Nancy Isaacson, a partner in the firm’s Litigation Department and Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring Practice Group, has been named to the 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers list, a collection of leading advisors in the areas of financing, structuring, litigating and creating a pathway forward for distressed businesses. In 2020, Ms. Isaacson was named to the publication’s inaugural list of bankruptcy & restructuring attorneys.

The Lawdragon’s editorial team selects the lawyers for the list through peer nomination submissions, independent journalistic research and an editorial vetting process. Those included are traditional bankruptcy lawyers, specialists in leveraged finance and restructuring, and litigators well-versed in financial litigation and distress. The guide is 38 percent female and 18 percent inclusive.  

Ms. Isaacson focuses her practice in bankruptcy and insolvency, with an emphasis on trustee and creditor rights law. She serves as a Chapter 7 trustee for debtors in federal bankruptcy proceedings and has represented appellants in cases before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. She has achieved a national profile in her area of practice through her involvement in a number of large bankruptcy matters representing tort claimants and landlords. She is an approved mediator for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey.

Additional information related to the methodology used to select lawyers for inclusion on Lawdragon practice area lists is available on the Lawdragon website.