Ms. Deirdre A. O'Connor

<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Deirdre A. O’Connor</strong> is managing director on the Corporate Restructuring team of Epiq in New York, with a focus on business development. With more than 30 years of restructuring experience in law, government, corporate finance and technology-enabled legal solutions, she focuses on enterprise-wide initiatives to strengthen and expand the company’s law firm and corporate client relationships. Ms. O’Connor has several years of experience in the leveraged finance industry and serves on corporate boards and post-confirmation oversight committees. She also served as the U.S. Trustee for the Southern District of New York and oversaw the administration of some of the largest bankruptcies in history. In addition, she served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut in both the civil and criminal divisions. Ms. O’Connor is active in many restructuring organizations. She was the inaugural recipient of IWIRC’s Women of the Year in Restructuring and has received the St. Francis Service Award by Catholic Renewal of Catholic Charities of Greater New York. An ABI member, she serves as an advisory board member for its Health Care Program and New York City Bankruptcy Conference. She is also an adjunct professor at St. John’s University School of Law’s LL.M. in Bankruptcy program. Ms. O’Connor received her B.A. from New York University and her J.D. from Quinnipiac University School of Law.</p>