Madeline H. Kibrick Kauffman

Practice Areas: Creditor Debtor Rights, Business & Corporate, Real Estate

Madeline, as a managing partner at Nolan & Heller, focuses her legal practice on various areas, including creditors’ rights, commercial loan workouts, commercial real estate, business law, and complex commercial litigation. With an extensive career spanning over 30 years, she has gained substantial expertise in representing banks in commercial loan transactions, restructurings, and large-scale collection cases. Her litigation experience covers a wide range of issues such as commercial real estate disputes, contract disputes, pursuing prejudgment remedies, defending against lender liability claims, enforcing judgments, and advocating for secured and unsecured creditors in both New York and federal courts across the country. Madeline is a regular advocate for lenders and borrowers involved in commercial lending, commercial real estate, and asset-based financing transactions.

In addition to her legal practice, Madeline has significant experience as outside counsel for an international manufacturer specializing in engineered glass systems, boat covers and tops, molded vinyl, and other aftermarket supplies. She serves this company, which operates in the global industrial, recreational marine, and power sports sectors, by negotiating and drafting a wide array of agreements, including supplier, distribution, license, and royalty agreements, as well as non-disclosure and non-compete agreements.

Furthermore, Madeline is an esteemed member of the American Arbitration Association Roster of Neutrals and has achieved an “AV” Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating, attesting to her high level of professional competence and ethical standards.