Annecca H. Smith

Annecca H. Smith is an associate with Robinson & Cole LLP in Hartford, Conn., where she concentrates her practice on bankruptcy and corporate restructuring matters. Her work involves the representation of debtors, creditors and committees in chapter 11 reorganizations and out-of-court workouts. Ms. Smith’s experience in bankruptcy litigation includes adversary proceedings concerning fraudulent-transfer disputes, injunctive relief and nondischargeability actions. She has represented mass tort creditor committees in multiple chapter 11 proceedings involving adversary proceedings and contested estimations concerning § 524(g) channeling injunctions, served as debtor’s co-counsel in a successful chapter 11 reorganization in Connecticut bankruptcy court, and represented both secured and unsecured creditors in successful dismissals of chapter 11 cases. In state court, Ms. Smith represented a distressed investment company client in strict foreclosure proceedings, obtaining a six-figure deficiency judgment. In addition, her pro bono work includes representing clients seeking domestic violence restraining orders. Ms. Smith serves on the board of the Connecticut chapter of IWIRC, the executive committee of the Commercial Law and Bankruptcy section of the Connecticut Bar Association, and the planning committee for the Connecticut Bankruptcy Conference. She received her Bachelor’s degree cum laude in comparative literature from Smith College and her J.D. cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, where she served on its law review.