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Education
  • Syracuse University, J.D., cum laude, 1997 (Executive Editor, Syracuse Law Review, 1996-97)
  • Northwestern University, B.A., 1994
Bar & Court Admissions
  • Delaware, 2001
  • New Jersey, 1998
  • Pennsylvania, 1998
  • U.S. District Court, District of Delaware
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • Supreme Court of the United States
TEL: 302-651-2007
FAX: 302-574-2107
mquirk@coleschotz.com
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Legal Secretary: Rachel Deely
TEL: 302-652-3131, ext. 2502
rdeely@coleschotz.com

Marion Quirk represents public and privately held companies in out-of-court restructurings and traditional Chapter 11 cases. Her clients include debtors, creditors, lenders and acquirers in all stages of complex restructuring transactions.

Noteworthy

Ms. Quirk was law clerk to the Honorable Stephen D. Gerling, Chief Judge of the Northern District of New York.

Representative Matters

Ms. Quirk’s debtor representations in Chapter 11 proceedings include: BNA Subsidiaries, LLC (publisher of information and analysis products for professionals); Leslie Controls, Inc. (manufacturer of control valves); True Temper Sports, Inc. (golf manufacturer); Goody’s Family Clothing, Inc. (department store retailer); Birch Telecom, Inc. (telecommunications provider); Diamond Brands Operating Corp. (manufacturer of various consumer products); The IT Group, Inc. (construction services, remediation and facilities management provider); Safety-Kleen, Inc. (industrial waste service provider); ICG Communications, Inc. (telecommunications provider); and Stone & Webster, Incorporated (construction and engineering service provider).

Ms. Quirk's representations of creditors in financial restructurings include: Hilco Merchant Resources, LLC (as liquidator in Samsonite Company Stores, LLC); Credit Suisse Group (as agent to prepetition bank group, Tropicana Entertainment LLC case); D.B. Zwirn (as senior secured creditor, debtor-in-possession lender and stalking horse bidder in Newcomm Wireless Services, Inc. case); KBC N.V. (as agent to prepetition bank group, Perryville Energy Holdings case); and HealthSouth Corporation (as creditor, Integrated Health Services, Inc. case).

Publications

Ms. Quirk is the co-author of two publications: “Section 507 Priorities of Claims” in Norton’s Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law (2000) and “Does Sovereign Immunity Protect a State When It Violates the Bankruptcy Code?” in The Legal Intelligencer (Nov. 19, 1999).

Speaking Engagements

  • Bankruptcy Litigation Advocacy Seminar, Delaware Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, March 11, 2011
  • "All About the Benjamins" Trends in Financing, ABI Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, August 6-7, 2010
  • Retention of Estate Professionals in Successor Cases, TMA Webinar, April 13, 2010
  • Creditor Protection: How to Use, Not Abuse, Delaware Bankers 2009 Delaware Trust Conference, December 3, 2009

Professional Activities

  • International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC)
  • American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), Associate Editor of the ABI Journal
  • Delaware Bankruptcy Chapter of the American Inns of Court, Barrister
  • Combined Campaign for Justice - Communications Co-Chair
  • Fresh Start Scholarship Foundation - Board Member