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Mary L. Johnson
Print PDFSpecial Counsel
Mary Johnson is special counsel in the Finance and Bankruptcy Practice Group in the firm's New York office.
Areas of Practice
Ms. Johnson represents international and domestic clients in bankruptcy cases, corporate reorganizations and restructurings, cross-border insolvencies, and creditors' rights litigation for domestic and international clients in Asia, Europe and the United States. She has represented creditors, bondholder committees, institutional lenders and debtors in bankruptcy cases and out-of-court corporate restructurings, in the United States and abroad, in many industries, including aviation, financial services, technology, infrastructure projects, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, publishing, real estate, retail, and telecommunications. Additionally, Ms. Johnson has extensive litigation experience in antitrust, banking, contract, employment, environmental insurance and general commercial law in state and federal courts.
Before joining Sheppard Mullin, Ms. Johnson was Of Counsel at Coudert Brothers LLP, specializing in bankruptcy and litigation.
Education
- J.D., Boston University, 1990
- B.A., Brown University, 1986
Clerkships
- Law Clerk to the Honorable Keith M. Lundin, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Middle District of Tennessee, 1990-1991
Admissions
- New York
- U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
The Billing Resource, dba Integretel as Debtor in Possession.
Defended CEO and President of related US, Canadian and Hong Kong companies in actions for, among other things, fraud, misrepresentation and breach of fiduciary duty.
China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation and several Chinese suppliers serving as chair and as members of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in Huffy Corporation's chapter 11 insolvency proceedings.
Capital Sports Properties, Inc., as purchaser of Ottawa Senators National Hockey League Franchise and Corel Centre Stadium complex out of Canadian insolvency proceeding.
Noteholder's ad hoc committee and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as indenture trustee, in litigation and arbitrations concerning US$119 million of senior secured notes issued by Traffic Stream (BVI) Infrastructure Limited in Hong Kong, the People's Republic of China and the United States.
Noteholder's ad hoc committee and The Bank of New York, as indenture trustee, in the restructuring of US$260 million bond issue of P.T. Datakom Asia and related litigation in the United Kingdom and Indonesia.
Marathon Oil Company and Marathon Ashland Petroleum in Enron Corp.'s chapter 11 case as a substantial creditor and purchaser of liquified natural gas facility.
Pennaco Energy as creditor in Enron Corp.'s chapter 11 case.
Marathon Oil Company as defendant in preference action in Bethleham Steel Bankruptcy.
Unimark Max Toys Ltd. in preference action in Ames Merchandising Corp. chapter 11 case.
Scholastic Inc. in acquisition of school book inventory, intellectual property and publishing contracts of Troll Communications LLC in chapter 11.
CSM Inc. in acquisition of stock of United Kingdom subsidiary and certain intellectual property of Country Home Bakers in chapter 11.
Aguila Nominees Ltd. in an avoidance action in Manhattan Investment Fund Ltd. bankruptcy.
Major European telecommunications company in restructuring its North American subsidiaries.
Hugo Boss in preference claim in Ha-Lo Industries, Inc. bankruptcy case.
Credit Commercial de France in chapter 11 proceedings of I.G. Services Limited and IWG Services Limited.
Winstar Hong Kong Limited in acquisition of PSINet, Inc.'s Hong Kong assets in PSINet's chapter 11 case.
Hartford Aviation Corp. in the chapter 11 bankruptcy of Tower Air, Inc.
United States Electrodynamics, Inc. in chapter 11 case of Skyview Media Group, Inc., as a major provider of services.
Major landlord in chapter 11 cases of Just for Feet, Loehmann's, Inc., Einstein Noah Bagel, Pathmark Stores, Innovation Luggage and Caldor, Inc.
Nu-kote International in chapter 11 case for intellectual property, anti-trust and related bankruptcy issues.
Stora Enso North America Corp. as creditor in bankruptcy case of The Cincinnati Cordage and Paper Company.
TIAA-CREF in the insolvency proceedings of Fairchild Dornier Luftfahrt Gmbh in Germany.