Ms. Edison’s primary area of practice is commercial bankruptcy, insolvency, and creditors' rights.

Bar Admissions

Admissions

• Pennsylvania State Bar
• United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
• United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Education

• Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, B.A., 1991
• University of Pittsburgh School of Law, J.D., 1996

Significant Accomplishments

Serving as national bankruptcy counsel to a multinational group of manufacturing and service companies

Representing clients including trade creditors, secured creditors, debtors, small businesses, major corporations, and court-appointed committees in bankruptcy cases nationally

Representing former officers and directors in bankruptcy proceedings in insurance coverage and indemnification matters

Defeating a renowned former Solicitor General of the United States in oral argument before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Counseling unsecured creditors committee in North American Refractories Co., et al. (W.D. Pa.)

Counseling unsecured creditors committee in Global Indus. Tech., Inc. et al. (W.D. Pa.)

Counseling unsecured creditors committee in CEP Holdings, LLC, et al. (N.D. Ohio)

Counseling chapter 11 trustee in Allegheny Health Education and Research Found. (W.D. Pa.)

Major creditor in Firstline Security Inc. chapter 11 case (D. Utah)

Representing US Airways, as chapter 11 debtor (E.D. Va.)

Counseling former corporate officer in Advanced Mktg. Systems, Inc. chapter 11 case (D. Del.)

Counseling unsecured creditor in Caesar's Entertainment chapter 11 case (N.D. III.)

Representing several unsecured creditors in Lyondell Chemical Co. chapter 11 case (S.D.N.Y.)

Counseling unsecured creditor in Payless Holdings chapter 11 case (E.D. Mo.)

Counseling unsecured creditors in ITT Educational Services, Inc. chapter 11 case (S.D. Ind.)

Counseling several cure claimants and unsecured creditors in the Chrysler LLC chapter 11 cases (D. Del.)

Counseling unsecured creditor in rue21, inc. chapter 11 case (W.D. Pa.)

Counseling unsecured creditor in Washington Mutual, Inc., chapter 11 case (D. Del.)

Counseling former corporate officer and director in Peregrine Sys., Inc. chapter 11 case (D. Del.)

Guest Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh’s School of Law and Katz Graduate School of Business

Seminars/ Presentation

Panelist, Industry Forum: Financial Institutions, June 2009

Guest Lecturer, “Corporate Bankruptcy,” University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, April 2009

Guest Lecturer, “Corporate Bankruptcy,” University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, April 2007

Guest Lecturer, “Asbestos Bankruptcies,” University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, April 2009

Publications & Presentations

• Co-editor, Commercial Bankruptcy Litigation, West, 2013
• Author, “Third Circuit OKs Liquidating Plan for a Non-Operating Debtor, Insurer Challenge Fails,” American Bankruptcy Institute Mass Torts Committee, ABI Committee News, March 2009
• Author, “Collateral Attack of Non-Bankruptcy Court Rulings in Bankruptcy Adversary Proceedings and Contested Matters,” ABI Rocky Mountain Conference, January 2009
• Panelist, Industry Forum: Financial Institutions, June 2009
• Guest Lecturer, “Corporate Bankruptcy,” University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, April 2009
• Guest Lecturer, “Corporate Bankruptcy,” University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, April 2007
• Guest Lecturer, “Asbestos Bankruptcies,” University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, April 2009