Email: steady@kurtzmansteady.com

Ms. Steady is the managing member of the firm and keeps hours in the in Haddonfield, NJ and Philadelphia, PA offices.

Her practice focuses on Chapter 7 individual and corporate cases and Chapter 13 consumer cases, as well as Chapter 11 business reorganizations, workouts and commercial transactions. Ms. Steady also represents private lenders and financial institutions in bankruptcy matters.

Ms. Steady represents parties in restructuring, reorganizing and the sale of assets and businesses in various industries. Her commercial experience includes transactions in the construction, hospitality, legal, real estate, retail, and manufacturing industries.

She represents both plaintiffs and defendants in the prosecution and defense of preference, fraudulent transfer, equitable subordination, non-dischargeability, plan confirmation and automatic stay disputes.

Education:

• J.D. Widener University School of Law, 1992
• B.A. Cabrini College, 1989

Admitted to practice in following Courts:

• Supreme Court of New Jersey
• United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
• United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Publications, Lectures and Seminars:

• Lecturer for the New Jersey Mandatory Continuing Education Program (MCLE)
• Contributing Author and Editor of the Bankruptcy Practice Skills Series materials.
• Panelist for the Annual William H. Gindin Bankruptcy Bench Bar Conference.
• Panelist for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute Continuing Education Arm of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
• Panelist for the National Bankruptcy Institute for an all day intensive Means Test Workshop.
• Panelist for the Camden County Bar Association/Burlington County Bar Association Joint Bankruptcy Conference.
• Served as a committee member for the Turnaround Management Association Network of Women.
• At the request of the Bankruptcy Court, Ms. Steady has participated as a panelist in connection with educational training for the United States District Court and Bankruptcy Court Interns.
• Ms. Steady attended the O. Max Gardner, III Bankruptcy Boot Camp – A 4 day intensive seminar in which seven (7) participants are immersed in all-day studies concerning cutting edge topics in consumer bankruptcy representation with focus on the interplay between bankruptcy law, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Chapter 13 Plan confirmation strategies, and the impact securitization of mortgages and other debt obligations has on such representation.