Ms. Catherine E. Youngman

Catherine E. Youngman is a partner with Fox Rothschild LLP in Morristown, N.J., where she focuses her practice on debtor and creditor rights and the representation of chapter 11 and 7 trustees in insolvency and bankruptcy matters. In 1999, the U.S. Department of Justice appointed her to the private panel of bankruptcy trustees, and she has served as a chapter 11 and 7 trustee in more than 10,000 cases. Ms. Youngman has represented lenders in and out of bankruptcy court in con- tested matters, commercial and residential foreclosure actions and in document reviews. She also has experience in civil and commercial litigation disputes, as well as in land-use matters, and has represented corporations, partnerships and individuals, trying numerous jury and non-jury cases to completion. Previously, Ms. Youngman was a partner at Forman Holt Eliades & Youngman LLC and was a partner at a boutique law firm for more than 15 years. She is peer-review-rated by Martin- dale-Hubbell, is listed in Chambers USA for Bankruptcy/Restructuring Law in New Jersey (2018- 19) and in Super Lawyers list for Bankruptcy Law in New Jersey (2010-19), and received a Best 50 Women in Business award from NJBiz.com in 2012. Ms. Youngman is admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the U.S. District Courts of the District of New Jersey and the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. She is vice chair of the Lawyers Advisory Committee for the District of New Jersey and a member of the Third Circuit Lawyers Advisory Committee. Ms. Youngman received both her B.A. in 1990 and M.P.A. in 1991 from Syracuse University and her J.D. from Seton Hall University Law School in 1994.