Alicia M. Bendana's primary area of practice is bankruptcy law. She has considerable and wide-ranging experience representing creditors, bankruptcy trustees, and Chapter 7 and 11 debtors. Ms. Bendana has represented a variety of debtors, including public and private corporations, physicians, attorneys, and other professional persons, in connection with bankruptcy proceedings and informal workouts with creditors, taxing authorities, and other governmental agencies. In addition, she has represented creditors in Chapter 7 and 11 bankruptcy proceedings with respect to the prosecution of claims and contract rights, the partitioning of marital property, the excepting of debts from discharge, the opposition to plans of reorganization, and the proposition of competing plans. Finally, Ms. Bendana has also represented bankruptcy trustees in connection with their administration of bankruptcy estates including in actions seeking turnover of estate property, objections to proofs of claim, prosecution of debtors' causes of action, prosecution of avoidance actions and objections to discharge.
Ms. Bendana enjoys an AV rating from Martindale Hubbell. She has authored numerous articles for professional publications and is a frequent lecturer at professional programs.
Ms. Bendana received her undergraduate degree from Hollins College and her law degree from Tulane University. During law school, she was the senior managing editor of the Tulane Environmental Law Journal. She serves on the New Orleans Bar Association's Bankruptcy Committee, and is a council member of the Consumer Protection and Bankruptcy Section of the Louisiana State Bar Association.
- Of Counsel
- Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors'-Debtors' Rights
- Business and Commercial Litigation
- Louisiana, 1992
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1992
- J.D.
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Law Journal:
Law Journal, Tulane Environmental Law, 1990 - 1992
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Law Journal:
Senior Managing Editor, Tulane Environmental Law, 1991 - 1992
- Hollins College, Hollins, Virginia, 1986
- B.A.
- Bankruptcy Law in Louisiana, Chapter of Louisiana Legal Services and Pro-Bono Desk Manual, Gillis W. Long Poverty Law Center, Loyola University, New Orleans School of Law, 2001
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- Garnishment Chapter of Louisiana Civil Practice Forms, West Group, 2002
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- Garnishment Chapter of Louisiana Civil Practice Forms, West Group, 2003
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- Garnishment Chapter of Louisiana Civil Practice Forms, West Group, 2004
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- Garnishment Chapter of Louisiana Civil Practice Forms, West Group, 2005
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- Garnishment Chapter of Louisiana Civil Practice Forms, West Group, 2006
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- Garnishment Chapter of Louisiana Civil Practice Forms, West Group, 2007
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- Garnishment Chapter of Louisiana Civil Practice Forms, West Group, 2008
- Co-Supervisor, Consumer Foreclosure Advice Clinic, Tulane University School of Law,
1998
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2003
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- Bankruptcy in Louisiana, Lorman Education Services Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana,
2002
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- Bankruptcy in Louisiana, Lorman Education Services Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana,
2004
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- Bankruptcy in Louisiana, Lorman Education Services Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana,
2005
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- Family Law and Bankruptcy at the Intersections, Ninth Annual Bankruptcy Law Seminar, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University,
2003
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- Litigation in Bankruptcy Proceedings, New Orleans Bar Association Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana,
1995
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- Bankruptcy Reform, National Business Institute Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana,
December 11, 2006
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- Family Law and Bankruptcy, Louisiana State Bar Association Seminar, Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
2006
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- Family Law and Bankruptcy at the Intersections, Ninth Annual Bankruptcy Law Seminar, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
2003
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- Liens and Credit Issues, National Business Institute Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana,
1998
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- Liens and Credit Issues, National Business Institute Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana,
2000
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- Family Law and Bankruptcy, Louisiana State Bar Association Seminar, Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
2006
- AV Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
- New Orleans Bar Association
- Member, Bankruptcy Committee
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- Louisiana State Bar Association, Consumer Protection and Bankruptcy Section
- Counsel Member
- May 4, 1964, Patterson, New Jersey, United States of America
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