
Vienna Flores Anaya
Practice Areas
Experience
- Bankruptcy Trustee 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 and Ad Hoc Creditor Committee Representation
- Unsecured Creditor Representation
Biography
Vienna is an attorney in the bankruptcy, restructuring, and recovery practice group of Jackson Walkerâs Dallas office. Vienna serves as an advisor to debtors, creditorsâ committees, bankruptcy trustees, financial institutions, and other unsecured creditors in all aspects of bankruptcy cases. She has served as counsel to clients throughout a variety of industries, including healthcare, retail, hospitality, and oil and gas.
Viennaâs experience includes advising clients in corporate reorganizations, out-of-court restructurings, and in general bankruptcy litigation matters. Vienna has significant experience in post-confirmation administration, including representing liquidating trustees and reorganized debtors through the claims administration process and complex litigation related thereto. She routinely advises and counsels both debtor and non-debtor contract counterparties and landlords with respect to bankruptcy issues, including assumption and assignment of leases and contracts and claims related to lease rejection damages. Vienna has successfully prosecuted and defended numerous fraudulent transfer and preference actions.
Vienna earned her Juris Doctorate from Southern Methodist Universityâs Dedman School of Law, where she held office as the president of both the Student Bar Association and the Hispanic Law Student Association. She was also a reporter for The Law and Business Review of the Americas. She holds a Bachelors of Business Administration in Accounting from Texas A&M University and is fluent in Spanish.
Additional Languages
Spanish
Education
B.B.A., Texas A&M University
J.D., cum laude, SMU Dedman School of Law
Bar Admissions
Texas
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Woodward/White Inc.)
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2025-2026
- Litigation – Bankruptcy, 2025-2026
- Texas Rising Star, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2021-2024
- âBest Lawyers Under 40,â D Magazine, 2023-2025
- “Best Lawyers in Dallas,” D Magazine, 2021, 2024, 2025
- “Texas Bankruptcy Court â Applying Oklahoma Law â Concludes That Gathering Agreements Created Covenants Running With the Land and Cannot be Rejected by the Alta Mesa Resources Debtors,” Jackson Walker Insights (December 2019)
- “Major Decision in Energy-Related Bankruptcies: Colorado Court in Monarch Midstream Case Departs from Sabine Oil and Finds Gathering Agreement Established a Covenant Running with the Land,” Jackson Walker Insights (October 2019)
- âOverdraft Policies Require More Than Compliance with Regulation E,â Journal of Consumer and Commercial Law 21, no.2 (Winter 2018)
- The Hon. John C. Ford American Inn of Court, Associate
- Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
- Dallas Bar Association, Bankruptcy Law Section

August 21, 2025
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âThe Best Lawyers in Americaâ Features 350 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2026 Edition, Including 10 âLawyers of the Yearâ and 106 âOnes to Watchâ
The Best Lawyers in America, a widely regarded guide to legal excellence, has recognized 350 Jackson Walker attorneys across 87 specialty practice areas in its 2026 edition, including 10 Lawyers of the Year and 106 Ones to Watch.

May 30, 2025
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April 25, 2025
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Jackson Walker Congratulates 21 Attorneys Named Among 2025 “Best Lawyers in Dallas”
Jackson Walker congratulates the 21 attorneys recognized among D Magazineâs list of the âBest Lawyers in Dallasâ for 2025. For recognition in the list, Dallas attorneys must be nominated by their peers on the basis that they offer unmatched counsel in one of 40 categories.

February 7, 2025
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Jackson Walker Announces Election of 12 Attorneys to Partnership
Jackson Walker is proud to announce the election of 12 outstanding attorneys to the firmâs partnership.

January 6, 2025
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D Magazine Lists Five Jackson Walker Attorneys Among “Best Lawyers Under 40” for 2025
Jackson Walker congratulates Dallas attorneys Erik Allison, Vienna Flores Anaya, Lamar Dowling, David Schlottman, and Ashley P. Withers on their inclusion in D Magazineâs 2025 âBest Lawyers Under 40â list recognizing outstanding young attorneys in the North Texas area.

December 16, 2024
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August 23, 2024
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August 15, 2024
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‘The Best Lawyers in America’ Features 306 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2025 Edition, Including 9 “Lawyers of the Year” and 75 “Ones to Watch”
The Best Lawyers in America has recognized 306 Jackson Walker attorneys across 81 specialty practice areas in its 2025 edition, including 9 Lawyers of the Year and 75 Ones to Watch. In this yearâs guide, Jackson Walker saw the largest number of attorneys in the areas of Commercial Litigation (75 attorneys) and Real Estate Law (55 attorneys) and the addition of 27 attorneys as Best Lawyers.

April 19, 2024
Attorney News
Jackson Walker Congratulates 23 Attorneys Named Among 2024 “Best Lawyers in Dallas” List
Jackson Walker congratulates the 23 attorneys recognized among D Magazineâs list of the âBest Lawyers in Dallasâ for 2024. For recognition in the list, Dallas attorneys must be nominated by their peers on the basis that they offer unmatched counsel in one of 40 categories.

April 15, 2024
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Recognition & Accolades
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Woodward/White Inc.)
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2025-2026
- Litigation – Bankruptcy, 2025-2026
- Texas Rising Star, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2021-2024
- âBest Lawyers Under 40,â D Magazine, 2023-2025
- “Best Lawyers in Dallas,” D Magazine, 2021, 2024, 2025
Publications & Speeches
- “Texas Bankruptcy Court â Applying Oklahoma Law â Concludes That Gathering Agreements Created Covenants Running With the Land and Cannot be Rejected by the Alta Mesa Resources Debtors,” Jackson Walker Insights (December 2019)
- “Major Decision in Energy-Related Bankruptcies: Colorado Court in Monarch Midstream Case Departs from Sabine Oil and Finds Gathering Agreement Established a Covenant Running with the Land,” Jackson Walker Insights (October 2019)
- âOverdraft Policies Require More Than Compliance with Regulation E,â Journal of Consumer and Commercial Law 21, no.2 (Winter 2018)
Community Involvement
- The Hon. John C. Ford American Inn of Court, Associate
- Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
- Dallas Bar Association, Bankruptcy Law Section
Practice Areas
Experience
- Bankruptcy Trustee 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 and Ad Hoc Creditor Committee Representation
- Unsecured Creditor Representation