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Valerie K. Richmond is a member of the Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights practice group at Taylor English Duma LLP. Ms. Richmond’s practice includes representing national and regional banks, and other financial institutions inside and outside of Bankruptcy Court, as well as Creditors’ Committees and other non-debtor entities in a wide variety of bankruptcy matters. Ms. Richmond’s work routinely includes preference and fraudulent transfer avoidance actions, turnover actions and other bankruptcy disputes and litigation.
Prior to joining Taylor English, Ms. Richmond worked in the New York office of Cadwalader Wickersham and Taft LLP and the Chicago office of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP. During this time, Ms. Richmond represented creditors, bondholders and debtors in Chapter 11 proceedings and restructurings. Her representations included special counsel to Enron Corp. and its affiliated debtors in their Chapter 11 cases for issues relating to forward contracts, swaps and other trading contracts and counsel to the official committee of unsecured creditors for the Mirant Corp. Chapter 11 cases.
Ms. Richmond is also an active member of the Atlanta pro bono legal community. Also prior to joining Taylor English, Ms. Richmond worked for the Cobb County, Georgia branch of Atlanta Legal Aid Society where she advised low-income families and individuals in a variety of bankruptcy, housing, income support, family law and civil matters and appeared regularly in state and federal court on their behalf. During this time, she helped in the operation and direction of Cobb Justice Foundation, a program that refers civil matters of low-income Cobb County residents to attorneys for pro bono representation. Ms. Richmond currently serves as the membership chairperson of the Cobb Justice Foundation.