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 Beth Ann Bivona
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resume.
Ms. Bivona is a Partner at Damon & Morey LLP who
practices in the firm’s
Business Litigation and Insolvency Department.
She works primarily with corporations and other businesses and
professional clients on a variety of commercial disputes and insolvency
matters. Her work not only includes handling commercial, federal and
complex litigation, but also debtor and creditor counseling and
representation in bankruptcy proceedings as well as financial workouts.
In addition to her business litigation practice, Ms. Bivona actively
represents debtors and creditors in bankruptcy courts and appellate
courts in actions involving preferences, fraudulent transfers, setoffs,
dischargeability, claims objections, confirmation, relief from the stay
and other related bankruptcy matters. Please click here
for a sampling of some of the cases in which she has successfully
defended our clients.
Ms. Bivona has served as special counsel to various
Chapter 7 Trustees and has represented Chapter 11, 13 and 7 debtors and
creditors in bankruptcy proceedings. Ms. Bivona handles and negotiates
various workouts for both debtors and creditors.
An experienced equestrian rider, Ms. Bivona also handles
equine matters, including contract
negotiations, disputes, and litigation. Representing barn owners, horse
owners, trainers, riders or Lessors/Lessees, Ms. Bivona assists with
agreements to buy, sell or lease a horse or a riding facility, insurance
coverage issues, boarding contracts, landlord/tenant matters, property
damage or injuries, employment contracts or professional liability
issues. She also addresses her clients’ corporate questions, on such
matters as partnerships, incorporations, show management and the various
governing bodies in the sport.
Ms. Bivona is admitted to practice in the states of New York,
Connecticut and Michigan. Her admissions include the Federal Bar for the
Northern, Southern and Eastern and Western Districts of New York and the
Federal Bar for the Eastern District of Michigan, as well as United
States Court of Appeals for the Second and Sixth Circuit and the United
States Supreme Court. Ms. Bivona’s professional memberships include the
New York State Bar Association, American Bar Association, Erie County
Bar Association, the Western New York’s Women’s Bar Association and
Delta Sigma Pi (professional business fraternity).
IIn 2007, Ms. Bivona was selected as one of Western New York's Up &
Coming Attorneys by the Daily Record and named one of Business
First of Buffalo’s 40 Under Forty. Ms. Bivona is the first female
chair of the Bar Association of Erie County’s Commercial and Bankruptcy
Committee. Ms. Bivona also serves on the
Legal Committee of the New York State Horse Counsel and is a
volunteer for Judge Ninfo’s CARE
Program.
Ms. Bivona lectures on various business, bankruptcy and equine
matters. She has presented seminars for Lorman Educational Services,
Sterling Educational Services, National Business Institute and Cornell
Cooperative Extension. Ms. Bivona taught business law classes at
D’Youville College and at Bryant & Stratton. Additionally, Ms. Bivona
also co-authored Effects of the Bankruptcy Act, a chapter in the
New York State Bar Association’s publication “Collections and the
Enforcement of Money Judgments” (2006 - present).
Prior to her employment at Damon & Morey, Ms. Bivona worked in
private practice, primarily in the area of bankruptcy in Newburgh, New
York and Detroit, Michigan. In addition, Ms. Bivona was a Judicial
Internship Clerk for both the United States Federal District Court for
the Eastern District of Michigan and the Judicial District of Fairfield
at Bridgeport Superior Court in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Ms. Bivona received her BS degree, cum laude, in Business
Administration, from State University of New York at Buffalo in 1993.
She received her JD degree, cum laude, from Michigan State University,
Detroit College of Law in 1997, where she was a member of the Editorial
Board of The Journal of International Law and Practice, and
authored an article entitled "What Price Are We Willing To Pay For Our
Environment?".
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Contact Information
Buffalo Office
Direct Dial: (716) 858-3849
bbivona@damonmorey.com
Concentrations
Bankruptcy and
Insolvency
Business and
Commercial Litigation
Federal
Litigation
Chapter 11
Reorganization
Chapter 7 Trustee
Litigation
Debtor and
Creditor Law
Equine Law
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