Amy E. Vulpio Partner

Amy Vulpio focuses her practice on creditor and debtor representation, bankruptcy appellate work and bankruptcy-related commercial litigation. Amy’s experience representing both creditors and debtors gives her the breadth of perspective needed to advise her clients as to the priorities and motivations of the party across the table. Using this understanding, Amy works closely with her clients to formulate creative legal strategies and helps her clients achieve their goals through negotiation or litigation.

Amy represents creditors in diverse industries who require assistance in confessing judgment, obtaining relief from the automatic stay, filing and litigating proofs of claim, responding to various motions and adversary complaints, including preference and fraudulent conveyance actions, and otherwise asserting their rights in Bankruptcy Court. Amy’s clients include financial institutions and other secured lenders, insurance companies, lessors, trade creditors and other businesses and individuals whose interests are implicated in bankruptcy proceedings.

Amy also has broad experience with debtor representation, including facilitating out-of-court workouts, preparing bankruptcy petitions, filing and prosecuting claims objections and prosecuting preference and fraudulent conveyance actions.

In the bankruptcy appellate context, Amy prepares appellate briefs, presents oral arguments and prosecutes appeals on a variety of bankruptcy-related topics. She also has general commercial litigation experience.

Amy serves as Chair of the Steering Committee of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference and previously chaired the Education Committee. From 2016-2020, Amy co-chaired the Greater Philadelphia Network of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), which hosted the 2018 IWIRC Leadership Summit, and Amy now serves as Vice Director of Communications and Social Media on IWIRC’s international Board.

Amy serves as President on the Board of Directors of the Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project (CBAP), a non-profit organization that provides bankruptcy representation to low-income Philadelphia residents. Amy also provides pro bono legal services to CBAP clients.

While at Georgetown University Law Center, Amy served as Senior Focus Editor of the Georgetown International Environmental Law Review and authored “From the Forests of Asia to the Pharmacies of New York City: Searching for a Safe Haven for Rhinos and Tigers,” 11 Georgetown Int’l Envtl. L. Rev. 463 (1999).

Representative Matters

• Represented international technology company as creditor in various bankruptcy matters, including contract assumption and assignment disputes, prosecution of pre-and-post-petition claims, and plan confirmation disputes
• Obtained summary judgment in favor of petitioning creditor in involuntary bankruptcy proceedings in which putative debtor sought compensatory damages of nearly $30 million plus punitive damages
• Represented commercial landlord in connection with restaurant tenant's bankruptcy case
• Represented nursing home debtors in their Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings
• Assisted prospective purchaser with performing due diligence, submitting bids, and participating in auction conducted under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code

Recognition & Involvement

Amy was recently selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2021 list in the practice areas of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation - Bankruptcy. Amy has been recognized by Chambers USA as an up and coming lawyer in the area of bankruptcy and restructuring in Philadelphia and surrounds, with clients describing her as “a terrific attorney," and commenting that "she is very responsive."