Ms. Coggins was born in Wilmington, Delaware.  While attending law school at night she worked full time as a law clerk for the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office and then as a corporate bankruptcy paralegal until her graduation.  Ms. Coggins focuses her practice on commercial bankruptcy, estate planning and administration, elder law, including guardianship actions, workers compensation and business formation.  Ms. Coggins has represented individuals, businesses, executors/personal representatives, trustees, Chapter 7 trustees, litigation/liquidation trustees, plan administrators and municipalities in various matters.  Ms. Coggins often serves as a Court appointed attorney ad litem in guardianship actions and is a certified mediator for the Superior Court for the State of Delaware, New Castle County.  Additionally, Ms. Coggins represents clients, pro bono, through Delaware Volunteer Legal Services.  In bankruptcy matters Ms. Coggins has represented clients as lead and local counsel in various cases, including but not limited to, defending and prosecuting preference actions filed in the District of Delaware, defending and pursuing objections to claims, seeking relief from the automatic stay and pursuing allowance of administrative claims. 

ADMISSIONS

Delaware (2002)

U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware (2003)

Massachusetts (2002)

New York (2002)

Florida (2003)

EDUCATION

University of Delaware (B.A., 1997)

Widener University School of Law (J.D., 2001)

MEMBERSHIPS

Delaware Bar Association

Federal Bar Association
Florida Bar Association

American Bankruptcy Institute

Delaware Bankruptcy Inn of Court

International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation

PRACTICE AREAS

Commercial Bankruptcy

Wills & Trusts, Estate Planning and Estate Administration & Probate

Elder Law - Guardianship Actions

Workers' Compensation

Business Formation
Mediation

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

Local Counsel to Litigation Trustee and Plan Administrator for Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products, N.V.; 00-4398 (PJW)
Local Counsel to the Official Committee of Asbestos Property Damage
Claimants for W. R. Grace & Co., et al.; 01-1139 (JKF)
Counsel to the Chapter 7 Trustee in High Strength Steel, Inc.; 99-4369 (KJC)
Counsel to the Chapter 7 Trustee in National Grand Prix Holdings, LLC.; 03-10783 (MFW)
Tucker v. Lawrie, 2007 WL 2372616, (Del.Ch.), (confirmed by Lawrie v. Tucker, 956 A.2d 642, 2008 WL 3234000 (Del. Supr.))
Johnson v. Legrand, et al., 2009 WL 691924 (Del.Ch.)