New York – One Vanderbilt Avenue
Represents indenture trustees, creditor groups, litigation trusts, debtors, and independent directors in complex restructuring and commercial disputes
Advises clients across bankruptcy, state, and federal courts on high-stakes litigation and rapid-execution legal strategies
Leverages prior experience as a legal analyst to evaluate legal risks through a commercial and investor-focused lens
Translates complex restructuring and insolvency proceedings into clear, actionable intelligence for nonlawyer stakeholders
Julia M. Winters focuses her practice on high stakesrestructuring and commercial disputes, representing a diverse array of clients, including indenture trustees, creditor groups, litigation trusts, debtors, and independent directors. Julia serves as a trusted advisor in bankruptcy, state, and federal courts. She is a highly versatile litigator known for her ability to guide clients through prolonged legal battles and deliver targeted, highly efficient counsel when rapid execution is critical.
What sets Julia apart is her investor mindset. Drawing on her prior experience as a legal analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence and Octus (fka Reorg Research), she brings a strategic eye to every matter she handles, aiming for holistic solutions that advance her clients’ underlying business objectives.
Complementing her extensive legal skills, Julia is a strong communicator who excels at translating complex restructuring proceedings into clear, actionable intelligence for nonlawyer stakeholders.
Beyond her practice, Julia previously taught legal writing as an adjunct professor at Brooklyn Law School. Her perspective is further informed by her foundational experience as a law clerk to the Honorable Elizabeth S. Stong of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Legal 500 US
- Represented former directors and officers of a retail company in lawsuit brought by litigation trustee*
- Represented an indenture trustee in a breach of contract action against the financing subsidiary of a multinational gaming and lottery group in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York*
- Represented a hospitality group in connection with purchasing substantially all of the assets of an international artisanal bakery chain*
- Represented independent directors in various high-profile bankruptcy cases*
- Represented an unsecured notes indenture trustee and official committee member in the Nine West bankruptcy*
- Represented a significant creditor in the Claire’s bankruptcy*
- Represented creditors in the LightSquared bankruptcy*
- Represented creditors in the ResCap bankruptcy*
- Represented creditors in the Salander Galleries bankruptcy*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott.
- Legal 500 US, 2021-2022
- Women We Admire, Top 100 Women Leaders of New York, 2021
- 100 Women in Finance, member
- American Bankruptcy Institute, member
- Girls Just Wanna Have Funds, member
- National Association of Women Lawyers, member
- Brooklyn Law School, JD, cum laude
- Hunter College, MUP
- The University of Michigan, BA
- New York
- Supreme Court of the United States
- US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- US District Court for the Southern District of New York
- US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- English