Marianne T. O'Toole

Marianne T. O’Toole is the founding member of O’Toole + O’Toole PLLC in Bedford Hills, N.Y., and practices primarily in the areas of bankruptcy, creditors’ rights and other insolvency matters. She has practiced law since 1989, previously as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and Chief of Tax and Bankruptcy, and as a clerk for then-Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. During her tenure with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Ms. O’Toole represented the U.S. and its agencies in all phases of civil litigation, including trials and appeals in both federal and state court. She was responsible for a range of cases involving commercial law, tax, bankruptcy, fair housing, employment law, constitutional law, environmental law and tort law. Since 2006, Ms. O’Toole has served as a chapter 7 panel trustee in the Southern District of New York. She also has been appointed as a chapter 11 trustee, plan administrator, distribution agent, special master in multi-district litigation, and as guardian ad litem. Ms. O’Toole is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy and a member of the New York State Bar Association, the New York City Bar, the District of Columbia Bar Association, the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees and ABI. She received her B.A. cum laude in 1986 from Pace University and her J.D. in 1989 from Pace University School of Law, where she was managing editor of the Pace Law Review.