Overview

Practice Areas

Naomi focuses her practice on business transactions and commercial law.

She plays a key role in representing clients in commercial financing transactions and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts, including master supply agreements and security agreements. She brings significant second-chair experience representing major creditors in connection with complex Chapter 11 issues arising during high-profile insolvency proceedings.

Naomi also advises clients on various employee benefit and compensation matters arising during the operation and disposition of closely held companies. She assists clients with the correction and termination of tax-qualified and nonqualified benefit plans, including in the context of mergers and acquisitions.

Practice Areas

Representative Experience

  • Successfully represented an intellectual property licensor and contract counterparty (In re: Instant Brands Acquisition Holdings, Inc., U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas).
  • Successfully represented a significant creditor and contract counterparty holder (In re: Rite Aid Corporation, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey).
  • Represented a significant contract counterparty holder (In re: Zachry Holdings, Inc., U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas).
  • Served as special litigation counsel to the Trustee (In re: PCS & Build LLC, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Ohio).
  • Successfully represented a contract counterparty holder and defended other creditors in preference claims (In re: Revlon Inc., U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York).
  • Assisted in the successful negotiation and closure of $155 million revolving credit facility on behalf of an industrial carbon products supplier.
  • Drafted settlement agreement that led to successful resolution of multi-national commercial dispute between US-based client and Canadian steel producer.
  • Represented metal supply company in the negotiation of seven-figure master supply agreements with customers in various industries, including the cryptocurrency mining industry.
  • Successfully prepared a significant 401(k) plan correction application under U.S. Dept. of Labor Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program and obtained an administrative No-Action Letter on behalf of large national food products manufacturer.
  • Performed pre-transaction analysis of Internal Revenue Code Section 280(G) impact on the nine-figure sale of a large privately held company.

Education & Admissions

Education

  • Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., 2022
  • The Ohio State University, magna cum laude, B.S.

Bar and Court Admissions

  • State of Ohio
  • US. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
  • Commonwealth of Kentucky

Involvement

Professional Affiliations

  • Ohio State Bar Association, Member
  • Federal Bar Association, Member
  • Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Member
  • Kentucky Bar Association, Member

Community Involvement

  • Ladder Down Society Cleveland, Member (Class of 2025)
  • Cleveland Leadership Center, On-Board Cleveland (Class of 2024)
  • Junior Achievement of Greater Cleveland, Junior Board Member

Firm Involvement

  • Women’s Initiative, Member
  • Diversity Committee, Member

Awards & Honors

  • Named to the Ohio Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” list (2025)

Publications

Representative Experience

  • Successfully represented an intellectual property licensor and contract counterparty (In re: Instant Brands Acquisition Holdings, Inc., U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas).
  • Successfully represented a significant creditor and contract counterparty holder (In re: Rite Aid Corporation, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey).
  • Represented a significant contract counterparty holder (In re: Zachry Holdings, Inc., U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas).
  • Served as special litigation counsel to the Trustee (In re: PCS & Build LLC, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Ohio).
  • Successfully represented a contract counterparty holder and defended other creditors in preference claims (In re: Revlon Inc., U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York).
  • Assisted in the successful negotiation and closure of $155 million revolving credit facility on behalf of an industrial carbon products supplier.
  • Drafted settlement agreement that led to successful resolution of multi-national commercial dispute between US-based client and Canadian steel producer.
  • Represented metal supply company in the negotiation of seven-figure master supply agreements with customers in various industries, including the cryptocurrency mining industry.
  • Successfully prepared a significant 401(k) plan correction application under U.S. Dept. of Labor Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program and obtained an administrative No-Action Letter on behalf of large national food products manufacturer.
  • Performed pre-transaction analysis of Internal Revenue Code Section 280(G) impact on the nine-figure sale of a large privately held company.

Education & Admissions

Education

  • Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., 2022
  • The Ohio State University, magna cum laude, B.S.

Bar and Court Admissions

  • State of Ohio
  • US. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
  • Commonwealth of Kentucky

Involvement

Professional Affiliations

  • Ohio State Bar Association, Member
  • Federal Bar Association, Member
  • Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Member
  • Kentucky Bar Association, Member

Community Involvement

  • Ladder Down Society Cleveland, Member (Class of 2025)
  • Cleveland Leadership Center, On-Board Cleveland (Class of 2024)
  • Junior Achievement of Greater Cleveland, Junior Board Member

Firm Involvement

  • Women’s Initiative, Member
  • Diversity Committee, Member

Awards & Honors

  • Named to the Ohio Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” list (2025)

Publications

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