Joanna’s practice focuses on all aspects of bankruptcy and restructuring, with a particular emphasis on debtor representation in commercial bankruptcy cases across many industries, including crypto, energy, transportation, and hospitality.
She also has experience in special investigations as well as bankruptcy litigation and appeals, including representing creditors’ committees.
Joanna draws on her prior experience as a tax associate at an international law firm where she focused on tax planning for complex transactions, including corporate restructurings, private and public mergers and acquisitions, private equity, as well as formation and operation of private investment funds, including those investing in energy and in digital assets and blockchain technologies. Joanna’s research on blockchain was cited by the European Parliament.
Joanna served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Danny J. Boggs on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, sitting by designation also on the Ninth and Eleventh Circuits. She has also served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Beryl A. Howell, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Honors & Recognitions
Member of the Team Awarded "Mid-Size Company Turnaround/Transaction Team of the Year" in TMA Turnaround and Transaction of the Year Awards, 2024
Member of the Team Awarded M&A Advisors’ “Restructuring Deal of the Year (under $1B),” 2024
Member of the Team Awarded M&A Advisors’ “Financial Deal of the Year (under $1B),” 2024
Practice Areas
Credentials
Education
LL.M., New York University School of Law, Taxation, 2019
M.Sc., University of Oxford, Nanotechnology, with distinction, 2019
Book Prize of St Catherine’s College
Advanced Certificate, Sciences Po & Université Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne, Global Business Law and Governance, 2017
J.D., Columbia Law School, 2017
Fiske Stone Scholar
Edwin Parker Prize
Columbia Journal of European Law: Submissions Editor
Environmental Law Moot Court
B.A., Columbia University, Mathematics, summa cum laude, 2012
Honor Society
Dean’s List
Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal: Member of the Editorial Review Board
Columbia Science Review: Science Writer and Content Reviewer
Admissions
Texas
New York
District of Columbia
United States Tax Court
United States Court of International Trade
U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Texas
U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Texas
Courts of Appeals for the 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, and District of Columbia Circuits
Clerkships
- Judicial law clerk to the Honorable Danny J. Boggs of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, sitting by designation also on the Ninth and Eleventh Circuits, 2019-2020
- Judicial intern to the Honorable Beryl A. Howell, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Languages
- Polish
- French
- German
- Italian
Newsroom
Publications
Speaking Engagements
Affiliations
American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), Commercial and Regulatory Law Committee Co-Chair
International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), Houston Network Vice-Chair
Turnaround Management Association, Member; TMA Houston Chapter, 2023 Annual Dinner Committee Co-Chair
The Honorable Artur L. Moller – David B. Foltz Jr. American Inn of Court, Executive Board Member
The Garland R. Walker American Inn of Court, Barrister
Houston Bar Association, Member
Federal Bar Association, Member
Texas Bar College