Rebecca R. DeMarb

Rebecca R. DeMarb is a partner with Swanson Sweet LLP  in Madison, Wis. She returned to the practice of law in 2024 after taking a hiatus from practicing to work as a Senior Managing Director with Development Specialists, Inc. ("DSI") in 2021.  DeMarb represents companies in financial distress in and out of court.  Ms. DeMarb has served as a state and federal court receiver since first being appointed as a chapter 128 receiver in Wisconsin more than 15 years ago. She is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell. In 2014, she was a winner of the eighth annual M&A Advisor Turnaround Award, and in 2016 she was a winner of the tenth annual M&A Advisor Small Transaction Award. In 2015, she received the Turnaround Management Association’s Midwest and National Awards. Ms. DeMarb is a member of the Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Creditors’ Rights Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin, the Western District of Wisconsin Bar Association, ABI and the Turnaround Management Association. She served on the board for the Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Creditors’ Rights Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin from 2013-16, and in 2018, she founded the Wisconsin Network of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) and has served on the IWIRC International Management Committee since 2019.    Ms. DeMarb received her J.D. cum laude in 1997 from the University of Wisconsin.