Deborah J. Newman

Deborah J. Newman is a partner with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP in New York, where her practice focuses on bankruptcy-related litigation and complex commercial litigation. She regularly represents investment funds, indenture trustees, creditor committees, corporate debtors and litigation trusts in the full range of litigation matters arising in chapter 11 restructurings and cross-border insolvencies. She also has extensive experience litigating complex commercial matters in state and federal courts. Ms. Newman was named a “Litigation Star” [Bankruptcy] by Benchmark Litigation in 2024, a “Leading Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyer” by Lawdragon from 2022-24, and a “Recommended Lawyer” by Legal 500 USA in 2023. She also has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in 2024, Legal 500 in 2023 and Euromoney’s Women in Business Law in 2022, and she was selected by Law360 as a “Rising Star” in bankruptcy litigation in 2016. Ms. Newman received her B.A. with honors in 1997 from the University of Michigan and her J.D. in 2002 from Columbia Law School.