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Sally E. Edison
Partner 
EQT Plaza
sedison@mcguirewoods.com625 Liberty Avenue, 23rd Floor Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3142 F: 412.667.7978    |
Ms. Edison concentrates her practice in the areas of commercial bankruptcy, insolvency, and creditors' rights. Her clients include trade creditors, secured creditors, debtors, small businesses, major corporations, court-appointed committees. She also represents former officers and directors in bankruptcy proceedings in insurance coverage and indemnification matters. She is also national bankruptcy counsel to a multinational group of manufacturing and service companies. She is a frequent speaker at bankruptcy-related seminars, and she is a guest lecturer on bankruptcy topics at the University of Pittsburgh's School of Law and School of Business.
Ms. Edison's experience in bankruptcy has earned her numerous awards such as being named a "Pennsylvania Super Lawyer" and a "Pennsylvania Super Lawyer Rising Star" by Law and Politics magazine. For her community involvement, she was also named one of Pittsburgh's "40 under 40" by Pittsburgh magazine.
- U.S. national bankruptcy counsel to multinational group of manufacturing and service companies
- North American Refractories Company, et al. as counsel to unsecured creditors committee (W.D. Pa.)
- Global Industrial Technologies, Inc., et al. as counsel to unsecured creditors committee (W.D. Pa.)
- Allegheny Health Education and Research Foundation as counsel to Chapter 11 trustee (W.D. Pa.)
- Major secured creditor in Firstline Security Inc. Chapter 11 case (D. Utah)
- CEP Holdings, LLC, et al. as counsel to unsecured creditors committee (N.D. Ohio)
- Former corporate officer in Advanced Marketing Systems, Inc. Chapter 11 case (D. Del.)
- Unsecured creditor and adversary defendant in Friedman's Inc. Chapter 11 case (D. Del.)
- Several unsecured creditors in Lyondell Chemical Company Chapter 11 case (S.D. N.Y.)
- Several unsecured creditors in Gottschalks, Inc. Chapter 11 case (D. Del.)
- Several unsecured creditors in The Fairchild Corporation Chapter 11 case (D. Del.)
- Several cure claimants and unsecured creditors in the Chrysler LLC Chapter 11 cases (D. Del.)
- US Airways, Inc. as counsel to Chapter 11 debtor (E.D. Va.)
- Unsecured creditor in CompUSA out-of-court restructuring
- Unsecured creditor in Washington Mutual Bank, Chapter 11 case (D. Del.) and FDIC receivership
- Former corporate officer and director in Peregrine Systems, Inc. Chapter 11 case (D. Del.)
- Named a Pennsylvania "Super Lawyer," 2009-2011
- Named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyers "Rising Star," Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights, (Distinction earned by less than 2.5% of Pennsylvania lawyers.), 2005-2007
- Named One of Pittsburgh's "40 Under 40" by Pittsburgh Magazine, 2006
- "Third Circuit OKs Liquidating Plan for a Non-operating Debtor; Insurer Challenge Fails," American Bankruptcy Institute Mass Torts Committee, ABI Committee News, March 2009
- "Collateral Attack of Non-bankruptcy Court Rulings in Bankruptcy Adversary Proceedings and Contested Matters," ABI Rocky Mountain Conference, January 2009
- Contributing Editor, Commercial Bankruptcy Litigation (2d July 2009), wrote chapter on bankruptcy-related appeals.
- "Industry Forum: Financial Institutions," Panelist, New York, New York, June 2009
- "Corporate Bankruptcy," MBA Course, "Legal Environment of Business," Guest Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, April 2009
- "Asbestos Bankruptcies," Toxic Torts Course, Guest Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, April 2008
- "Corporate Bankruptcy," MBA Course, "Legal Environment of Business," Guest Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, March 2008
- "Corporate Bankruptcy," MBA Course, "Legal Environment of Business," Guest Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, July 2007
- "Corporate Bankruptcy," Executive MBA Course "Business Law," Guest Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, July 2007
- "Asbestos Bankruptcies," Toxic Torts Course, Guest Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, April 2007
- "Recent Developments in Chapter 11," 19th Annual Bankruptcy Symposium, Allegheny County Bar Association, December 2006
- "Corporate Bankruptcy," MBA Course "Legal Environment of Business," Guest Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, November 2006
- "Top Commercial Case of the Year," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, September 2006
- "Handling the Chapter 11 - Hot Topics in a New Era," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, September 2006
- "Commercial Bankruptcy Practice After the New Act," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, February 2006
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation
- Western Pennsylvania Network Chair
- Allegheny County Bar Association
- French
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EDUCATION University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, J.D., 1996
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, B.A., 1991 ADMITTED Pennsylvania 1996 U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania 1996 U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit 1999 PLACE OF BIRTH Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |