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Jennifer M. Meyerowitz

Associate


Jennifer Meyerowitz is a senior associate in the Bankruptcy, Reorganization and Workouts Group of Alston & Bird. She received her J.D. in 1999 from Emory University School of Law, where she was a semi-finalist in the RWA Oral Advocacy Competition, served as a Deans Fellow, was the director of Student Legal Services and was the executive notes & comments editor of the Bankruptcy Developments Journal. Ms. Meyerowitz received her B.A., with distinction, in political science and Judaic studies from the University of Michigan in 1995. She also spent a year studying at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is recognized as among Georgia's "Legal Elite."

Ms. Meyerowitz is on the board of directors of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) and is the chair of the Membership Services Committee. Ms. Meyerowitz is the past co-chair, member of board of directors and co-founder of the Georgia Network of the IWIRC. She is also on the board of directors of the Atlanta Bar Association and on the board of directors of the Bankruptcy Section and the Women In Profession Section of the Atlanta Bar Association. In addition, Ms. Meyerowitz serves on the Advisory Board to the Bankruptcy Developments Journal at Emory School of Law. Ms. Meyerowitz is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and the American Bankruptcy Institute.

Representative Experience

  • Counsel to publicly traded mortgage origination and servicing company in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case.
  • Counsel to one of the largest manufacturers of synthetic turf in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case.
  • Counsel for 400-store retail chain, which had over $80 million in debt and operations in ten states, handling sale issues, assumption and rejection of over 400 leases, hundreds of preference cases as well as over 3500 claims.
  • Counsel to a large, urban, non-profit hospital in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, addressing a number of novel issues involving the intersection of bankruptcy and health care law.
  • Counsel to national distributors in multi-million-dollar claims against, and settlements with, national retailers in their bankruptcy cases.
  • Counsel in multi-million dollar creditor collection cases.
  • Counsel to national distributor of meat and produce products, dealing with various issues including matters involving troubled customers and restaurant franchisees.


Publications
June 2006
“What Happens to the Seller of Contracts for the Sale of Goods,” 23 The Bankruptcy Strategist 8, June 2006.
2005
“Buyer Beware: An Analysis of True Sale Issues,” 1 Pratt's J. Bankr. L. 185, 2005.

Jennifer M. Meyerowitz

One Atlantic Center
1201 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30309-3424
Phone: 404-881-4791
Fax: 404-253-8749

Education

  • Emory University
    (J.D., 1999)
  • University of Michigan
    (B.A., 1995)

Admitted to Practice

  • Georgia