Jill L. Nicholson

Jill L. Nicholson is a member of Dentons’ Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy practice in Chicago. She concentrates her practice on commercial bankruptcy and insolvency matters, creditors’ rights, out-of-court workouts and restructurings, and complex multidistrict financial services litigation. Ms. Nicholson has represented a broad array of clients in bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings, including secured lenders, special servicers, corporate boards, officers, directors, manufacturers, creditors’ committees, SIPA trustees, bondholder committees, unsecured creditors, chapter 11 debtors, indenture trustees, commercial landlords, governmental agencies, and federally chartered entities. She also has served as a court-appointed receiver for the Securities & Exchange Commission. Ms. Nicholson’s experience encompasses all facets of bankruptcy and insolvency, including chapter 11 plan restructuring and related litigation, § 363 sales, valuation disputes, single-asset real estate, debtor-in-possession financing, tax credit bond finance deals, adversary actions, bankruptcy appeals, assignments for the benefit of creditors, broker-dealer liquidations and receiverships. She counsels a number of Fortune 500 companies regarding best practices with respect to bankruptcy and insolvency issues, including distressed real estate, commercial lending, special servicing and automotive restructuring. Ms. Nicholson is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago, The Chicago Network, the Women’s Board of the University of Chicago, the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) (for which she served as a past vice director of North American Programs and as president of its Chicago Chapter), ABI, the National Association of Federal Equity Receivers, the Turnaround Management Association and the Chicago Bar Association. She is admitted to practice before several district and appellate courts, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court. Ms. Nicholson received her B.A. in 1995 with honors from the University of Chicago, and her J.D. with honors in 1998 from the University of Illinois College of Law, where she served as editor of the University of Illinois Elder Journal.