Lisa Bittle Tancredi, Esq.

Lisa B. Tancredi is Of Counsel at Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP in Baltimore and Wilmington, Del. She focuses her practice on restructuring, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights matters. Ms. Tancredi represents a wide range of clients, including financial institutions, funds, sureties, receivers, landlords, businesses, suppliers and contract counterparties, purchasers, and high-net-worth individuals, both inside and outside of bankruptcy court. In the syndicated loan arena, she works with agents and participating lenders to address distressed-debt facilities. Ms. Tancredi designs and leads regular seminars for local and national groups and has authored a number of articles and publications. She co-authored ABI’s Navigating Banking in Bankruptcy: A Guidebook, which informs bankers and advisors about the treatment of cash management and bank products in bankruptcy. She is also ranked as a leading lawyer for bankruptcy/restructuring in Maryland by Chambers USA and has been listed as a top-rated bankruptcy attorney in Baltimore by Super Lawyers since 2011. Ms. Tancredi’s background is in mechanical engineering, but she acquired her affinity for bankruptcy during a law school clerkship with the Office of the U.S. Trustee. Following law school, she clerked for the late Hon. James F. Schneider of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland. Over the course of her more than 25 years of practice, Ms. Tancredi has appeared in bankruptcy courts around the country representing a broad spectrum of constituencies, from estate fiduciaries and governmental authorities to creditors and interested parties. She currently co-chairs ABI’s Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, is a member of the board of directors of IWIRC’s Greater Maryland Network, chairs the Maryland Bankruptcy Bar Association’s U.S. District Court Liaison Committee, is a commissioner on the Baltimore County Ethics Commission, is a member of the Severn Bank Women’s Advisory Board and is a member of the board of directors of the USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association. In addition, she is a past president of the Maryland Bankruptcy Bar Association and a former chair of the Maryland Local Bankruptcy Rules Committee. Ms. Tancredi received her B.S. in mechanical engineering cum laude from Virginia Tech and her J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law.