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Veronica A. Polnick

Veronica A. Polnick

Associate, Houston
713.752.4416
vpolnick@jw.com
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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

Recognition & Accolades Community Involvement Client Results
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Woodward/White Inc.)
    • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2021
  • “Texas Rising Star,” Super Lawyers – Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters, 2018-2021
  • 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 Belk in Fastest-Ever Chapter 11 Emergence

March 1, 2021

Recognition & Accolades

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

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

  • Jackson Walker Congratulates Its 2021 Texas Rising Stars
  • Jackson Walker Represents Belk in Fastest-Ever Chapter 11 Emergence
  • ‘The Best Lawyers in America’ Honors 164 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2021 Edition, Including 9 “Lawyers of the Year” and 25 “Ones to Watch”
  • Using Prepackaged Plans to Speed Through Bankruptcy Courts
  • JW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – June 2020
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