Ms. Deirdre A. O'Connor

Deirdre A. O?Connor is a managing director for corporate restructuring at Epiq in New York. With more than 30 years of restructuring experience in law, government, corporate finance and technology-enabled legal solutions, she focuses on enterprise-wide initiatives to strengthen and expand Epiq?s law firm and corporate client relationships. Ms. O?Connor has several years of experience in the leveraged finance\nindustry, most recently serving as managing director at Wells Fargo Capital Finance, where she provided finance solutions to distressed companies. She also has served as the U.S. Trustee for the Southern District of New York and oversaw the administration of some of the largest bankruptcies in history. She also served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut in both the civil and criminal divisions. Ms.O?Connor was the inaugural recipient of IWIRC?s Women of the Year in Restructuring, and she received the St. Francis Service Award by Catholic Renewal of Catholic Charities of Greater New York. She also is a member of ABI and serves on its advisory boards for its Health Care Program and New York CityBankruptcy Conference. Ms. O?Connor is an adjunct professor at St. John?s University School of Law?s L.L.M. Program. She received her B.A. from New York University and her J.D. from Quinnipiac University School of Law.