Julie Murphy is a partner in the firm’s financial services practice group, representing clients in all aspects of financial services, from commercial finance to workouts, creditors’ rights and bankruptcy.
Julie leverages her creditors’ rights experience to provide clients with seasoned advice in connection with the negotiation and documentation of commercial loan documents, whether secured or unsecured. In assisting clients to maximize recovery on troubled credit facilities, Julie takes a pragmatic and multi-faceted approach to asset recovery, relying on state and federal court litigation, forbearance agreements, foreclosures, receiverships and other collection strategies tailored to fit each particular circumstance. Julie has helped vendors, landlords and other contract counterparties navigate complex bankruptcy cases and negotiate the terms of critical vendor orders, assignment and assumption of the applicable contract or lease, and secure payment from the debtor. Julie has successfully defended preference and fraudulent transfer litigation on behalf of clients, seeking to minimize liability.
Julie is actively involved in a number of organizations in the reorganization space and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Turnaround Management Association, Philadelphia/Wilmington Chapter, and the Risk Management Association’s Philadelphia Chapter. She also serves as an advisory committee member for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Court. Julie co-teaches a bankruptcy class at Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law.