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Sarah A.
Carnes

Member

Office 646.563.8959
Email scarnes@coleschotz.com
Luanne Crowley |Legal Practice Assistant
201.489.3000 ext. x5033
lcrowley@coleschotz.com
Luanne Crowley |Legal Practice Assistant
201.489.3000 ext. x5033
lcrowley@coleschotz.com
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Sarah Carnes is a member in the Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring Department.

Experience

She advises clients on all aspects of both in- and out-of-court restructurings, reorganizations, and liquidations, with an emphasis on representing official committees of unsecured creditors appointed in complex commercial chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. Sarah also advises distressed companies and chapter 11 debtors, buyers of distressed assets, DIP lenders, liquidating trustees, and individual creditors.

Sarah has represented official committees of unsecured creditors in chapter 11 cases throughout the country, including Fusion Connect, Claire’s Stores, American Apparel, Republic Metals, Eastern Outfitters, the Rockport Group, Golfsmith, zGallerie, J&M Sales, Charming Charlie, Advanced Sports Enterprises, Aerosoles, and Marsh Supermarkets.

Areas of Practice

Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring

Education

Fordham University School of Law, J.D.
Susquehanna University, B.A.

Bar & Court Admissions

New York
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

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Ones to Watch, Best Lawyers

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NEWS + PUBLICATIONS

  1. 01

    Big Lots To Close All Stores After Ch. 11 Sale Falls Through

    December 20, 2024 | Law360
  2. 02

    Big Lots Can Close On $760M Asset Sale, Judge Says

    November 22, 2024 | Law360
  3. 03

    Big Lots Seeks To Include Claims Against Execs In Asset Sale

    November 21, 2024 | Law360
  4. 04

    Judge Locks Down Byju Entity’s IP In Ch. 11

    November 12, 2024 | Law360
  5. 05

    Rockport Asks Judge To Dismiss Ch. 11 After $52M Asset Sale

    February 9, 2024 | Law360
  6. 06

    Del. Judge Denies Rockport Ch. 11 Deal As ‘Sub Rosa’ Plan

    November 1, 2023 | Law360
  7. 07

    Mitchell Gold Teeters As Ch. 11 Financing Collapses

    October 5, 2023 | Law360
  8. 08

    Dirt Bike Co. Gets OK For Ch. 11 Plan En Route To Liquidation

    October 4, 2023 | Law360
  9. 09

    Mitchell Gold’s DIP Loan Won’t Cover The Rent, Creditors Say

    September 29, 2023 | Law360
  10. 10

    Ex-CEO Of Dirt Bike Co. Says Ch. 11 Plan Targets Him

    August 8, 2023 | Law360
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Awards + Recognitions

  1. 01

    Best Lawyers Recognizes 69 Cole Schotz Attorneys on 2025 Lists

    August 15, 2024 | Cole Schotz Press Release
  2. 02

    Best Lawyers Recognizes 73 Cole Schotz Attorneys Across Award Categories on 2024 Lists

    August 17, 2023 | Cole Schotz Press Release
  3. 03

    Best Lawyers Recognizes 18 Cole Schotz Attorneys in ‘Ones to Watch’ List

    August 18, 2022
  4. 04

    Cole Schotz Announces Nine New Members 2022

    January 1, 2022
  5. 05

    Best Lawyers Recognizes 17 Cole Schotz Attorneys in ‘Ones to Watch’ List

    August 16, 2021
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