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Jamie L. Edmonson has more than two decades of experience representing public and non-public debtor corporations, secured and unsecured creditors, official committees, trustees, and asset purchasers in bankruptcy and restructuring matters.

Her practice is focused on guiding clients through commercial bankruptcy cases, restructurings, creditors' rights issues, insolvencies, and liquidations, in which she represents a wide range of clients, including debtors, creditor and equity statutory committees, lenders, asset purchasers, landlords, and lessees. In addition to her bankruptcy work, Jamie’s versatile skill set also includes finance, real estate, energy, and corporate law. She is a member of our Bankruptcy + Reorganizations group and is resident in our firm’s Wilmington, Delaware office. She also spends significant time in our firm’s Los Angeles office.

Jamie regularly serves as Delaware and lead counsel in large Chapter 11 filings and has extensive experience in all aspects of the Chapter 11 restructuring process involving many industries, which include the information technology, retail, food, energy, construction, real estate, telecommunications, and manufacturing sectors.

Jamie has been named to The Best Lawyers in America 2025 and is a member of the Global Network of Women Committee for the Turnaround Management Association. She is a regular speaker and author on topics on bankruptcy and restructuring. Her pro bono work includes serving as a judge for the National Appellate Advocacy Competition for the American Bar Association and the Annual Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition, as well as joining efforts with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights to serve as a nonpartisan poll monitor on Election Day 2018, 2020, and 2022.

Before joining Robinson+Cole, Jamie was the managing partner of the Wilmington office for an Am Law 100 firm. She also utilized her finance background as a managing director with a nationally renowned financial advisory firm for several years.

  • Loyola Law School Los Angeles (Juris Doctor)
  • American University (Bachelors)
    • B.S. / B.A.

  • State of California
  • State of Delaware
  • State of New York
  • District of Columbia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
  • U.S. District Court, District of Delaware

Named a 2025 "Trailblazer" by the ABF Journal

2025 "Ch. 11 Reorganization of the Year”" in the under ($100MM) for the restructuring of Mariner Health Central Inc. and affiliates, presented at M&A Advisor's 19th Annual Turnaround Awards

2024 Legal Advisor of the Year, 23rd Annual M&A Advisor Awards

2024 "Restructuring of the Year" in the ($50MM TO $100MM) for the restructuring of Mariner Health Central Inc. and affiliates presented at the 23rd Annual M&A Advisor Awards

Presented with the E-Commerce Restructuring of the Year honor as part of the Global M&A Network’s 13th Annual Turnaround Atlas Awards in recognition of the RTW Retailwinds, Inc. sale of e-commerce business, including the New York & Company and Fashion to Figure e-commerce intellectual property, to the Saadia Group LLC

Presented with the 2023 Distressed Investing Summit & 17th Annual Turnaround Award in recognition of the representation of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors for Mallinckrodt plc

Presented with the Mega Chapter 11 Restructuring Award at the 15th Annual Turnaround Atlas Awards in recognition of the representation of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors for Mallinckrodt plc

Selected by her peers for inclusion in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in the area of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law for 2025

American Bankruptcy Institute

American Bar Association

Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors (AIRA)

California Bar Association

Delaware State Bar Association

New York State Bar Association

International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC)

Turnaround Management Association

California Bankruptcy Forum

District of Columbia Bar Association

Citizens Corp of Delaware County