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JUDY ANN O’NEILL 239 RIDGE RD FARMS, MI 48236-3700 (313) 881-1820

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

UNIVERSITY OF LAW SCHOOL 8/1978 – 5/1980 Ann Arbor, Michigan

Degree: JD

Honors: Order of the Coif Graduation Magna Cum Laude American Jurisprudence Award in Enterprise Organizations Senior Judge in the Case Club

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 9/1972 – 3/1976 East Lansing, Michigan

Major: Mathematics Education Minor: English Degree: BA

Honors: Honors College Dean’s List Every Term Graduation with High Honors Pi Mu Epsilon National Honorary Mathematics Fraternity

ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE HIGH SCHOOL 9/1968 – 6/1972 Ann Arbor, Michigan

Honors: Salutatorian National Honor Society Michigan Competitive Scholarship Outstanding American High School Student Various Other Scholarships and Awards

EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND

FOLEY & LARDNER LLP 8/2003 – Present 500 Woodward Ave., Suite 2700 , MI 48226

4844-7651-0239.1 Vice Chair of and Strategic Planning Leader for the Business Reorganizations Practice Group; Partner in the Litigation Department, and member of the Automotive Industry Team.

DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC 7/1987 – 8/2003 400 Renaissance Center, 36th Fl and Detroit, MI 48236 6/1980 – 5/1984

Corporate attorney with emphasis on bankruptcy, secured transactions, acquisitions of troubled companies and commercial litigation.

Partner/Member 1/1988 – present Associate 7/1987 – 1/1988 and 6/1980 – 5/1984; Summer Associate 5/1979 – 6/1979

Managing Director 2002/2003

HALE AND DORR 9/1984 – 6/1987 60 State Street Boston, MA 02109

Commercial attorney with emphasis on bankruptcy reorganizations, secured lending and commercial paper.

Associate 9/1984 – 6/1986 Junior partner 6/1986 – 6/1987

BAR AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Member of the American Bar Association, Detroit Bar Association and the State Bar of Michigan. Certified by the Board Certified – Business Bankruptcy Law – American Board of Certification. Served as Chairperson of the Detroit Bar Debtor/Creditor Law Section from 1993 – 1996. Included in The Best Lawyers in America for more than a decade. Named in Who’s Who in American Law, 2000 ed. Member of the Advisory Committee of the Eastern District of Michigan Bankruptcy Court. Active in numerous organizations including the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI). Speaker for various organizations, including ICLE and ABI. Life member of the National Registry of Who’s Who, published in the 2001 edition. Listed in the 2005-2006 “Honors Edition” of the United Who’s Who Registry. Member of the Unsecured Creditors Committee Task Force of the ABI. Member of the board of advisors for the Central States Conference for the ABI. Activities in community service include the City of Detroit Public Schools Compact Program from 1992 – 1994, and Leadership Detroit. Mediator, Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Inducted into the American College of Bankruptcy in 2002. Named one of the top 100 Most Influential Women in Business, Crain’s Detroit Business, March 18, 2002 issue. Included in the Guide to the World's Leading Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyers (2003). Selected for inclusion in Who’s Who Legal USA – Insolvency & Restructuring 2006. Recognized in the list of “Super Lawyers” by Law &

2 4844-7651-0239.1 Politics Media, Inc., every year 2006 through 2013, for work in bankruptcy, creditor and debtor rights, and named as one of the Top 50 Female Michigan “Super Lawyers” by Law & Politics Media, Inc. Selected for inclusion in the 25th Anniversary Edition of The Best Lawyers in America, 2008. Recognized by Corporate Counsel as one of the Top Lawyers, listed by “Super Lawyers”, 2008 and 2009. Selected by peers for inclusion in the 2009, 2010 and 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Selected by a vote of peers to be included in Dbusiness magazine’s 2010 Top Lawyers list to be featured in the November/December issue. Member of the 6th Circuit Admissions Counsel of the American College of Bankruptcy, 2011/2012. Member of the Women’s President Organization. Member of Leadership Detroit.

Adjunct Professor, University of Toledo Law School, Fall 2008 Adjunct Professor, University of Michigan Law School, Fall 2008 and Winter 2009

PUBLICATIONS

Co-author: “Franchisor Beware: Using The Bankruptcy Forum to Resolve Disputes With Franchisors,” Volume XVI, Issue Number 4, The Michigan Business Law Co-author: American Bankruptcy Institute, Creditors’ Committee Manual Co-author: “Inside the Minds: Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and Restructuring Strategies”, Aspatore Books, 2008. Co-author: “Inside the Minds: Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and Restructuring Strategies”, Leading Lawyers on Navigating Recent Chapter 11 Cases and Understanding Current Challenges Facing Debtors and Creditors, Aspatore Books, 2010 Edition Co-author, "Leveraging Critical Vendor Status and Assumption of Contracts to Obtain More Favorable Commercial Trade Terms in Supply Contracts," Inside the Minds, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and Restructuring Strategies, 2010 Ed. (Aspatore Books, a Thomson Reuters business) Co-author, "Case Study: In Re Visteon Corp.," Law360 (August 12, 2010) Co-author, "Michigan's Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act of 2011," Lawyers Weekly, Vol. 25. No. 40 (August 15, 2011) Co-author, “PA 4 Expands Powers of Emergency Manager – Will be Significant for Years” Michigan Lawyers Weekly (2011)

SPEECHES

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PERSONAL

Place of Birth: Detroit, MI Date of Birth: 03/02/54

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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