Meredith R. Theisen

Meredith R. Theisen is a partner with Rubin & Levin in Indianapolis, where she concentrates her practice in the areas of bankruptcy, bankruptcy litigation, debtors’ and creditors’ rights, business representation, secured transactions, real estate sales, state court receiverships, commercial litigation, and bankruptcy trustee and state court receiver representation. Her bankruptcy practice includes represent-ing individuals, businesses, debtors and creditors in chapter 7, 11, 12 and 13 bankruptcy cases, out-of-court debt restructurings, receivership actions and litigation matters. Ms. Theisen has served as counsel to individuals and businesses reorganizing in chapter 11 cases or liquidating in complex chapter 7 cases.She also has extensive experience representing bankruptcy trustees in both chapter 7 and 11 cases.Throughout her practice, Ms. Theisen has developed expertise in asset-protection, business liquidation and wind-downs, property acquisition through § 363 sales, lease assignments through the § 365 assumption-an- assignment process, and defending preference/fraudulent conveyance actions and non-dischargeability actions. Much of her representation includes providing proactive counsel to businesses as she helps identify and minimize potential issues that could negatively impact operations. She also helps new business owners form business entities, choose the best entity type based on their needs, and assist with start-up compliance issues so that new ventures will be on a firm legal ground for success.Ms. Theisen was named an “Indiana Rising Star” in 2021 and is an active member of the IndianapolisBar Association, for which she currently chairs the Executive Committee of its Commercial & Bankruptcy Law Section. She is also an active member of the Indiana State Bar, for which she currently serves as a council member for its Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights Section. Ms. Theisen received herB.S. in consumer science from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 2006 and her J.D. cum laude from the Thomas M. Cooley School of Law in 2009, where she served as associate editor of the ThomasM. Cooley Law Review and was a graduate/research assistant.