Chapter 11 Under Fire: Bad Faith Filings, Motions to Dismiss Under § 1112(b), and Strategic Litigation in an Era of Heightened Judicial Scrutiny

Beverly earned her JD from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and her BA, magna cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh, where she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. She is admitted to the bars of Maryland and Pennsylvania, and to the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third and Fourth Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for the District of Maryland, the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Pennsylvania, and the Western District of Michigan.

Beverly has been recognized in Pennsylvania's Super Lawyers® (Bankruptcy: Business), The Best Lawyers in America® (Bankruptcy & Creditor-Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law), and Martindale Hubbell "AV® Preeminent" Preeminent Women Lawyers (Inaugural Edition, 2011–Present), and has been named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyers list in 2023, 2025, and 2026. Her leadership roles include serving on the Tucker Arensberg Board of Directors (1988–2014), as Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Business Law Section (2022–2023), as Former President of the Board of Directors of TMA International (2004–2009), and as Founding Member and Former President of the Tri-State Network of the International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation.

Beverly is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and the Allegheny County Bar Foundation, and served on the CLLA Bankruptcy Section Executive Council through 2023. She is active in the Allegheny County Bar Association's Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section (Member, Former Chair, Former Council Member) and the Pennsylvania Bar Association, where she serves on the Leadership Council, Shale Energy Law Committee, UVTA Committee, and Transactions Act Committee. She is also a member of the American Bar Association, American Bankruptcy Institute, Anti-Defamation League (Pittsburgh), RNLA Council, the Judith K. Fitzgerald Western Pennsylvania Bankruptcy American Inn of Court (Founding Member, Past President, Executive Committee), and previously served on the Board of Directors of the Turn Around Management Association's Pittsburgh Chapter.

Prior to joining the firm, Beverly was Assistant Counsel at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of General Counsel, Regions I, II, and III (12 states and 2 territories), representing its agencies in the origination and enforcement of business, industrial, agricultural, and housing loans made and guaranteed by the Farmers Home Administration, Commodity Credit Corporation, Food and Nutrition Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. Her representative bankruptcy and receivership experience spans numerous jurisdictions and includes matters such as AHERF, Bethlehem Steel, City of Harrisburg Chapter 9, Endo International plc, Lehman Brothers, Lyondell Chemical Company, Mallinckrodt PLC, Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, and Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. She also serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, teaching Payment Systems (2002–present) and previously Secured Transactions (1998, 2004–2009).