Evan T. Miller / Director

Evan T. Miller is a director at Bayard. Evan concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate bankruptcy and restructuring, representing debtors (both voluntary and involuntary) and trustees, in addition to asset purchasers, landlords, official committees of unsecured creditors, secured creditors, vendors, and preference and fraudulent transfer litigants in bankruptcy courts across the country. His clientele stems from a wide range of industries, including aviation, restaurants, insurance, retail, healthcare, energy, and education, among many others.  In addition to in-court and out-of-court restructuring matters, Evan has experience handling commercial litigation in Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania jurisdictions, as well as Delaware Statutory Trust matters. Evan is also a certified mediator for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware and is included on the Register of Mediators and Arbitrators maintained by the Court.

Since 2016, Evan has been recognized by Super Lawyers® magazine as a Delaware Rising Star in the practice area of business bankruptcy. Evan was also named to Benchmark Litigation’s 2019 & 2020 40 and Under Hot List for his work in bankruptcy litigation, a practice which expands across the country.

Evan created and maintains the Avoidance Action Update Blog at https://www.bayardlaw.com/blog, which tracks the latest developments in avoidance action case law and jurisprudence.

Evan is very active in the tri-state legal community, currently serving as Chairman of the Turnaround Management Association NextGen Philadelphia chapter (whose scope covers the Philadelphia metro area, the state of Delaware, and southern New Jersey), Assistant Secretary/Treasurer of Delaware Bankruptcy American Inn of Court, and currently the Secretary and Treasurer of the Business Law Section for the Philadelphia Bar Association, of which he was formerly the Communications Chair.  Previously, Evan served as Chairman and Treasurer of the Delaware State Bar Association’s (DSBA) Young Lawyer Section during the 2013-14 and 2014-15 terms respectively,  Vice Chair of the Bankruptcy Committee for the American Bar Association’s Young Lawyer Division for the 2014-15 term, and Chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Bankruptcy Committee.

Evan currently serves as one of two member contacts for Meritas, an invitation-only international alliance of over 175 business law firms located in over 80 countries. Bayard is the sole Delaware member of Meritas.

Before joining Bayard, Evan graduated cum laude from the Delaware Law School, as well as with Honors from the Delaware Law School’s Institute of Delaware Corporate and Business Law. While in law school, Evan served as the Internal Managing Editor of the Widener Law Review for the 2008-2009 academic year. He was also on the executive board of the Moe Levine Trial Advocacy Honor Society, serving as New Member Competition Chairperson, and being awarded Outstanding Executive Board Member during that time. During 2006-2007, Evan served as a legal intern to the Honorable Chandlee Kuhn, Chief Judge of the Family Court of the State of Delaware. In his final year of law school, Evan served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Jane R. Roth of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Prior to law school, Evan was the recipient of the John J. Serff academic scholarship and a member of several honor societies while attending Bloomsburg University. Following graduation from Bloomsburg, he worked for a mid-Atlantic region recruiting firm.

Professional Biography

Bar Admissions:

  • Delaware (2009)
  • New Jersey (2010)
  • Pennsylvania (2010)

Court Admissions:

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

Memberships:

  • American Bankruptcy Institute
  • American Bar Association
  • Delaware Bankruptcy Inn of Court
  • Delaware State Bar Association
  • Federal Bar Association
  • Pennsylvania State Bar Association
  • Philadelphia Bar Association
  • Turnaround Management Association

Education:

  • B.A., Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (2004)
  • J.D., cum laude, Delaware Law School (2009)

Recognitions:

Recent Speaking Engagements:

  • Panelist, American Bankruptcy Institute Winter Conference, Money Talks: Getting Retained and Paid (Ethically) by the Bankruptcy Estate, December 2020
  • Panelist, TMA Philadelphia/Wilmington Chapter event, Delaware CLE and Cocktails, October 2018
  • Panel Coordinator, American Bankruptcy Institute Spring Meeting, Stern Revisited: In Re Millennium Lab Holdings and Beyond, April 2018
  • Panelist, TMA Mid-Atlantic Regional Symposium, NextGen – What's Ahead for 2017, June 2017
  • Moderator, Philadelphia Bar Association, Lunch with the Bankruptcy Judges, October 2016
  • Moderator, Delaware State Bar Association, Fundamentals of Lawyer-Client Relations, February 2015.
  • Philadelphia Bar Association, Adventures In Avoidance Actions: What You Need to Know to Navigate Preference and Fraudulent Transfer Litigation, December 2014.
  • Moderator, Philadelphia Bar Association Bankruptcy Committee, Lunch with the Bankruptcy Judges, May 2014.

Practice Focus:

600 N. King Street, Suite 400 Wilmington, DE 19801
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