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Ms. Catherine L. Steege

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Ms. Catherine L. Steege

Catherine L. Steege is a partner with Jenner & Block LLP in Chicago and co-chairs the firm?s Bankruptcy and Restructuring practice group. She recently represented USA Gymnastics in its chapter 11 case and represented McKesson and an ad hoc group of other major distributors, pharmacies and manufacturers in Purdue Pharma?s and Endo?s chapter 11 cases. In addition to a traditional bankruptcy practice, Ms. Steege has represented numerous retiree committees, including those in the Puerto Rico, Armstrong Flooring, Budd Company, Walter Energy, American Airlines, United Airlines and Northwest Airlines chapter 11 cases, and she has represented numerous parties in complex bankruptcy litigation matters, including her representation of the Zell defendants in the Tribune fraudulent conveyance litigation, the Sentinel Management Group Litigation Trustee, the Magnatrax Litigation Trust, the NKK Litigation Trust, and the Trustees of Emerald Casino Inc. and Consolidated Industries Corp. Ms. Steege has an active appellate practice and argued in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Wellness International Network in the case of Wellness International Network v. Sharif. She also represented the petitioner in Law v. Siegel and the respondent in City of Chicago v. Fulton, as well as the examiners in the Lehman Brothers and Celsius Network chapter 11 cases, and she authored the sections of the Lehman Brothers Examiner?s Report that considered potential avoidance actions against various financial institutions. Ms. Steege was listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation and Bankruptcy from 2007-21 and for 2024, in Chambers USA for Bankruptcy/Restructuring from 2008-23, and in Illinois Super Lawyers from 2005-24. She is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and a conferee of the National Bankruptcy Conference. Ms. Steege received her B.S.J. in 1978 from Northwestern University and her J.D. in 1982 with honors from DePaul University.