Founding Partner
Vickie leverages her twenty-four years of bankruptcy experience to create innovative solutions for businesses including cases involving complex capital structures with multiple intercreditor issues.
Professional Background
Education
Baylor School of Law
Waco, Texas
J.D., 2000
Honors:
Order of Barristers
Law Review
Baylor University
Waco, Texas
B.A., Law, concentration in psychology
Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
- Texas, 2000
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Texas
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Planning Committee, TMA Southwest Regional Conference (2025 and 2026).
- Turnaround Management Association, Dallas/Ft. Worth Chapter, President (2024)
- Turnaround Management Association, Dallas/Ft. Worth Chapter, President-Elect (2023)
- International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, Board Member (2019)
- DFW Association of Young Bankruptcy Lawyers, Co-founder and Inaugural President
- Jay L. Westbrook Bankruptcy Conference, Planning Committee Member (2016-2019)
- Honors & Awards
- Ranked in Super Lawyers*
- Texas Rising Star (2007-2008, 2010 – 2014)
- Bankruptcy, Creditor Debtor Rights (2014 – Present)
- D Magazine, Best Lawyers in Dallas (2017 and 2024)
- Dallas Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section, Chair (2007)
Representative Transactions
Published Works
- Co-author, “Toto, I’ve a Feeling We’re Not in Kansas Anymore: Bankruptcy Sales Outside the Ordinary Course of Business,” The Federal Lawyer, Vol. 57, No. 2, February 2010
Speaking Engagements
- Speaker, “Legal and Financial Issues in Healthcare Restructurings,” American Bar Association Health Law Section, Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law, Orlando, Florida, March 14, 2019
- Panelist, TMA-DFW Chapter, Restaurant Restructurings Panel, October 2018
- Moderator, “Health Care,” 33rd Annual Bankruptcy & Restructuring Conference, June 2017
- Co-author and Panelist, “Pre-Bankruptcy Planning and Pitfalls,” 30th Annual Jay L. Westbrook Bankruptcy Conference, Austin, Texas, November 16, 2017
- Co-author and Co-speaker, “Structured Dismissals: Least Worst Option?” Dallas Bar Association, Bankruptcy & Commercial Law Section, Dallas, Texas, November 5, 2014
- Author and Speaker, “Emerging Issues in Bankruptcy Litigation: Fraudulent Transfer and Preferences,” 30th Annual Jay L. Westbrook Bankruptcy Conference, Austin, Texas, November 17-18, 2011
- Co-author and Panelist, “New Releases and Blockbusters: A Discussion of the Latest Cases in Consumer and Business Bankruptcies,” 2010 Northern District of Texas Bankruptcy Bench/Bar Conference, Dallas, Texas, May 14, 2010
Pro Bono
- General Counsel, Legacy Humane Society, (2010 – Present)