Overview
Jaclyn Marasco is a corporate restructuring attorney and litigator experienced with high-profile bankruptcy cases and complex commercial litigation with a nexus to the state of Delaware.
Bankruptcy and Related Litigation
Having served as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the U.S. Trustee in Delaware, and a law clerk to two U.S. bankruptcy judges in New York and Delaware, Jackie is intimately familiar with complex Chapter 11 proceedings and their impact on various stakeholders. She leverages her unique perspective and extensive courtroom experience to craft and execute effective strategies for client debtors, creditors and committees, court-appointed fiduciaries, and other parties in interest in high-stakes bankruptcy cases and related litigation.
Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Jackie also represents parties in complex commercial disputes before the Delaware Court of Chancery.
Pro Bono Experience
Jackie is an active member of Faegre Drinker’s Justice for Veterans Initiative, regularly serving as pro bono legal counsel to veterans and their spouses.
Related Legal Services
Related Industries
Credentials
Bar Admissions
Delaware
New Jersey
New York
Court Admissions
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Clerkships
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, Hon. Mary F. Walrath, 2016-2017
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of New York, Hon. Diane Davis, 2014-2016
Education
Pace University School of Law
J.D. cum laude (2014)
State University of New York College at Geneseo
B.S. in Business Administration, cum laude (2011)
Insights & Events
Insights
Other Perspectives
- Guest Commentary: Bankruptcy implications of Lac du Flambeau ruling
Republished in Minnesota Lawyer, July 11, 2023 - Ask the Judges
Moderator, ABI Delaware Views From the Bench, November 2022 - Supreme Court Update
Speaker, ABI Mid-Atlantic Conference, August 2022 - Am I Covered? Understanding the Scope and Availability of Directors' and Officers' Indemnification and Advancement Rights
Republished in Wolters Kluwer’s Corporation Report Bulletin, Vol. XCIII No. 14, July 20, 2022 - Overcoming the Absolute Priority Rule With Contingent Distribution Rights
American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, April 2017 - Is it Law or Something Else? A Divided Judiciary in the Application of Fraudulent Transfer Law Under Section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code
34 Pace Law Review 1268, 2014
Leadership & Community
Pro Bono
- Faegre Drinker — Justice for Veterans Initiative
Professional Associations
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- Delaware State Bar Association
Honors
- National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges — Next Generation (NextGen) Program, 2022
- Faegre Drinker — Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2021-22
- White Plains Bar Association — Clinical Lawyering Award, 2014
- Pace University School of Law — Merit Scholarship Recipient, 2011-14
No aspect of these recognitions has been approved by the highest court of any state.