Overview
Debbie Green focuses her practice on commercial litigation. She represents clients in litigation matters in certain key areas, such as bankruptcy contested matters, appeals, insurance coverage and bad faith, Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class actions, antitrust, and general commercial litigation.
Debbie has extensive experience in representing debtors in complex reorganizations and representing secured and unsecured creditors in collection disputes, including commercial foreclosure and fraudulent transfer litigation.
Results
- Represented secured lender in bankruptcy proceedings challenging its exercise of its Article 9 remedies in debtor’s deposit accounts in its possession, including appeal.*
- Represented debtor, which operates community of skilled residential nursing facilities and assisted living facilities, in appeal of favorable decision in dispute with landlord over timeliness of its assumption of leases.*
- Represented stalking horse bidder in bankruptcy proceedings challenging its entitlement to administrative expense claim.*
- Defended petroleum refining company in fraudulent conveyance action and related lawsuits.*
- Defended operator of long term acute care hospital in dispute with landlord over termination of essential services agreement.*
- Obtained dismissal of lawsuit against national real estate investment trust alleging conspiracy to violate antitrust laws.*
- Represented market maker in business of selling vehicles to used car dealer in insurance coverage and unfair and deceptive settlement practices dispute to favorable settlement.*
- Led defense of law firm in malpractice action including before Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.*
- Worked with developer and marketer of vacation ownership in obtaining favorable settlement of sexual harassment and retaliation suit.*
- Represented former present, CEO, and director of bank in obtaining dismissal of securities fraud putative class action.*
- Represented manufacturer of lubricant and car care products in obtaining dismissal of lawsuit alleging violations of Robinson-Patman Act and Sherman Antitrust Act.*
- Helped Big Four accounting firm in obtaining dismissal of malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty causes of action.*
- Collaborated with UK attorneys to represent international telecommunications operator in ICC arbitration in dispute with cable capacity lessee over expansion rights on cable by developing New York law-based claim and defense strategies.*
- Oversaw early favorable settlement of putative nationwide class action alleging violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.*
- Oversaw successful defense of appeal challenging enforceability of arbitration agreement’s delegation clause based on claim of waiver of pre-litigation conduct.*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott.
Community
- Mentor, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
- Member, Children’s Advocacy Center of Collin County (2017-2018)
- Member, Dallas Challenge, Inc. (2015-2017)
- Member, Leadership Arts Institute (2013-2014)
Credentials
Education
Yale Law School, JD, 2004
Carleton College, BA, cum laude, 2001
Courts / Agencies
US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
US District Court for the Western District of Texas
US District Court for the Northern District of Texas
US District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
Admissions
Texas
New York
