Professional Background

Vickie leverages her twenty-four years of bankruptcy experience to create innovative solutions for businesses including cases involving complex capital structures with multiple intercreditor issues.

Education

Baylor School of Law
Waco, Texas
J.D., 2000
Honors:
Order of Barristers
Law Review

Admissions

• Texas, 2000
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Texas
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Texas
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas

Professional Associations & Memberships

• Turnaround Management Association, Dallas/Ft. Worth Chapter, President (2024)
• Turnaround Management Association, Dallas/Ft. Worth Chapter, President-Elect (2023)
• International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, Board Member (2019)
• DFW Association of Young Bankruptcy Lawyers, Co-founder and Inaugural President
• Jay L. Westbrook Bankruptcy Conference, Planning Committee Member (2016-2019)
• Honors & Awards
• Ranked in Super Lawyers*
• Texas Rising Star (2007-2008, 2010 - 2014)
• Bankruptcy, Creditor Debtor Rights (2014 - Present)
• D Magazine, Best Lawyers in Dallas (2017 and 2024)

Published Works

• Co-author, "Toto, I've a Feeling We're Not in Kansas Anymore: Bankruptcy Sales Outside the Ordinary Course of Business," The Federal Lawyer, Vol. 57, No. 2, February 2010

Speaking Engagements

• Speaker, "Legal and Financial Issues in Healthcare Restructurings," American Bar Association Health Law Section, Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law, Orlando, Florida, March 14, 2019
• Panelist, TMA-DFW Chapter, Restaurant Restructurings Panel, October 2018
• Moderator, "Health Care," 33rd Annual Bankruptcy & Restructuring Conference, June 2017
• Co-author and Panelist, "Pre-Bankruptcy Planning and Pitfalls," 30th Annual Jay L. Westbrook Bankruptcy Conference, Austin, Texas, November 16, 2017
• Co-author and Co-speaker, "Structured Dismissals: Least Worst Option?" Dallas Bar Association, Bankruptcy & Commercial Law Section, Dallas, Texas, November 5, 2014
• Author and Speaker, "Emerging Issues in Bankruptcy Litigation: Fraudulent Transfer and Preferences," 30th Annual Jay L. Westbrook Bankruptcy Conference, Austin, Texas, November 17-18, 2011
• Co-author and Panelist, "New Releases and Blockbusters: A Discussion of the Latest Cases in Consumer and Business Bankruptcies," 2010 Northern District of Texas Bankruptcy Bench/Bar Conference, Dallas, Texas, May 14, 2010

Pro Bono

• General Counsel, Legacy Humane Society, (2010 - Present)

Representative experience includes:

• Defended targets of fraudulent transfer and preference litigation from trustee in multiple matters seeking over $100 million in damages.
• Represented high-profile media personality in individual Chapter 11 case 
• Represented Vasari LLC, the largest Texas franchisee for Dairy Queen quick service restaurants, in its successful Chapter 11 reorganization
• Represented University General Hospital and Foundation Healthcare, Inc. in their Chapter 11 liquidation
• Represented Native American Nation in the restructuring of a $200 million loan made to a tribal enterprise
• Represented landlord for 31 locations in Senior Care Centers, LLC's Chapter 11 case
• Represented Forest Park Medical Center at Frisco in their Chapter 11 case, resulting in $60 million sale to HCA