Ms. Rachel L. Foley

Rachel L. Foley is the founder of Foley Law, PC in Independence, Mo., and handles consumer chapter 7s and 13s in both Kansas and Missouri. She began her bankruptcy career with the United Auto Work- ers, representing GM and Ford employees in chapter 13 and 7 cases. She was the only bankruptcy at- torney for the Missouri auto workers, and it was not unusual for her to manage three to four times the regular attorney caseload at any given time. Ms. Foley previously was a risk manager for Clarkson Re- gional Health Center and has 20 years of experience in the emergency room as a Registered Respiratory Therapist. She is the inaugural winner of the K. Colleen Nunnelly Award by the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and is recognized by her peers as being the Best of the Kansas City Bar in the area of bankruptcy. She also has been named to the Pro Bono Wall of Fame by the Missouri Bar Association. Ms. Foley frequently speaks nationally and locally on consumer bankruptcy topics. She is a member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, ABI, the Kansas City Bankruptcy Bar Association, the Kansas City Metro Bar Association and the International Women?s Restructuring & Insolvency Confederation. Ms. Foley received her undergraduate degree in the sciences and medicine from Creighton University and her J.D. from Creighton School of Law.