Rosanne Ciambrone

Areas of Practice

• Business Reorganization
• Financial Restructuring
• Commercial Litigation

Representative Matters

• Successfully defended special servicer in four-week bench trial in Illinois state court and an appeal before the Illinois appellate court in lawsuit alleging breach of Pooling and Servicing Agreement following the servicer’s sale of a hotel.

• Obtained million-dollar verdict in favor of international bank following a week-long federal jury trial concerning breach of a support agreement arising out of a multi-million dollar bond financing transaction.

• Successfully defeated Chapter 11 debtor's plan of reorganization following two-week bench trial in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada, Reno Division, enabling lender to obtain title to multimillion-dollar apartment complex pledged as collateral for credit facility.

• Defended a group of officers and directors of a Delaware corporation in a Chapter 11 adversary proceeding in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of Illinois. Obtained summary judgement in their favor on breach of fiduciary duty claims.

• Successfully prosecuted objection to Chapter 11 plan of reorganization seeking reorganization of a local real estate developer in a week long bench trial in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

• Represented bank lenders in the bankruptcies of numerous hospitals, long-term care facilities and continuing care retirement communities.

• Represented special servicers and secured lenders in pursuit of remedies in commercial mortgage real estate loans, including foreclosure proceedings, deeds in lieu of foreclosure and bankruptcy proceedings.

• Represented commercial debtors in Chapter 11 proceedings in various industries.

Professional Activities

• International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation
• National Association of Women Lawyers
• American Bar Association

Admissions

• Illinois
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• Trial Bar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
• Supreme Court of Illinois
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Education

• Notre Dame Law School, J.D., 1988
• University of Michigan, B.A., 1985

Experience

• Clerk for Judge Anthony Scariano of the Illinois Appellate Court, 1988 - 1989

Board Memberships

• Jones Community Center

Honors and Awards

• Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2023 and 2024

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2023 and 2024

• Crain’s Custom Media list of Chicago’s Notable Women Lawyers 2018

• Leading Lawyers Network: Chicago's Top Rated Lawyers 2013-2018

• AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®

Selected Publications

• Author, "Should Bankruptcy Professionals Be Compensated for Defending Their Fee Applications?" Volume 33, Number 9, The Bankruptcy Strategist, July 2016
• Co-author, "Discharge Exception for Fraud by Corporate Insider Is More Broad Than Circuit Court of Appeals Had Thought," Duane Morris Alert, May 16, 2016
• Author, "Spinning Off an Underperforming Division," Corporate Counsel, 2014
• Featured in "Rosanne Ciambrone: Making the Best of Difficult Bankruptcy Situations," Leading Lawyers Network Magazine – Women's Edition, 2012

Selected Speaking Engagements

• Speaker, "Food for Thought," Greater Chicago Food Depository, Webinar, May 13, 2020
• Speaker, "What A Difference A Year Makes: A Review of 2019 Hot Button Topics in Bankruptcy & Restructuring," NAWL Women in Bankruptcy & Restructuring, Webinar, November 21, 2019