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Catherine Norwood is a member of the Adams & Reese Financial Services Practice Group.
Practicing in the firm’s Memphis office, Catherine counsels and represents financial institutions, asset-based lenders, and other creditors in commercial and residential creditors rights and bankruptcy matters. These may include loan workouts, corporate reorganizations, restructurings, commercial foreclosures, receiverships, forbearance agreements, pre-workout loan modification arrangements, asset purchases, debtor-in-possession negotiations, and other matters. She also provides guidance in resolving debtor-creditor disputes. From a creditor’s perspective, Catherine focuses on efforts to protect and preserve collateral positions and maximize recoveries.
Through judicial clerkships and internships, Catherine gained experience in bankruptcy law and in multiple diverse venues. During her judicial clerkships for Chief Judge Bonnie L. Clair of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and for Chief Judge Paul Black, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Western District of Virginia, Catherine prepared judicial dockets, drafted hearing notes, court orders, bench memoranda, written and oral opinions, and legal education materials, and conducted research relating to the courts’ bankruptcy cases.
Outside the bankruptcy context, Catherine’s served as a judicial intern for Hon. Thomas L. Parker of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, intern in the Victim and Witness Division of the Shelby County, Tennessee District Attorney’s office, family law clinic intern for Legal Aid of Western Virginia, and summer associate for law firms — all providing experience in diverse areas of law. Catherine’s experience as an in-house extern for a global conglomerate with revenue of more than $16 billion gave her compliance experience in the complex arena of global insurance and reinsurance.
Practicing in the firm’s Memphis office, Catherine counsels and represents financial institutions, asset-based lenders, and other creditors in commercial and residential creditors rights and bankruptcy matters. These may include loan workouts, corporate reorganizations, restructurings, commercial foreclosures, receiverships, forbearance agreements, pre-workout loan modification arrangements, asset purchases, debtor-in-possession negotiations, and other matters. She also provides guidance in resolving debtor-creditor disputes. From a creditor’s perspective, Catherine focuses on efforts to protect and preserve collateral positions and maximize recoveries.
Through judicial clerkships and internships, Catherine gained experience in bankruptcy law and in multiple diverse venues. During her judicial clerkships for Chief Judge Bonnie L. Clair of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and for Chief Judge Paul Black, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Western District of Virginia, Catherine prepared judicial dockets, drafted hearing notes, court orders, bench memoranda, written and oral opinions, and legal education materials, and conducted research relating to the courts’ bankruptcy cases.
Outside the bankruptcy context, Catherine’s served as a judicial intern for Hon. Thomas L. Parker of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, intern in the Victim and Witness Division of the Shelby County, Tennessee District Attorney’s office, family law clinic intern for Legal Aid of Western Virginia, and summer associate for law firms — all providing experience in diverse areas of law. Catherine’s experience as an in-house extern for a global conglomerate with revenue of more than $16 billion gave her compliance experience in the complex arena of global insurance and reinsurance.
Catherine’s road to her legal career is through a combination of determination, discipline, and creativity. Not only did she work her way through law school, her numerous judicial clerkships, internships, externships, and similar roles during and beyond law school have enabled her to effectively weave together detailed research and the law to find creative solutions to thorny issues. A natural extrovert, talking through issues with clients provides Catherine with the insight into their thinking and their challenges that helps her craft effective solutions.
As a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Richmond School of Law, Catherine served as an articles editor for the University of Richmond Law Review, Treasurer of the McNeill Law Society, and received numerous academic honors, including Order of the Coif. Her law-related activities included Richmond Women’s Law, Law & Business Forum, and VCU Medical-Legal Partnership. As an undergraduate majoring in history at the College of William and Mary (also a summa cum laude graduate), Catherine had the opportunity to study for a year at the University of Oxford, Hertford College, England.
As a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Richmond School of Law, Catherine served as an articles editor for the University of Richmond Law Review, Treasurer of the McNeill Law Society, and received numerous academic honors, including Order of the Coif. Her law-related activities included Richmond Women’s Law, Law & Business Forum, and VCU Medical-Legal Partnership. As an undergraduate majoring in history at the College of William and Mary (also a summa cum laude graduate), Catherine had the opportunity to study for a year at the University of Oxford, Hertford College, England.
Community Involvement
- Junior League of St. Louis
- Junior League of Memphis
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Education
- University of Richmond School of Law, J.D. | 2023
- College of William & Mary, B.A. | 2020
Bar Admissions
- Tennessee
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Affiliations
- American Bankruptcy Institute, Member
- Oxford Law Society, Member
Education
- University of Richmond School of Law, J.D. | 2023
- College of William & Mary, B.A. | 2020
Bar Admissions
- Tennessee