On February 14, 2025, Laura Bouyea, a partner and co-chair of Venable’s Bankruptcy and Creditor’s Rights Practice Group, was recognized by the Maryland Daily Record and the Maryland State Bar Association as a Leader in Law for 2025. This award honors attorneys and judges who have shown tremendous dedication to the legal profession and selfless, tireless commitment to the community.
Laura Bouyea focuses on a range of bankruptcy matters, commercial litigation, and commercial foreclosures. Laura is licensed in Maryland and Delaware and appears regularly in state and federal courts in those and other jurisdictions. Her accounting background, coupled with her litigation experience, uniquely situates her to handle both litigation and transactional matters—an asset in the restructuring field, where transactions and litigation frequently intersect. Laura is also a recognized leader in the Baltimore community, regularly lending her problem-solving capabilities and experienced legal counsel to nonprofits and individuals in need.
Laura represents debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, creditors’ committees, bankruptcy trustees, liquidating agents, and other parties-in-interest in bankruptcy cases and related matters, including pre-bankruptcy counseling and planning, cash collateral use, debtor-in-possession financing, automatic stay litigation, asset sales, plan litigation, fraudulent conveyance litigation, claim disputes, and claim administration. She also represents lenders, including special servicers of commercial mortgage-backed securities, in all aspects of the creditor-distressed debtor relationship, including loan modifications, foreclosure sales, receivership actions and sales, guaranty claims, and lender liability actions. Laura has represented clients in a variety of sectors and industries, including real estate, retail, municipal government, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation. Prior to law school, Laura earned her certified public accountant license and worked as an auditor for Arthur Andersen.
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