Kristin M. McDonough

Partner / Bankruptcy

Boston Office

617-880-3436

617-692-3436 fax

kmcdonough@riemerlaw.com

Kristin represents a Chapter 7 trustee in liquidation proceedings and debtors in Chapter 11 reorganization proceedings. She also works with secured and unsecured creditors in a variety of bankruptcy and insolvency contexts, including matters involving cash collateral, adequate protection, debtor-in-possession financing issues, and avoidance actions such as preferences and fraudulent conveyances.

Representative Transactions

• Represented Chapter 11 debtor-in-possession nationwide operator of car washes, quick lube centers, gas stations, and convenience stores with liabilities of $130 million in reorganization and in associated adversary proceedings and attendant litigation matters 
• Represented Chapter 11 debtor-in-possession chain of 150 convenience stores and gas stations in the northeast, with revenues of $175 million in selling its retail locations through Chapter 11, as well as in associated adversary proceedings and related litigation matters
• Represents court-appointed trustees as counsel in all types of estate administration matters, including adversary proceedings, contested matters, and negotiated settlements

Speaking Engagements

15th Annual Northeast Bankruptcy Conference – Consumer Forum, American Bankruptcy Institute, 2008: "BAPCPA Three Years Later: Through the Looking Glass – How Is It Down the Rabbit Hole?"

Awards and Honors

The Denis Maguire Pro Bono Award, 2005

Affiliations

American Bankruptcy Institute

American Bar Association

Boston Bar Association

Massachusetts Bar Association

Women's Bar Association

Admissions

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1997

U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1998

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2002

U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2005

Education

Suffolk University Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1997

University of Massachusetts, B.A., 1994