Focusing primarily on corporate bankruptcy, restructuring, and other insolvency-related matters, with an emphasis on creditors’ rights, Monique Almy has practiced for more than 35 years. Her extensive experience in the representation of lender syndicates, institutional investors, financial institutions, and other parties in bankruptcy cases, out-of-court workouts, enforcement of remedies, and related litigation has made her an established and recognized leader in her practice area. Monique regularly represents secured and unsecured creditors, debtors, lessors, and committees in bankruptcy cases throughout the country. She also has experience acting as a court-appointed fiduciary.
Recognized as a results-oriented practitioner with a strong business background, Monique has worked with clients across several industries, including finance, privacy and cybersecurity, transportation, aerospace and defense, health care, and hospitality and leisure. Her unique blend of experience and practicality allows her to find innovative solutions for clients. Able to understand the complexity of the transaction as well as the needs of all parties, Monique can construct a strategy for success even when parties have struggled to do so in the past. She has handled matters across the country, has coordinated with local counsel as appropriate, and has handled multidistrict litigation.
Monique also has extensive real estate experience in the retail and mixed-use spaces, including representing shopping center developers in development projects, representing lenders and investors involved in retail companies and development projects, representing landlord and tenants in retail leasing, and representing retail clients in mergers and acquisitions.
Monique has served as a member of the Panel of Bankruptcy Trustees of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland since 1997 and has served on the Panel of Subchapter V Trustees for Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Alexandria, Va., since its inauguration in 2020. She speaks at bankruptcy-related continuing legal education programs and conducts seminars for commercial lenders and other financial institutions. Monique has been recognized as a leading bankruptcy lawyer in Washington, D.C., by Chambers USA since 2014, where clients reported she is "valued for her experience and judgment." Monique has also been recognized in the 2022 Lawdragon list of "500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyers" and in The Best Lawyers in America list for Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Law. She was also selected for inclusion in the list of "Maryland Super Lawyers" (a publication of Law & Politics) as well as being recommended by The Washingtonian in its December 2020 issue under the heading "Bankruptcy—Creditors and Debtors Turn to These Lawyers." In 2019, Forbes created its inaugural "America’s Top Corporate Law Firms" and recognized Crowell & Moring for its bankruptcy practice.
Education
- University of Delaware, B.A. (1984) honors program
- University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D. (1987) cum laude
managing editor, Law Review
Affiliations
Professional Activities and Memberships
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American Bankruptcy Institute
- Bankruptcy Bar Association
- Maryland State Bar
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