Anne L. Blitch [ Special Counsel ]
Duane Morris LLP
Atlantic Center Plaza
1180 West Peachtree Street NW, Suite 700
Atlanta, GA 30309-3448
USA
Phone: 404.253.6962
Fax: 404.393.0076
Email:
ALBlitch@duanemorris.com
Anne Lindgren Blitch practices in the areas of bankruptcy, creditors' rights and workouts. She has represented corporate debtors, trustees, creditors' committees, asset-based lenders, equipment lessors, debtor-in-possession lenders, and trade vendors in various chapter 11 cases.
Ms. Blitch serves on the board of the International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation's Georgia Network as the Community Service Chair. She is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and the Bankruptcy Law Section of the Atlanta Bar Association. She is a 1994 graduate of the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William & Mary, where she was articles editor of the Administrative Law Review, and a graduate of Duke University (A.B., economics). Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Blitch served as law clerk to the Honorable Virgil Pittman, United States District Court, Southern District of Alabama, in Mobile.
Areas Of Practice
- Creditor Issues
- Business Bankruptcy
Representative Matters
- Currently represent chapter 11 chemical company
- Currently represent large unsecured creditor in the chapter 11 case of Wolf Camera, Inc.
- Handled claims reconciliation process for former chapter 11 debtors Loewen Group, Inc. and Purina Mills, Inc.
- Have handled numerous preference actions and setoff issues
Professional Activities
- State Bar of Georgia
- Atlanta Bar Association
- Bankruptcy Law Section
Admissions
- Georgia
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- Superior Court of Georgia
- United States Court of Appeals for the State of Georgia
- State Courts of Georgia
Education
- College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, J.D., 1994
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Special Counsel, 2006-present
- Associate, 2003-2006 - Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, Georgia
- Associate, 1996-2000 - United States District Court for the District of Alabama
- Judicial Clerk, Honorable T. Virgil Pittman, 1994-1996
Board Memberships
- Habitat for Humanity, 1994-1996
Civic and Charitable Activities
- Buckhead Christian Ministry
- Volunteer with in-take program - Trinity Presbyterian Church
- Volunteer with various programs including teaching summer camp - International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation, 2003-Present
Selected Publications
- "Affordable Housing," 46 Administrative Law Review, 429, Fall 1994
- Georgia Section of Bankruptcy Exemption Manual, 1997-2000