Ms. Patricia B. Tomasco

Patricia B. Tomasco is a partner in Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP?s Houston and New York offices and has more than 30 years of experience solving corporate insolvency problems. She represents debtors and creditors in some of the largest bankruptcy cases filed in the U.S. and in crossborder insolvency matters. Ms. Tomasco frequently represents clients in the energy, telecommunications and high-tech industries in both reorganizations and litigation. Her current and recent representations include counsel to Moby S.p.A in chapter 15 proceedings and litigation, Ad Hoc Tort Claimants Committee in Alto Maipo SpA; counsel to plaintiffs in Northlight European Fundamental Credit Fund v. Intralot Capital Luxembourg, S.A., Certain Shareholders in Grupo Aeromexico, S.A. de C.V., Cinemex USA Holdings, Inc. (lead counsel for chapter 11 debtors), Kingfisher Midstream, LLC in the chapter 11 cases of Alta Mesa Resources, Inc.; Ad Hoc Committee of Unsecured Bondholders in Sanchez Energy, Inc., Official Unsecured Creditors Committee of Halcon Resources, Inc.; Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in EXCO Resources, Inc.; counsel to the Ad Hoc Committee of First Lien Lenders in Vanguard Natural Resources, Inc.; and debtors? counsel in SH-130 Concession Co., LLC., Westmoreland Coal Co., iHeartMedia, Inc., Linn Energy LLC, Berry Petroleum, Midstates Petroleum Co., Inc., El Paso Children?s Hospital, AF Global and Ameriforge Group, Inc., Light Tower Rentals, and equity sponsor in Francis? Drilling Fluids, Inc. Ms. Tomasco recently completed a three-year term as chair of the Complex Case Committee for the Southern District of Texas, a function created by Judges Jones and Isgur to review and improve complex case procedures and to provide a liaison between complex case practitioners and the courts. She has been listed in The Best Lawyers of America and is listed in Super Lawyers. Ms. Tomasco was named Best Business Bankruptcy Lawyer by the Austin Business Journal. She is admitted to the New York and Texas Bars, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Federal, Fifth and Sixth Circuits, the U.S. District Courts for the District of Columbia, the Eastern District of Michigan, the Southern District of New York, the District of Arizona, and the Eastern, Western, Southern and Northern Districts of Texas, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Ms. Tomasco received her B.A. from Rice University and her J.D. from South Texas College of Law.