Monika S. Wiener

Ms. Wiener specializes in bankruptcy and bankruptcy-related litigation. She has represented a variety of significant stakeholders—including debtors, trustees, and creditors' committees, as well as individual creditors, both secured and unsecured—in various Chapter 11 proceedings on issues including the use of cash collateral, relief from the automatic stay, assumption and rejection of executory contracts, and plan solicitation and confirmation.  She has had extensive involvement in complex cases such as In re Adelphia Communications Corp., In re USA Commercial Mortgage Co., In re Covanta Energy Corp., In re California Power Exchange, and In re Global Health Sciences, Inc.  In addition, she has represented plaintiffs and defendants in litigation involving claims for preferences and fraudulent transfers, equitable subordination, and aiding and abetting breaches of fiduciary duty.

Prior to joining HBD, Ms. Wiener was an associate at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP.  Prior to law school, Ms. Wiener was a program coordinator at the University of Washington School of Medicine, where she worked on projects related to strengthening rural health care delivery systems.

Professional Affiliations

• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Financial Lawyers Conference
• Turnaround Management Association
• International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation
• Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles
• Law Clerk to Hon. Edward Rafeedie, United States District Court for the Central District of California, 2001-02.