Audrey regularly represents financial institutions, commercial landlords, trade suppliers and vendors, secured and unsecured creditors, and other parties in interest to assess and resolve issues faced in bankruptcy cases. Both large lenders and small businesses have engaged her to help navigate the path to protect their collateral during a debtor’s bankruptcy, including filing a proof of claim, lifting the automatic stay, negotiating the treatment of lease agreements, and negotiating the use of cash collateral. She has also represented clients in multiple national bankruptcy sales and understands the process of selling distressed assets. Additionally, she defends creditors in adversary proceedings including fraudulent transfer and voidable preference litigation. While representing a national energy company, she assisted in the negotiation of settling a preference action for .15% of the alleged damages.
Lenders and energy companies also trust Audrey in assessing their rights and remedies in a secured transaction. In the energy sector, she regularly assists contractors and subcontractors in establishing and enforcing mineral liens. She uses her experience in bankruptcy to counsel clients on implementing liens against a party that is in or considering a bankruptcy filing. In the financial sector, she has experience advising lenders on their security interests by analyzing UCC-1 financing statements to determine the validity and priority. In the past, she has increased her client’s priority to collateral by avoiding several previously filed UCC-1 financing statements for failure to comply with the Uniform Commercial Code.
Prior to joining Clark Hill, Audrey served as a judicial law clerk for Chief Judge Ronald B. King of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Western District of Texas. She utilizes her clerkship experience to provide a unique and valuable perspective of her clients’ issues.
