After her first stressful decade as an insolvency attorney, Rebecca R. DeMarb started repeating the mantra, to ‘live with Integrity’. No matter the circumstances, she comes back to that mantra to determine the best way forward for her clients and the companies she has in receivership. This mantra, along with her caffeinated practice and willingness to be creative in finding both the best business and legal solution, drives her practice. The most rewarding part of Rebecca’s career has been building professional relationships. Rebecca is the founder of the Wisconsin Network of the IWIRC. She remains a co-chair of the Wisconsin Network, founded IWIRC on the Lakes, and is enjoying her new position with the International Board. Along with IWIRC, Rebecca has served on the Milwaukee Committee for Turnaround Management Association, the Central States Advisory Board for the American Bankruptcy Institute, and the Board for the Creditor’s Rights Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin. Rebecca represents businesses and other interested parties regionally in bankruptcy, state court receiverships, sales of business assets and out-of-court business reorganizations. She serves as the receiver for operating and liquidating businesses, and for real estate matters.
Languages spoken
English
State | Status | Acquired | Updated |
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WI | Good Standing | 1997 | 05/28/2022 |
Legal answers | 0 |
Legal guides | 0 |
Award name | Grantor | Date Granted |
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2019 Best Lawyers | Best Lawyers | 2019 |
Wisconsin Super Lawyer | SuperLawyers | 2019 |
Top 25 Female Attorneys in Wisconsin | SuperLawyers | 2019 |
Top 25 Attorneys in Madison | Super Lawyers | 2019 |
‘Women in the Law’ honoree | Wisconsin Law Journal | 2018 |
Chicago/Midwest, Small Company Transaction of the Year | Turnaround Management Association | 2015 |
National, Small Company Transaction of the Year | Turnaround Management Association | 2015 |
10th Annual M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards | 10th Annual M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards | N/A |
Chapter 11 Case | 8th Annual M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards for Anchor Bancorp, Inc. | N/A |
Title | Company name | Duration |
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Partner | DeMarb Brophy LLC | 2018 - Present |
Partner | Sweet DeMarb LLC | 2012 - 2017 |
Attorney | Murphy Desmond, S.C. | 1997 - 2012 |
Association name | Position name | Duration |
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Turnaround Management Association | Member | 2012 - Present |
State Bar of Wisconsin, Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Creditors' Rights Section | Member | 1999 - Present |
American Bankruptcy Institute | Member | 1999 - Present |
State Bar of Wisconsin, Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Creditors' Rights Section, Western District Liaison Committee | Member | 1999 - Present |
State Bar of Wisconsin, Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Creditors' Rights Section | Board Member | 2014 - 2016 |
Turnaround Management Association | Milwaukee Committee Member | 2013 - 2013 |
Publication name | Title | Date |
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Wisconsin Supreme Court | “Wisconsin Judicial Benchbook”, Volume II, Civil, 3rd Ed. | 2008 |
Business Law Advisory Series Wisconsin CLE Books | Collection Remedies and Workers Nonbankruptcy Alternatives & Bankruptcy | 2006 |
International Insolvency Review, Fall/Winter | Professionals Beware! Pitfalls to Getting and Keeping Compensation | 2004 |
School name | Degree | Graduated |
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University of Wisconsin Law School | JD - Juris Doctor | 1997 |
Loyola University Chicago | BA | 1994 |
Conference name | Title | Date |
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State Bar of Wisconsin BICR Retreat | “The Efficient Chapter 11 Case” | 2017 |
State Bar of Wisconsin Annual Bankruptcy Update | “Piercing the Corporate Veil” | 2016 |
State Bar of Wisconsin Annual Meeting | “Odd Statutory Liens” | 2016 |
American Bankruptcy Institute Central States Conference | “Headaches, Relief and Other Remedies” | 2016 |
State Bar of Wisconsin Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Creditors’ Rights Annual Update | “A Guide to Garnishments” | 2015 |
DCWBA Annual Meeting | “Associated Bank N.A. v. Collier and Attorney’s Title Guaranty Fund, Inc. v. Town Bank: A Sea of Change on Wisconsin Receivership Law and Its Impact on Federal Litigation,” | 2015 |
WDBB | “So, You Want to be a Supplemental Receiver? Keep Reading, You May Change Your Mind,” | 2015 |
State Bar of Wisconsin Annual Update | “Preferences: Now You Have It, Now You Don’t” | 2014 |
The Annual TMA Meeting | “TMA: Advanced Education Session: What Did I Get Myself Into? Ethical Issues in Distressed Deals,” | 2014 |
Turnaround Management Association | “Ethical Issues in Distressed Deals,” | 2013 |
USLFG Bankruptcy Group Meeting | “Worth the Jump: A Couple of Stories About Finding and Realizing Value” | 2013 |
University of Wisconsin | Lawyering Skills Course | 2004 |
Case name | Outcome |
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In re Flambeau River Papers, LLC, 19 – CV – 34 (Price County Chapter 128 Receivership). | |
In re DDS 2019, LLC and In re DDD 2019, LLC, 18-13912 (Chapter 11 for Death’s Door Spirits, LLC, W.D. Wis.) | |
In re FOC, Inc, et. al, 17-00463 (Chapter 11 for Fauser Oil Co., Inc., N.D. Iowa) | |
In re GreenWhey Energy, Inc., 16-CV-164 (Polk County Chapter 128 Receivership) | |
Bouraxis Properties Receivership, 14-CV-3185 (Milwaukee County Chapter 128 Receivership). |
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