Nora J. McGuffey
Associate
Nora McGuffey focuses primarily on bankruptcy litigation and financial restructuring matters. She represents and advises debtors, secured lenders, creditors, purchasers, and other interested parties in Chapter 11 bankruptcies, out-of-court workouts, and related adversary proceedings. Nora is an associate based in the firm’s Chicago office, where she is a member of the firm’s Bankruptcy & Business Reorganization Practice Group.
Prior to joining Foley, Nora served as a judicial law clerk for Judge Karen B. Owens at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware and for Chief Judge Karen K. Specie at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Florida.
Representative Experience
- Trinity Broadcasting Network and its subsidiary in successfully challenging the Chapter 11 filing by Merit Street Media (Case No. 25-80156, Bankr. N.D. Tex.), a startup media network backed by television psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw, and converting its case to Chapter 7.
- Higher Ground Education and its subsidiaries, as Debtors’ counsel through a successful Chapter 11 reorganization and confirmation (Case No. 25-80121, Bankr. N.D. Tex.).
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Oakland, as Debtor’s counsel in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy (Case No. 23-40523, Bankr. N.D. Cal.).
- Ideanomics and its affiliates, as Debtors’ counsel in their Chapter 11 bankruptcies, through successful 363 sale of its electric commercial vehicles and related intangible assets (Case No. 24-12728, Bankr. D. Del.).
- Heywood Healthcare and its affiliates, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit hospital system, as Debtors’ counsel through a successful health care Chapter 11 restructuring (Case No. 23-40817, Bankr. D. Mass.).
- Telephone USA, Inc., a telecommunications company, as Debtor’s counsel in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case through a consensual plan of liquidation, resulting a significant distribution to equity (Case No. 24-01686, Bankr. N.D. Ill.).
Presentations and Publications
- Author, “Praxair and the PTAB’s Shadow Over Biotechnology Patents,” U.C. Davis Business Law Journal (2020)
- Author, “Constitutional Challenges Arising from Increasing United States Trustee Quarterly Feeds Under 28 U.S.C. & 1930(a)(6)(B),” Newsletter of the Bankruptcy Section of the Federal Bar Association (Summer 2019)
Foley Recognized at 24th Annual M&A Advisor Awards
Foley Team Receives ‘Litigator of the Week’ Shout Out for Trial Victory in Bankruptcy Case
Foley & Lardner LLP partners Rajiv Dharnidharka, Steven Lockhart, Mark Moore, Holland O’Neil, and Robert Slovak received a shout out in The Am Law Litigation Daily column, “Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs,’ for their trial victory on behalf of Trinity Broadcasting of Texas, Inc. in a challenge to the Chapter 11 filing by Merit Street Media, a startup media network backed by television psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw.
Foley Wins Non-Profit Turnaround of the Year Award for Heywood Healthcare Restructuring
Foley & Lardner LLP is proud to announce that the firm has won the 2025 Non-Profit Turnaround of the Year Award from the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) for its restructuring work on behalf of Heywood Healthcare Inc., the Massachusetts-based health care nonprofit.
Foley Advises Ideanomics in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Proceedings and 363 Sale
Foley & Lardner LLP is advising Ideanomics, Inc. and its subsidiaries in their jointly administered Chapter 11 Bankruptcy cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
Foley Recognized at The M&A Advisor’s Turnaround Awards for Divestiture of the Year
Foley & Lardner LLP is proud to be named a winner at The M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards in the M&A Transaction Award category.