Karen C. Bifferato

Karen C. Bifferato is a Wilmington, Delaware bankruptcy attorney and partner who represents creditors and other parties in commercial insolvency matters. She handles Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 cases for landlords, vendors, trustees, successor corporations, purchasers, employees, shareholders, directors, and officers. Her practice includes bankruptcy litigation, creditors’ rights, assignments for the benefit of creditors, receiverships, collection matters, and Delaware corporate opinion work.

Bifferato earned her J.D. from the College of William and Mary’s Marshall-Wythe School of Law in 1994. She served on the William and Mary Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. She received her B.A. summa cum laude from North Carolina State University in 1991. Her education supports detailed legal analysis, persuasive writing, and careful advice on bankruptcy, corporate, and transactional matters.

Bifferato represents clients in bankruptcy courts throughout the country and before the US District Court for the District of Delaware and the Third Circuit. She advises on Delaware corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, and statutory trusts. She also prepares substantive non-consolidation opinions for securitized transactions nationwide. Her experience helps clients address insolvency risks, protect creditor interests, and evaluate complex entity and financing structures.

Karen C. Bifferato has chaired her firm’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee since 2018 and has served on attorney review and development committees since 2012. She received the Delaware State Bar Association Women’s Leadership Award in 2021. She has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America for bankruptcy litigation and by Delaware Today for business bankruptcy. Her professional service includes bankruptcy, bar, port, housing, compliance, and mock trial organizations.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Connolly Gallagher LLP
• Member, Delaware State Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, American Bankruptcy Institute

Licensed State

• Delaware

Education

• The College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• North Carolina State University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)