Serafina Concannon is Of Counsel in Caplin & Drysdale’s Bankruptcy and Complex Litigation practice groups.
Services
Ms. Concannon advises individuals and corporations on all aspects of litigation at both the state and federal level. Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on bankruptcy litigation. Ms. Concannon works to protect the rights and interests of creditors, tort claimants, and official creditors’ committees in mass tort bankruptcies.
Select examples of Ms. Concannon’s representations include:
- representing debtor, former officers and directors of a debtor, and tort claimants, in cross-border Chapter 15 and Chapter 11 bankruptcies;
- advising monoline insurers, a liquidating trust, and federal agencies in claims against major banks and mortgage originators that arose out of collapsed mortgage-backed securities and resulted in recoveries of over $25 billion;
- counseling the official committee of unsecured creditors in one of the largest bankruptcies in history seeking the return of billions of dollars in cash collateral that resulted in a favorable settlement; and
- representing the official committee of tort claimants in a bankruptcy through which the debtors’ solvent parent company sought to resolve hundreds of thousands of tort claims, that resulted in a favorable ruling dismissing the bankruptcy.
Highlights
Ms. Concannon has been an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center since 2021, where she teaches two litigation-focused courses: civil discovery in federal courts, and a course on attorney-client privilege in the context of civil litigation. She also previously taught a course on cross-border litigation.
Prior to joining Caplin & Drysdale, Ms. Concannon practiced complex commercial litigation and white-collar investigations at an international law firm in Washington, D.C. and New York. Ms. Concannon received her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, and her bachelor’s degree from New York University, where she double-majored in linguistics and psychology, and was a Nathan Ends Scholar and a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Psi Chi honor societies.
Admissions & Education
Bar & Court Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- New York
- U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Education
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2010
B.A., New York University, 2005, magna cum laude
Languages
- Ms. Concannon is fluent in Russian.
Recognitions & Noteworthy
Honors & Recognitions
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, 2024
Government Service
Legal Intern, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Honorable Roslynn R. Mauskopf, 2008
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Other Professional Affiliations
Co-Chair of Litigation Forum, Women’s Bar Association
Member, Litigation Communities of D.C. Bar Association
Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
