Maribeth focuses her practice primarily on Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Creditors’ Rights. She represents a broad range of creditors, including agricultural lenders, national banking institutions, mortgage servicers, national automotive financing lenders, commercial landlords, homeowners associations, municipalities, pharmaceutical and scientific equipment companies, multiemployer pension funds, and other creditors. She proficiently navigates the intersection of federal bankruptcy law and state law to protect and advance her clients’ interests.

Maribeth has a comprehensive understanding of all aspects of bankruptcy practice, including creditor representation in Chapter 7, 11, 12, and 13 proceedings, collections, foreclosures, contested matters, adversary proceedings, and debtor-related issues. She also handles collections litigation and the enforcement of money judgments for both individuals and commercial clients. Known for her attention to detail, strong communication skills, and practical problem-solving approach, Maribeth works collaboratively with clients to develop strategic solutions during financially challenging and time-sensitive situations.

Her experience includes serving as bankruptcy counsel for financial institutions and other creditors nationwide. She has represented multiemployer trust funds in matters involving withdrawal liability, controlled group liability, and transactions designed to “evade or avoid” withdrawal liability, as well as in contributing employers’ bankruptcy proceedings across the country to assert and protect the funds’ creditor interests.

Prior to joining Tucker Arensberg, P.C., Maribeth was a judicial law clerk for The Honorable Gregory L. Taddonio and The Honorable Judith K. Fitzgerald (ret.) in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. This valuable experience allows Maribeth to understand the procedures and nuances of the judges and the court. She has an eye toward knowing what the court wants. In addition to her federal clerkships, Maribeth worked for a boutique creditors’ rights law firm in Pittsburgh. She also completed judicial clerkships with the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania and the Court of Common Pleas of Lawrence County.

Maribeth earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Pittsburgh.

• Maribeth actively serves as bankruptcy counsel for agricultural lenders, national banking institutions, homeowners associations, municipalities, pharmaceutical/scientific equipment companies, national automotive financing lenders, mortgage servicers, commercial landlords, multiemployer pension funds, and other creditors.

• Essentials of Chapter 13 Practice. PBI 20th Annual Bankruptcy Institute, 2015
• Stern v. Marshall: Have we figured out what it means? PBI 17th Annual Bankruptcy Institute, 2012