Ms. Katharine B. Clark

Katharine B. Clark is a partner with Thompson Coburn LLP in Dallas and represents clients before bankruptcy courts, federal and state trial courts, arbitration panels and appellate courts nationwide. She routinely handles bankruptcy and insolvency litigation, including the representation of debtors, banks, court-appointed fiduciaries and creditors in chapter 11, 7, 15 and 13 bankruptcies. Ms. Clark has broad commercial litigation experience related to troubled and insolvent businesses. Her experience includes representing companies, fiduciaries, lenders, secured and unsecured creditors, and constituencies from every segment of the capital structure in federal and state court reorganization, liquidation and litigation proceedings. She has helped clients navigate insolvency matters involving billions of dollars in liabilities. In 2017, Ms. Clark was part of a team that received the Turnaround of the Year Award (Large Company) from the Turnaround Management Association for her work on the first successful bankruptcy reorganization of a life-settlement company. She also has experience in bankruptcy and litigation matters involving the real estate and energy industries, and she has litigated actions related to fraud that leads to bankruptcy or other displacement of management or control, including fraudulent-transfer litigation and state and federal court receivers. Ms. Clark received her B.A. magna cum laude in 2001 from Austin College and her J.D. cum laude from SMU Dedman School of Law in 2004, where she was a member of the Order of the Coif and associate managing editor of the SMU Law Review.