Mary E. Seymour has a broad range of experience advising clients on bankruptcy and restructuring matters. Her practice involves all aspects of in-court and out-of-court restructuring of financially distressed businesses, including the representation of corporate debtors, official and unofficial creditors' committees, significant stakeholders, and third-party purchasers.
Mary recently represented Binder & Binder, the nation's largest Social Security and veterans' disability advocacy firm, and 23 related entities in their Chapter 11 cases. She has been involved in numerous other high-profile Chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings across a range of industries, including energy, communications, media, paper and printing, and transportation. Her current and recent clients include Binder & Binder (NY), Love Culture, Big M (parent company of Mandee's and Annie Sez), Roomstore, American Community Newspapers, and Ponderosa Pine Energy Partners.
Mary also represents creditors' committees in numerous Chapter 11 cases, with a focus on identifying and obtaining value for general unsecured creditors. Recent committee representations include Taylor-Wharton Industrial, Holsted Marketing, Blitz U.S.A., Hayes Lemmerz, Lear Automotive, Marcal Paper Mills, and Ronson.
Mary also served as special counsel to the Hoboken Municipal Hospital Authority (the only municipal hospital authority in the state of New Jersey), leading a team from Lowenstein Sandler in the successful sale of the authority's assets and the resolution of a potential $60 million bond default by the city of Hoboken.