Ms. Shanti M. Katona

Shanti M. Katona is a shareholder with Polsinelli PC in Wilmington, Del., and vice chair of the firm?s national Bankruptcy and Restructuring practice. She regularly represents debtors, creditors, purchasers, sellers and other interested parties in all capacities and stages. Ms. Katona has substantial litigation experience in both federal and state courts, including fiduciary duty and avoidance action litigation. She co-chairs ABI?s Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop and speaks frequently on various topics relating to bankruptcy and judgment enforcement, as well as women in the law. Ms. Katona was one of the primary drafters of the inaugural Polsinelli/TrBK Healthcare Distress Indices, which has been widely cited across industries. She also is a proud member of Polsinelli?s Women?s Empowerment Committee and co-wrote an article on bridging the gender gap in the restructuring industry for The Wall Street Journal.Ms. Katona is a member of the ABI?s Diversity and Inclusion Working Group, and also serves on the executive boards for the Delaware Chapter for the International Women?s Insolvency & RestructuringConfederation and the South Asian Bar Association of Delaware. For her efforts, she has been named a Delaware Super Lawyers ?Rising Star? and was selected as one of the inaugural class of ABI?s ?40Under 40? in 2017. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Ms. Katona was a social science research analyst with the Social Security Administration working on policy initiatives relating to the Supplemental SecurityIncome program. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and herJ.D. from Washington University in St. Louis.