Alexandria, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces that Adrienne Walker of Foley & Lardner LLP (Boston) has been named to a two-year term as ABI Vice President-Diversity & Inclusion. An ABI member since 2000 and a member of ABI’s Board of Directors since 2020, Walker has been a member of ABI’s “40 Under 40” Program Steering Committee, is an active member of ABI’s Bankruptcy Litigation, Business Reorganization, Mediation and Secured Credit Committees, was co-chair of ABI’s Northeast Bankruptcy Conference and is a frequent contributor to the ABI Journal.
Walker has significant experience in workout, restructuring and bankruptcy matters. She represents a diverse range of clients — particularly in the health care, manufacturing and education sectors, including private capital investors, bond and noteholders, bond trustees and agents, commercial lenders, debtors, strategic trade creditors, official and ad hoc committees, and contract counterparties in bankruptcy, receiverships, assignments for the benefit of creditors and out-of-court workouts and restructurings. In her commercial lending practice, Walker advises borrowers on private capital and secured financing transactions, leveraging her talent for structuring complex debt positions that often involve distressed-debt or restructuring scenarios.
Walker is an adjunct professor at Suffolk University Law School, where she teaches advanced courses in business bankruptcy. She is also a frequent speaker and writer on numerous topics of interest in the bankruptcy and commercial lending fields. Walker received her B.A. from Simmons College and her J.D. magna cum laude from Suffolk University Law School.
