Biography
Katelin A. Morales is a member of the firm's General Litigation Group. She focuses her practice on complex commercial restructurings in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. She has represented various types of clients through the chapter 11 process, such as debtors, lenders, official committees of unsecured creditors, secured creditors, and indenture trustees. Katelin also has experience litigating complex commercial disputes that arise in chapter 11 proceedings. She represents debtors and other parties in interest in a wide range of bankruptcy litigation, including contested plan confirmations, fraud, and avoidance actions.
Before joining private practice, Katelin served as a law clerk to the Honorable Jerrold N. Poslusny of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey. During law school, she was also a judicial intern for the Honorable Joseph A. Greenaway Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Practice Areas
Professional Activities & Recognition
Honors & Recognitions
- Super Lawyers, Rising Star, Bankruptcy: Business (2023 - present)
- The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America®, Litigation – Bankruptcy (2025)
Professional
- Delaware State Bar Association: Executive Committee, Assistant Secretary; Multicultural Judges & Lawyers Section, Chair; Women in the Law Section, Member; Bankruptcy Section, Member
- Delaware Hispanic Bar Association, Secretary
- Hispanic National Bar Association, Deputy President – Region IV
- Delaware Bankruptcy American Inn of Court, Member
- International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), Delaware Chapter, Social Chair
- American Bankruptcy Institute, Newsletter Editor for Emerging Industries & Technology Committee; ABI Diversity Mentorship Program
- Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Pathfinders Program, 2023
- Turnaround Management Association, Member; TMA Network of Women (NOW), Committee Member; TMA PHL/WIL Chapter, Board Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- New York State Bar Association, Member
Education
St. John's University School of Law, LL.M. in Bankruptcy, cum laude, 2022
American University Washington College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2016
- Articles Editor, American University International Law Review
New York University, B.A., 2013
Bar & Court Admissions
Bar Admissions
- Delaware
- New York
- New Jersey
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- 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 Northern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit