Jan Hayden has handled bankruptcy and insolvency issues for her clients for more than thirty years. She is a shareholder in the Firm's New Orleans office and a member of the Financial Institutions Group. Ms. Hayden's practice is concentrated on assisting clients with reorganizations under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, and she has represented creditors and debtors in mass tort bankruptcies. She represents trustees, debtors-in-possession, committees and creditors in a broad spectrum of industries that includes manufacturing, real estate, hotels, gambling, nursing homes, airlines, convenience stores and retail operations as well as individuals. Some of her more unique clients have been an alligator farm, a horse racing track and a world's fair.
Ms. Hayden has served on the Local Bankruptcy Rules Committee and two terms as the Chairperson of the Consumer Protection, Lender Liability and Bankruptcy Section of the Louisiana State Bar Association. For several years she has served as Co-Chair of the Louisiana State Bar Association's Continuing Legal Education Committee.
- Fellow – American College of Bankruptcy
- Recipient – Woman of the Year in Restructuring Award, International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, 2011
- Named by The Best Lawyers in America®, the 2012 New Orleans Bankruptcy Litigation Attorney of the Year
- Named by The Best Lawyers in America®, the 2010 New Orleans Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights Attorney of the Year
- City Business 2010 Leadership of Law
- Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers in Bankruptcy/Restructuring since 2010
- Recipient – Louisiana State Bar Association 2009 Pro Bono Publico Award
- Listed as one of the top 10 lawyers in Louisiana by Louisiana Super Lawyers since 2007
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® since 1993
- Co-Chairperson – Louisiana State Bar Association CLE Committee
- Fellow – Louisiana State Bar Foundation, Member of the Grants Committee
- Former Chairperson – Louisiana State Bar Bankruptcy Section
- Member – Louisiana, New Orleans, American and Federal Bar Associations
- Member – American Bankruptcy Institute
- Named to Louisiana State University Hall of Fame
- Turnaround Management Association, New Orleans Chapter, Member of the Board of Directors
- Member – IWIRC, Member of the Board of the Louisiana Network
- First Vice Chair – Pro Bono Project of New Orleans Board
- Chair – Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana Board
- Former Senior Warden – St. Paul's Episcopal Church
- Co-Chair with The Hon. Jeffrey Bohm and The Hon. Robert Summerhays – Fifth Circuit Bench-Bar Bankruptcy Conference sponsored by The Center for American and International Law, February 2012
- Speaker and Co-author – "Notices Issues Within Consumer and Commercial Cases," LSU Bankruptcy Law seminar, October 2011
- Speaker and Co-author – "What Is A Creditor Or Debtor to Do When Going Through the Confirmation Process?" Louisiana State Bar Association, December 2009
- Speaker and Co-author – "The View From The Ledge: Bankruptcy Practice In These Uncertain Times," Louisiana State Bar Association, June 2009
- Speaker and Co-author – "The Direct Appeal under BAPCPA: Percolate or Microwave? How Litigants and the Courts Determine if an Appeal Should Go Directly to the Circuit Court," American Bar Association, October 2007
- Speaker and Co-author – "Channeling Injunctions and Third Party Debt: Can I Skip the Bankruptcy and Still Dump the Debt?" Louisiana State Bar, September 2007
- Speaker and Co-author – "Professionalism in Bankruptcy Court - A Little More Than Quoting Emily Post?" panel discussion, Louisiana State Bar, September 2007
- Speaker – "The Art of the Workout," Louisiana Bankers Association and TMA, 2006
- Speaker – "Recent Developments in Mass Tort and Insurance Bankruptcy," ABA Spring Meeting, 2006
- Speaker and Co-author – "I Don't Do Bankruptcy, I Don't Need to Know About the New Laws...Do I?" FBA, 2005
- Speaker and Co-author – "Things You Need to Know in Tough Economic Times," LSBA Summer School for Lawyers, 2002
- Co-author with Edward M. Heller – "Vessel Arrest Before and After Bankruptcy The Automatic Stay," 59 Tulane Law Review 1212, 1985
- Louisiana, 1979
- All District Courts of Louisiana
- U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Paul M. Hebert Law Center of Louisiana State University, J.D., 1979
- Order of the Coif and Law Review
- Louisiana State University, B.A., 1976