Jennifer McLain McLemore advises commercial creditors, business creditors, banks and credit unions in bankruptcy and bankruptcy litigation matters. She frequently represents clients in matters involving debtor-in-possession financing arrangements, asset identification and recovery. She also represents clients in bankruptcy litigation situations involving avoidance actions, claim objection disputes and discharge/dischargeability claims.
Jennifer McLain McLemore advises commercial creditors, business creditors, banks and credit unions in bankruptcy and bankruptcy litigation matters. She frequently represents clients in matters involving debtor-in-possession financing arrangements and asset identification and recovery matters. She also represents clients in bankruptcy litigation situations involving avoidance actions, claim objection disputes and discharge/dischargeability claims.
Jennifer has handled bankruptcy cases for numerous clients, including business owners, corporate entities and contract counterparties; commercial and retail landlords; banks and other lenders; Official Committees of Unsecured Creditors; Chapter 7 trustees; Chapter 11 trustees; and debtors.
Jennifer is listed in The Best Lawyers in America© for Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law (2013-present). She is listed in Virginia Super Lawyers for Bankruptcy Law (2014-present) and has been named among Virginia’s “Legal Elite” by Virginia Business for Bankruptcy/Creditors’ Rights (2011-2017, 2019-present).
Jennifer is a past chair of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC). She founded IWIRC’s Virginia network in 2006, and, in 2012, she received the IWIRC’s Melnik Award, which is awarded to a member who has made an exceptional contribution to IWIRC, either through efforts over the past year or for the culmination of efforts over a period of years
She currently serves on the board of the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) and as co-chair of the ABI’s Southeastern Bankruptcy Workshop Advisory Board. She was a member of Leadership Metro Richmond’s Class of 2016 and is a sustainer for the Junior League of Richmond.
Jennifer earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Richmond School of Law, where she served as an associate editor for the University of Richmond Law Review. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude and with university honors, from Miami University.
Business Creditors (Corporate entities/contract counterparties)
- Analysis, negotiation and objections to debtor-in-possession financing arrangements.
- Asset identification and recovery.
- Assist in the purchase of assets out of a bankruptcy proceeding.
- Litigation of avoidance actions.
- Litigation of claim objection disputes.
- Litigation of discharge/dischargeability claims.
- Mediations.
- Plan and disclosure statement analysis, negotiation and litigation.
- Prosecution of motions for relief from stay.
- Rejection, assumption and cure litigation for executory contract counterparties.
Landlords (in commercial, retail and coal and reorganizations)
- Claim negotiation and settlement.
- Cure claim analysis and negotiation.
- Litigation of stub rent issues.
- Negotiation of auction and sale procedures.
- Negotiation of "going out of business" sale rules and requirements.
- Negotiation of lending facilities.
- Preparation of proofs of claim (general unsecured, §503(b)(9), administrative and rejection damages claims).
- Rejection claim analysis and litigation.
Banks and Other Lenders
- Analysis of exemptions.
- Analysis of financial records (bank records, balance sheets, tax documents and accounts receivable).
- Analysis of land records and title documents.
- Collateral sales.
- Litigation of discharge/dischargeability actions.
- Litigation of motions for relief from stay/adequate protection.
- Plan and disclosure statement analysis, negotiation and litigation.
- Prebankruptcy accounts receivable collections and other collection efforts.
Official Committees of Unsecured Creditors
- Case administration matters.
- Litigation of all aspects of bankruptcy matters.
- Negotiation of financing.
- Plan analysis and negotiation.
- Related motions practice.
Chapter 7 Trustee
- Asset analysis.
- Asset recovery and related litigation.
- Litigation, negotiation and settlement of claims.
Chapter 11 Trustee
- Analysis of financial records.
- Asset analysis.
- Claim administration and analysis.
- Claim distribution administration.
- Claim litigation and negotiation.
- Investigation.
Debtors
- Consolidate and liquidate law firm assets.
- Reorganization of medical practice assets.
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01.28.2021
Temporary Bankruptcy Amendments Affecting Commercial Landlords Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021
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12.01.2020
61 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite for 2020
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11.02.2020
COVID-19 Comeback Plan: Identifying IP Opportunities in Today’s Economy
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08.20.2020
116 Williams Mullen Attorneys Listed in 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©; Most Total Lawyers in Virginia
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05.07.2020
35 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to 2020 Virginia Super Lawyers List; 13 Named 2020 Rising Stars
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12.04.2019
55 Williams Mullen Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite for 2019
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09.05.2019
Enforceability of Cross-Default Clauses in Bankruptcy
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08.15.2019
119 Williams Mullen Attorneys Listed in 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©
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04.29.2019
Jennifer McLemore Elected to the Board of the American Bankruptcy Institute
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04.16.2019
Williams Mullen Bolsters Bankruptcy Practice With 4 Attorneys
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11.20.2020
CLE Institute 2020
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11.05.2020
CLE Institute - What’s Keeping You Up at Night? Business Risks of COVID-19
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10.20.2020
Everything Must Go: Retail Cases in 2020
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06.05.2020
Mitigating Problem Loan Risk in the COVID-19 Era
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05.25.2019
McLemore appears in Season 5 of "Eye on Bankruptcy"
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03.05.2019
Chapter 11 Hot Topics
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02.22.2019
Recent Developments in Consumer and Commercial Bankruptcy Cases
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10.03.2018
Balancing the Scales
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10.15.2017
Essentials of Bankruptcy Law in Virginia
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10.10.2017
D&O Fiduciary Duties for Financially Troubled Companies: What to Do and What Not to Do
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09.01.2016
Recent Developments in the Law
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10.05.2015
Does It Pay to Be a Bankruptcy Lawyer Anymore: Baker Botts, L.L.P. v. ASARCO, L.L.C.,
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04.17.2015
Preference Action Mock Hearing
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04.01.2014
Issues and Strategies in Health Care/Continuing Care Retirement Community Bankruptcy Cases
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06.01.2013
How to Effectively Take and Defend a 2004 Exam
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10.01.2012
Bankruptcy Law for the Domestic Relations Attorney
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01.01.2012
The Business Chapter 13 and Consumer Chapter 11 – Complex Issues in Bankruptcy: From the Supreme Court to the Practice Court seminar