Bodie B. Colwell

Bodie B. Colwell is a Partner with Preti Flaherty  in Portland, Maine, and represents businesses in financial distress both in and out of court. She also helps banks and businesses recover money owed to them. Ms. Colwell represents chapter 7 trustees of corporate and consumer debtors in the liquidation of assets and litigation matters, buyers of assets in bankruptcy, and distressed health care businesses in out-of-court workouts and liquidations. She also represents lenders in commercial and consumer matters and creditors in matters involving preference and fraudulent transfer avoidance claims. Ms. Colwell is an emerging leader in bankruptcy and restructuring. She has authored articles for the ABI Journal and is actively engaged in ABI committees, having served as co-chair for its Young and New Members Committee. In addition, she is a member of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) and is the first New England-area attorney to be named as a semi-finalist for the IWIRC Rising Star Award. Ms. Colwell received her B.A. in 2004 from the University of Southern Maine and her J.D. cum laude from the University of Maine School of Law.