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Sarah B. Boehm Counsel

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Sarah’s practice focuses on representing corporate debtors, secured creditors, lenders, and unsecured creditors in a variety of business Chapter 11 cases. She has had significant involvement in most of the large Chapter 11 cases filed in the Eastern District of Virginia. Sarah also has experience representing a variety of creditors in matters involving Chapter 5 causes of action, automatic stay and discharge injunction violations, and bankruptcy-related Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Fair Credit Reporting Act matters. Sarah also enjoys guest lecturing at the University of Richmond School of Law and the American University Washington College of Law.

Prior to joining McGuireWoods LLP, Sarah worked as a law clerk for the Honorable Douglas O. Tice, Jr., Chief Judge, and the Honorable Blackwell N. Shelley, both from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Experience

  • Represent Buckingham Senior Living Community as Chapter 11 debtor (S.D. Tex.)
  • Represent Ad Hoc Group of Secured Lenders in Nordic Aviation Capital Designated Activity Company
  • Represent first lien agent in Flexible Funding Ltd. Liability Co. (N.D. Tex.)
  • Represent Fifth Third Bank in Paper Source
  • Represent Ad Hoc Crossover Noteholder Group in Alpha Media
  • Represent Ad Hoc Group of Secured Noteholders in Guitar Center
  • Represent Non-RSA Term Lender Group in Ascena Retail Group
  • Represent Administrative Agent for Prepetition ABL Secured Parties in Chinos Holdings (JCrew)
  • Represent Carlyle Global Credit Investment Management LLC in Le Tote
  • Represent co-chair of unsecured creditors committee in Intelsat
  • Represent secured lender in LeClairRyan
  • Represent DIP Lenders in Toys “R” Us
  • Represent DIP Lenders in Gymboree
  • Represent Premier Exhibitions, Inc. and RMS Titanic, Inc. as special litigation counsel for debtors (M.D. Fla.)
  • Represent DIP Lenders in Penn Virginia Corporation
  • Represent DIP Lenders in Alpha Natural Resources
  • Represent DIP Lenders in Patriot Coal II
  • Represent unsecured creditors committee in Xinergy Ltd. (W.D. Va.)
  • Represent AMF Bowling Worldwide, Inc. as Chapter 11 debtor
  • Represent Circuit City Stores, Inc. as Chapter 11 debtor
  • Represent US Airways Group, Inc. as Chapter 11 debtor (2002 and 2004 cases)
  • Represent Workflow Management, Inc. as Chapter 11 debtor
  • Represent Ennstone Inc. as Chapter 11 debtor
  • Represent A. Wimpfheimer & Bro., Inc. as Chapter 11 debtor
  • Represent Brill Media Company, LLC as Chapter 11 debtor
  • Represent Motient Corporation as Chapter 11 debtor
  • Represent secured lender in Movie Gallery, Inc.
  • Represent unsecured creditors committee in Rowe Furniture, Inc.
  • Represent chairperson of unsecured creditors committee in FLYi, Inc. (Del.)
  • Represent unsecured creditors committee in NTELOS, Inc.
  • Represent independent directors in breach of fiduciary duty and fraudulent transfer litigation in Orion Healthcorp, Inc. (E.D.N.Y.)
  • Represent purchaser and secured creditor in aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty and fraudulent transfer litigation in Delta Career Education Corp.
  • Represent Freddie Mac in HOA lien foreclosure litigation in Nevada
  • National bankruptcy counsel for Sprint, including sale transaction and resulting litigation in RadioShack (Del.)
  • National bankruptcy counsel for leading financial institution regarding mortgage, servicing and loss mitigation matters

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