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Lally Selected as 2020 Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers](https://blog.goosmannlaw.com/firm-news/goosmann-law-attorneys-jeana-goosmann-and-elizabeth-m.-lally-selected-as-2020-lawdragon-500-leading-u.s.-bankruptcy-and-restructuring-lawyers) By [Goosmann Law Team](https://blog.goosmannlaw.com/firm-news/author/goosmann-law-team)   |  28, August 2020 [READ NOW](https://blog.goosmannlaw.com/firm-news/goosmann-law-attorneys-jeana-goosmann-and-elizabeth-m.-lally-selected-as-2020-lawdragon-500-leading-u.s.-bankruptcy-and-restructuring-lawyers) [Read Post](https://blog.goosmannlaw.com/firm-news/goosmann-law-attorneys-jeana-goosmann-and-elizabeth-m.-lally-selected-as-2020-lawdragon-500-leading-u.s.-bankruptcy-and-restructuring-lawyers#article) [![](https://blog.goosmannlaw.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logos/Logo1.jpg?width=60&name=Logo1.jpg)](https://blog.goosmannlaw.com/firm-news/author/goosmann-law-team) [Goosmann Law Team](https://blog.goosmannlaw.com/firm-news/author/goosmann-law-team) CEO & Managing Partner, Jeana Goosmann and Partner & banking/bankruptcy practice area leader, Elizabeth M. Lally of the Goosmann Law Firm have been selected to the inaugural Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers. This U.S. guide includes 36% women lawyers and a remarkable array of talent senior advisors to up-and-coming stars at top firms. Jeana Goosmann is the CEO’s attorney and personally acts as general counsel to company presidents, CEOs, corporate executives, business owners, and business leaders. Goosmann serves businesses and financial institutions in highly sophisticated financing transactions as well as in connection with managing credit risk in and out of bankruptcy. Goosmann has represented clients on Forbe’s billionaire’s list, Senators in trial, and companies involved in anti-trust class action, toxic tort, business fraud, piercing the corporate veil, adversary proceedings, mass product recall, breach of contract, explosion litigation and business torts. Goosmann is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute having served as a board member and received the outstanding scholar award in 2002. Goosmann serves as a member of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), Midwest Chapter. She is also a member of the American Bar Association Business Law section Banking Law Committee as well as the Iowa Bar Assocation’s Commercial and Bankruptcy Law Section Council and was Vice Chair in 2007 to 2010. Goosmann is licensed to practice in Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Elizabeth M. Lally is a complex banking litigator and banking/bankruptcy practice area leader at the Goosmann Law Firm. She has experience representing Chapter 11 debtors, Chapter 7 and 11 Trustees, secured creditors, and unsecured creditor committees. In February 2020, Ms. Lally was appointed as a Subchapter V Trustee for Region 12 by the United States Department of Justice. Throughout her career, Lally was special litigation counsel to the Chapter 7 Panel Trustee in one of the largest cattle Ponzi schemes in the history of the United States. Lally also served as counsel to the Chapter 7 Trustees for the only two bank holding company bankruptcies filed in Indiana during the Great Recession—In Re: Irwin Financial Corporation and In Re: Integra Bank, N.A. Lally is a member of the Nebraska and Iowa State Bar Association’s Bankruptcy Section, the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) and serves on the Board of the ABI’s Midwest chapter, as well as the National Association of Minority and Women-Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) where she is part of the Financial Services Practice Area Committee. Lally is licensed to practice in Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana. **About Lawdragon 500 Leading Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers** Members of Lawdragon 500 are thoroughly vetted by a research team, selected from a combination of editorial research by Lawdragon staff, submissions from law firms, and nominations through our online portal. Dubbed the “masters of disaster” by Lawdragon, the attorneys selected for this prestigious honor were recognized for their remarkable skills in financing, structuring, litigating, and creating a pathway forward for struggling companies. For more information regarding the Lawdragon 500 Leading Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers selection process, visit [https://www.lawdragon.com/](https://www.lawdragon.com/). **About Goosmann Law Firm** The Goosmann Law Firm helps business leaders win disputes, protect their wealth, and spend time on what’s worth it. 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