Ms. Patricia B. Jefferson

Patricia B. Jefferson is a principal at Miles & Stockbridge P.C. in Baltimore in its Creditors? Rights and Bankruptcy Group, as well as the Real Estate and Commercial Finance Group. She represents diverse clients (lenders, unsecured creditors, potential asset-purchasers, trustees and other interested par- ties) in all aspects of bankruptcy cases, including cash collateral, debtor-in-possession financing, asset sales, dischargeability litigation, claims objections, avoidance actions and lease disputes. Additionally, she represents and advises secured lenders in formulating and executing workout strategies outside of bankruptcy. In addition to her bankruptcy experience, Ms. Jefferson regularly advises clients regarding distressed real estate and commercial foreclosures and receivership actions. She has served on the panel of chapter 7 bankruptcy trustees for the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland since 2019, and has been appointed as a receiver under Maryland?s Uniform Commercial Receivership Act. Ms. Jefferson is a regular speaker at legal education seminars and has been recognized as a leading bankruptcy lawyer in Baltimore by Chambers USA since 2015. In addition, she was included in the Maryland Daily Record?s ?VIP List: Successful before 40? in 2018, and was recognized as an emerging leader by The M&A Advisor in 2019. Ms. Jefferson received her J.D. with honors from the University of Maryland School of Law, where she was elected to the Order of Barristers and served as an associate editor of The Business Lawyer and as vice-president of the Moot Court Board.