
Kaitlin has a broad bankruptcy and financial restructuring practice dedicated to advising clients on all aspects of bankruptcy proceedings, corporate restructurings, and insolvencies. Clients rely on her extensive experience representing debtors, unsecured creditors, secured lenders, and other parties-in-interest in Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 reorganizations, out-of-court restructurings and attendant litigation. Kaitlin represents bondholders, bond trustees and other creditor groups in connection with distressed health care and higher education entities nationwide. Corporate clients seek her specialized counsel in defending against complex bankruptcy-related litigation, including director and officer’s liability claims and avoidance actions. She assists clients in purchases and sales of distressed assets through Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code. Kaitlin advises lenders and borrowers in the retail, gaming and energy industries on capital preservation across the credit spectrum and structuring transactions to minimize risk. Kaitlin also has represented debtors in successfully restructuring under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.
Before joining the firm, Kaitlin practiced in the New York office of an international law firm, where she specialized in the representation of clients in large, complex and litigious bankruptcies, including those involving cross-border issues, asbestos liability and channeling injunctions, and breach of fiduciary claims. While in law school, she served as the production editor for the New York University Journal of International Law and Politics.
Experience
- Represented a leading specialty gift store with 86 locations in seven states and nearly 2,000 employees in successful Chapter 11 bankruptcy case Massachusetts.
- Represented former directors, officers, and management of international toy retailer against claims of fraud and breach of fiduciary duty in connection with toy retailer’s Chapter 11 proceeding.
- Represented Master Trustee and Bond Trustee in connection with Verity Health Systems, a California hospital system, with respect to bond obligations in excess of $425 million.
- Represented the indenture trustee in the workout of $15 million of college-related revenue bonds issued for the benefit of the College of New Rochelle in New York chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
- Represented K.D. Pharma as buyer in the Sancilio Pharmaceuticals bankruptcy in Delaware bankruptcy proceedings.
- Represented the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in adversary proceeding brought by Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. regarding the termination of interest rate swaps with Lehman Brothers Special Financing Inc. following its Chapter 11 filing.
- Represented the indenture trustee for noteholders owed $1.75 billion in the iHeart Communications bankruptcy case in the Southern District of Texas.
- Represented indenture trustee and bond insurer in connection with workout of $10 million in tax-exempt bonds issued to finance Arizona charter school.
- Represented indenture trustee for holders of unsecured notes relating to $350 million of unsecured debt owed by oil and gas developer in Delaware bankruptcy proceeding of White Star Petroleum.
- Represented indenture trustee for holders of $367 million in convertible notes in the Chapter 11 case of Energy XXI, Inc.
- Represented ad-hoc group of second lien bondholders in Chapter 11 of Caesars Entertainment Corp. in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Illinois.
Case Studies


viewpoints
SCOTUS Bankruptcy Decision Roundup
July 7, 2023 | Blog | By Kaitlin R. Walsh
Top 10 Questions Human Resources May Have When Their Company is Filing for Chapter 11 Protection
June 2, 2020 | Blog | By Andrew Matzkin, Kaitlin R. Walsh, William Kannel
A Momentive Decision: Second Circuit Splits with Third Circuit on Make Whole Premiums; Adopts Sixth Circuit’s Two-Step Approach in Selecting an Interest Rate in Chapter 11 Cramdowns
October 25, 2017 | Blog | By Kaitlin R. Walsh
SCOTUS to Settle Circuit Split on Rule Applicable to Recharacterization of Debt to Equity Disputes
July 5, 2017 | Blog | By Kaitlin R. Walsh
Supreme Court to Resolve Circuit Split on Scope of 546(e)’s Safe Harbor Provision
May 15, 2017 | Blog | By Kaitlin R. Walsh
Make-Whole Momentum Halted: Third Circuit Rejects Momentive Rationale and Requires Debtor to Pay Make-Whole Premium
November 28, 2016 | Blog | By Kaitlin R. Walsh
The Evolution of Fiduciary Duties Under Delaware Law
September 28, 2015 | Blog | By John H. Bae, Kaitlin R. Walsh
News & Press
Twenty-nine Mintz Attorneys Named to 2023 New York Metro Super Lawyers List
September 22, 2023
Bartender, I’ll Take A Quarantini: The Fits And Starts Of A “Post-Pandemic” Hospitality Industry
March 2, 2023
Twenty-six Mintz Attorneys Recognized as 2022 New York Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
September 29, 2022
Mintz Represents The Paper Store in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Proceedings
September 14, 2020
The Top 10 Questions Human Resources Professionals May Have When Their Company is Filing for Chapter 11 Protection
August 19, 2020
Mothballing Motions from Retail Debtors to Avoid Rent Payments Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
August 5, 2020
Mintz Attorney Kaitlin R. Walsh Elected to International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation’s New York Chapter Board of Directors
November 15, 2016
Events & Speaking
National Federation of Municipal Analysts
Bartender, I’ll Take a Quarantini: The Fits and Starts of a “Post-Pandemic” Hospitality Industry.
Las Vegas

Bartender, I’ll Take a Quarantini: The Fits and Starts of a “Post-Pandemic” Hospitality Industry
National Federation of Municipal Analysts
Las Vegas

The American Bankruptcy Institute's Winter Leadership Conference
Recent Trends In The Credit Bidding of Assets and Cross-Border Issues
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Recognition & Awards
- New York Super Lawyers: Bankruptcy: Business (2021 - 2023)
- New York Super Lawyers: Rising Star – Bankruptcy: Business (2015 - 2018)
Involvement
- Member, International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation
- Member, Turnaround Management Association
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, New York State Bar Association