Marguerite Lee DeVoll is a partner in Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, LLP’s Creditors’ Rights, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Practice in McLean, Va. Her practice focuses on business restructurings, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, as well as complex commercial disputes in state and federal courts across the U.S. She has handled complex chapter 11 cases and out-of-court workouts involving a variety of industries, including real estate, hospitality and services, education and construction. Ms. DeVoll has represented creditors in corporate and individual chapter 7, 11 and 13 cases. In addition, she frequently represents commercial landlords and national retail tenants in commercial real property and bankruptcy litigation, sureties and creditors who must protect their rights in connection with construction and other types of real estate related loans and other types of obligations that are either in default or at risk of default. She also has experience defending fraudulent transfer and preference actions. Ms. DeVoll previously clerked for Hon. William R. Sawyer of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Alabama from 2010-12. She received her B.A. with distinction from the University of Virginia and her J.D. from Emory School of Law, where she served as editor-in-chief of the Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal.