Vienna, Virginia Bankruptcy Lawyer :: Mona M. Murphy :: Business - Attorney Wickwire Gavin

• Advised trustee in Chapter 11 bankruptcy regarding secured creditor's claim for attorney's fees and expenses in excess of $1 million on issues relating to applicable law, scope of security interest, contract interpretation, and reasonableness of claimed fees.
• Represented publicly-traded industrial training company in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy and liquidating asset sale, and favorably resolved numerous claims by federal, state and local tax authorities and former employees.
• Represented U.S. Citizen and his Mexican investment in NAFTA Chapter 11 expropriation and discrimination claims before international arbitral tribunal against Government of Mexico. Won positive rulings on issues of first impression regarding NAFTA standing and jurisdiction, and a $2.2 million award to client based on Mexico's violation of its national treatment obligations under NAFTA.
• Represented multiple independent sales representatives as plaintiffs in two multi-million dollar breach of contract claims against U.S. and international manufacturers.
• Defended commercial real estate management company against $28 million suit involving breach of contract and wrongful termination claims.
• Defended commercial clients against claims of violation of state Trade Secret Acts and breach of non-solicitation and non-compete claims.
• Represented attorneys before state bars and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in various disciplinary proceedings.

Publications

"Before You Set Sail. Bankruptcy 101," presented at Surety Association of America Commercial Surety Seminar, Phoenix, AZ, June 2-3, 2005, co-author.

"The Basics of Chapter 7" and "Automatic Stay Procedures," Fundamentals of Bankruptcy, National Business Institute, April 2005, co-author.

"IRA Accounts-Supreme Court Says Exempt Under Federal Law But Decision May be of Fleeting Importance in Light of Pending Bankruptcy Reform," Cover Your Own Assets Newsletter, Wickwire Gavin, P.C., August 2005, co-author.

"What Do You Mean I Have to Give the Money Back? Preferences: A Bankruptcy Trustee's Power to Recover Pre-petition Payments to the Debtor's Creditors," Cover Your Own Assets Newsletter, Wickwire Gavin, P.C., April 2005, co-author.

"What Do You Mean I Have to Give the Money Back? Part Two. Creditor Defenses to Preference Claims by a Bankruptcy Trustee: the Ordinary Course of Business Defense," Cover Your Own Assets Newsletter, Wickwire Gavin, P.C., August 2005, co-author.

"Lien and Credit Issues in Bankruptcy" and "Bad Faith Bankruptcy -- Filing for All the Wrong Reasons," An Advanced Look at Virginia Real Estate Law, National Business Institute, October 2004, co-author.

Virginia State Bar Association

• Bankruptcy Law and Business Law Sections

District of Columbia Bar Association

• Corporation, Finance and Securities Law Section

Maryland State Bar

Northern Virginia Bankruptcy Bar Association

Bar Admissions

Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia

Court Admissions

US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
US District Courts for the District of Columbia, and the Eastern and Western
Districts of Virginia
US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Virginia Supreme Court
Maryland Court of Appeals
District of Columbia Court of Appeals

J.D., Suffolk University Law School

Ed.M., Boston University

B.A., Rosemont College