships
- Bankruptcy and adversary proceedings
- Post-judgment collection matters
- Preference and fraudulent conveyance actions
- Purchasing and selling assets of distressed businesses
- Workouts and forbearance agreements
- 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 & 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 Wisconsin Super Lawyers Rising Stars, Law & Politics and Milwaukee Magazine, 2022–present
- 2023-24 State Bar of Wisconsin G. Lane Ware Leadership Academy Participant
- 2022 State Bar of Wisconsin Leadership Summit Participant
- 2020 Wisconsin Pro Bono Honor Society Member
- Note & 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, “Things Fall Apart: Conversion and Reopening,” Annual Debtor-Creditor Bankruptcy Update 2023, November 2023
- Co-Presenter, “Constitutional Issues in Chapter 128 Receiverships,” Annual Constitutional Law Symposium 2023, December 2023
- Co-Presenter, “Secured Debt in Commercial Cases–Interest Rates, Values, Cram Down,” 2023 BICR Section Educational/Social Retreat, February 2023
- Presenter, “Ponzi Schemes & Fraudulent Transfer Litigation: Where Winners Become Losers,” O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C., March 2022
- Co-Presenter, “Distressed Asset Sales in Chapter 128 Receiverships,” O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C., November 2020
- Co-Presenter, “Federal Tax Liens,” O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C., February 2020
- Co-Presenter, “Vendors’ Rights in Bankruptcy,” O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C., December 2019
- Co-Presenter, “Considerations Involving Involuntary Bankruptcy,” O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C., October 2019
Community Involvement
- City of Milwaukee Chief Election Inspector
- State Bar of Wisconsin Continuing Legal Education Committee Member
