Ms. Margaret M. Manning

Margaret M. Manning is senior director and counsel with Gavin/Solmonese LLC in Wilmington, Del., and is a senior member of its Bankruptcy & Fiduciary Services team. She handles fiduciary services matters including receiverships, assignments for the benefit of creditors, litigation trusts, liquidating trusts and other matters, and serves as in-house legal counsel to the firm. Ms. Manning has more than 14 years of experience in complex reorganization and liquidation cases representing debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, and creditors' committees. Prior to joining Gavin/Solmonese, she practiced with the law firm Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg, where she concentrated her practice in the areas of commercial bankruptcy and restructuring. Ms. Manning has experience in the retail, energy, restaurant and manufacturing arenas, among others. She is a member of the American, Delaware State and Penn- sylvania Bar Associations, as well as the Delaware Bankruptcy Inn of Court, and she is a board member and at-large director of the International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC). Ms. Manning received her B.S. in business administration from Le Moyne College and her J.D. from the University of Baltmore Law School.