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Jackson Walker
Veronica A. Polnick

Veronica A. Polnick

Associate, Houston
713.752.4416
vpolnick@jw.com
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Practice Experience Recognition & Accolades Community Involvement Client Results

Practice Areas

  • Bankruptcy, Restructuring, & Recovery
  • Trial & Appellate Litigation

Experience

  • Bankruptcy Trustee Representation
  • Committee Representation
  • Debtor Representation
  • Distressed Asset Buyers & Sellers Representation
  • Energy Workouts & Reorganizations
  • Healthcare Workouts & Reorganizations
  • Landlord & Contract Counter Parties Representation
  • Real Estate Workouts & Reorganizations
  • Secured Creditor Representation
  • Unsecured Creditor Representation

Biography

Veronica Polnick is an attorney in the bankruptcy and restructuring practice group of Jackson Walker’s Houston office. She has extensive experience representing consumers and businesses in bankruptcy including representation in heavily contested matters.

Veronica also has experience litigating claims for discharge injunction violations, automatic stay violations, dischargeability actions, and other various consumer claims in bankruptcy court. Veronica has counseled both individuals and businesses regarding bankruptcy and restructuring.

Prior to joining Jackson Walker, Veronica served as a briefing attorney to Chief Bankruptcy Judge David R. Jones of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Before working for Chief Judge Jones, she owned her own bankruptcy law firm in Houston, TX. Veronica is Board Certified in Consumer Bankruptcy Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Education

B.S., San Diego State University
J.D., cum laude, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Bar Admissions

Texas, 2011

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas

Board Certifications

Consumer Bankruptcy Law

Practice Experience Recognition & Accolades Community Involvement Client Results
  • Represented Belk, Inc. in obtaining approval of a prepackaged reorganization plan within 24 hours of filing its Chapter 11 cases, setting a national record for the fastest-ever prepackaged case from filing to emergence. As a result of the restructuring, the retailer eliminated $450 million of debt, received $225 million of new capital for growth initiatives, and was able to maintain all 291 of its store locations across 16 states.
  • Represented Technicolor S.A. in filing a Chapter 15 petition in the Southern District of Texas to help reduce $1.58 billion of debt resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chapter 15 bankruptcy was named a finalist for the restructuring deal of the year at the 2021 IFLR Europe Awards.
  • Represents debtor LaForta – Gestão e Investimentos, Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda, a private limited liability company that owns La Muralla IV, a sixth-generation, ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig. Through its chapter 11 case, LaForta intends to address operational issues and sell or equitize La Muralla to satisfy LaForta’s guaranty of nearly $950 million of secured bonds.
  • Representing 4e Brands Northamerica LLC, in its chapter 11 case to address products liability claims and an FDA recall arising from distribution of faulty hand sanitizer and related products and to wind up the business.
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Woodward/White Inc.), Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2021-2022
  • Texas Rising Star, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2018-2022
  • Houston Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section, Immediate Past Chair and Board Member
  • Houston Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Member
  • Houston Association of Young Bankruptcy Lawyers, Board Member
  • International Womens’ Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation, Member
  • Texas Bar College, Member
Jackson Walker Represents Technicolor S.A. in Chapter 15 Proceedings

April 22, 2021

Jackson Walker Represents Belk in Fastest-Ever Chapter 11 Emergence

March 1, 2021

Practice Experience

  • Represented Belk, Inc. in obtaining approval of a prepackaged reorganization plan within 24 hours of filing its Chapter 11 cases, setting a national record for the fastest-ever prepackaged case from filing to emergence. As a result of the restructuring, the retailer eliminated $450 million of debt, received $225 million of new capital for growth initiatives, and was able to maintain all 291 of its store locations across 16 states.
  • Represented Technicolor S.A. in filing a Chapter 15 petition in the Southern District of Texas to help reduce $1.58 billion of debt resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chapter 15 bankruptcy was named a finalist for the restructuring deal of the year at the 2021 IFLR Europe Awards.
  • Represents debtor LaForta – Gestão e Investimentos, Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda, a private limited liability company that owns La Muralla IV, a sixth-generation, ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig. Through its chapter 11 case, LaForta intends to address operational issues and sell or equitize La Muralla to satisfy LaForta’s guaranty of nearly $950 million of secured bonds.
  • Representing 4e Brands Northamerica LLC, in its chapter 11 case to address products liability claims and an FDA recall arising from distribution of faulty hand sanitizer and related products and to wind up the business.

Recognition & Accolades

  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Woodward/White Inc.), Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2021-2022
  • Texas Rising Star, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2018-2022

Community Involvement

  • Houston Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section, Immediate Past Chair and Board Member
  • Houston Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Member
  • Houston Association of Young Bankruptcy Lawyers, Board Member
  • International Womens’ Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation, Member
  • Texas Bar College, Member

Practice Areas

  • Bankruptcy, Restructuring, & Recovery
  • Trial & Appellate Litigation

Experience

  • Bankruptcy Trustee Representation
  • Committee Representation
  • Debtor Representation
  • Distressed Asset Buyers & Sellers Representation
  • Energy Workouts & Reorganizations
  • Healthcare Workouts & Reorganizations
  • Landlord & Contract Counter Parties Representation
  • Real Estate Workouts & Reorganizations
  • Secured Creditor Representation
  • Unsecured Creditor Representation

News

  • JW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – April 2022
  • Jackson Walker Congratulates Its 2022 Texas Rising Stars
  • JW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – October 2021
  • ‘The Best Lawyers in America’ Honors 178 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2022 Edition, Including 8 “Lawyers of the Year” and 31 “Ones to Watch”
  • Jackson Walker Represents Technicolor S.A. in Chapter 15 Proceedings
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