Monique D. Almy

Litigation

• Appointed as the Trustee for BioniCare, which manufactured and sold medical devices featuring a unique technology for pain relief. After months of difficult negotiations, the court approved a multi-million dollar sale and unique settlement structure based on the pre-bankruptcy debt documents. In re BioniCare Medical Technologies, Inc., No. 07-16902 (Bankr. D. Md.).
• Appointed as the Trustee for Insurance Payment Plan after litigation over an involuntary bankruptcy petition and related state court insurance receivership proceedings. In re Insurance Payment Plan, Inc., No. 12-28460 (Bankr. D. Md.).
• Served as lead counsel for government contractor, Alsalam Aircraft Company in dealing with international issues arising in connection with the Aveos insolvency proceedings in Canada. In re Aveos Fleet Performance Inc., No. 500-11-042345-120 (Superior Court, Province of Quebec, District of Montreal).
• Served as lead counsel for FNC Title Services, LLC in investigating a matter of hacking from a foreign entity and the recovery of lost funds. Due to quick action and assistance from the Crowell team, 100 percent of the missing funds were recovered.
• Served as special counsel to debtors national bankruptcy proceedings for several matters, including guidance and counseling on a variety of insolvency and bankruptcy issues, participating in and coordinating negotiations and litigation (both inside and outside of bankruptcy court) with primary bankruptcy counsel, and counseling on multi-district and cross border issues. In re Nortel Networks, Inc., No. 09-10138 (Bankr. D.Del.); In re Tribune Company, No. 08-13141 (Bankr. D.Del.); In re Eastman Kodak Company, No. 12-10202 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.).
• Appointed as Chapter 7 Trustee for a government contractor that refurbished aircraft and served as lead counsel during the auction process and resulting settlement. In re Aerospace Manufacturing, No. 08-15901 (Bankr. D. Md.).
• Represented Hitachi in defending a preference action in which the demand was more than $700,000. This matter was more complex than most due to the nature of the relationships between Hitachi and the various MPC entities, which pre-dated the various acquisition/spin-off transactions by Micron and Gateway. In re MPC Computers, LLC, et al., No. 08-12667 (Liquidating Trustee v. Hitachi Data Systems Corp., Adv. Pro. 10-54505) (Bankr. Del.).

Transactional

• Represented the lead pre-petition and DIP lender and agent of a billion dollar, syndicated credit facility to a major business in the airline industry. In re US Airways Inc.
• Represented the lead pre-petition and DIP lender and agent of a several hundred million dollar syndicated credit facility to a group of debtors that provides national rail system services. In re Railworks Corporation.
• Represented the lead pre-petition and DIP lender and agent of a multimillion-dollar, syndicated credit facility to a group of debtors that provide metal processing services. In re Lombard Acquisitions, LLC.

• Lawdragon: Leading U.S. Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyers, 2022–2023
• Chambers USA: Bankruptcy, Washington, D.C., 2014–2022 
• Best Lawyers in America: Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Law, 2022 
• Maryland Super Lawyers, 2022 
• Washingtonian magazine’s Bankruptcy—Creditors and Debtors Turn to These Lawyers feature, 2020