Ms. Hayden has practiced in the corporate workout and bankruptcy arena for over 42 years. As a member of the Financial Services Department, her practice is concentrated on assisting clients with restructuring and creditors' rights both in and out of bankruptcy proceedings. 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. She has represented parties in the oil and gas sector since the early 1980s. Some of her more unique clients have been an alligator farm, a horse racing track and a world's fair.
Ms. Hayden is president of the New Orleans Bar Association and serves on the American College of Bankruptcy Board and as chairperson of the American College of Bankruptcy Foundation Board. She also served two terms as the chairperson of the Consumer Protection, Lender Liability and Bankruptcy Section of the Louisiana State Bar Association. For several years she served as co-chair of the Louisiana State Bar Association's Continuing Legal Education Committee and served as the chair of the State's MCLE Committee.