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Biography

Olivia focuses her practice in the areas of Corporate and Transactional Law and Bankruptcy and Restructuring. In the Corporate and Transactional Law arena, Olivia advises clients in a variety of matters related to their businesses and operations, including entity formation and corporate structure, entity rationalizations, commercial contract negotiation, state and federal securities law compliance, mergers and acquisitions, capital raising transactions, and corporate governance. Olivia has significant experience advising both public and private companies, focusing primarily on clients in the technology, manufacturing and energy industries.

In the Bankruptcy and Restructuring realm, Olivia focuses her practice on creditor rights, preferential transfer and fraudulent conveyance law, and utility law. Olivia has represented secured and unsecured creditors, as well as goods and services providers. She has handled bankruptcy matters in various jurisdictions throughout the United States.

Olivia graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Law with cum laude honors, where she served as a Staff Editor on the Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Law and was chosen as UK Law’s 2016 Nominee to the American College of Bankruptcy Distinguished Law Student Program. Olivia earned her Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Southeast Missouri State University in 2013.

Other Info About Olivia

Experience

Legal Work Highlights

Restructuring of US operations for a publicly traded, Australian hemp company

Buyer’s counsel for asset acquisition of criminal background information companies

Subsidiary rationalizations for a multinational energy company

Preparation and negotiation of commercial contracts for US hemp companies

Preparation of private placement memorandum and subscription documents for capital raising transactions of closely held companies

Choice of entity, formation and corporate governance of start-up businesses

Creditor’s counsel in complex Chapter 11 bankruptcy matters

Education

Law School

University of Kentucky College of Law, J.D., 2016, cum laude

Undergraduate School

Southeast Missouri State University, B.S., Political Science, 2013, magna cum laude

Bar Memberships

Olivia is licensed to practice in the following state(s):

Kentucky, 2016

Courts

Olivia is admitted to practice before the following court(s):

Supreme Court of Kentucky

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Recognition

Local & National Recognition

Merit Scholarship Recipient, University of Kentucky College of Law, 2013-2016

6th Circuit Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Student Nominee, University of Kentucky College of Law, 2016

Professional Affiliations

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

Women Lawyers Association

Kentucky Bar Association

Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Law

Phi Alpha Delta

American Bar Association

YPAL

Civic Activities

Civic & Charitable Organizations

Legal Aid, Monthly Donor

American Red Cross

Gamma Sigma Sigma National Service Sorority, Alumni Member

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

TWLOHA Blue, Founding Member

Second Chances Wildlife Center, Board Member

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