About the Author

• Jurisdiction: United States

Deborah D. Williamson is a member of Dykema Cox Smith in San Antonio and has practiced insolvency and restructuring law for over 30 years. She is regularly called on by clients in a variety of industries for her bankruptcy experience and advice regarding counterparty risk. She also serves as one of the 19 members of ABI's Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11. In 2011, Ms. Williamson received ABI's Lifetime Achievement Award. She travels frequently around Texas, the U.S. and the world to address colleagues and clients regarding bankruptcy issues, and has been involved in representing parties in oil and gas restructurings and bankruptcies for more than 30 years. Ms. Williamson co-authored ABI's Bankruptcy Litigation Manual: What Civil Litigators Need to Know (2007). She has been named a leader in her field by Chambers USA since 2003 and has been selected by Texas Super Lawyers as one of the "Top 100 Lawyers," one of the "Top 50 Women Lawyers in Texas" and one of the "Top 50 Lawyers in Central Texas" since the honor's inception. Named one of The Best Lawyers in America consecutively for over two decades, she was recently included for a second time in...