Marla Benedek

Member

Wilmington

(302) 295-2024

(302) 250-4498

Marla focuses her practice on bankruptcy and litigation. She represents chapter 7 trustees, chapter 11 debtors, creditors, creditors' committees, and contract counterparties in chapter 11 and chapter 7 proceedings and bankruptcy litigation. Marla also serves as Delaware counsel in commercial litigation before the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware and Delaware Superior Court.
 
Marla graduated with honors from the University of Maryland, College Park, before attending the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she served as an executive editor of the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law. Following law school, Marla completed two clerkships: one with Justice Neal Hendel of the Supreme Court of Israel and a second with Judge S. Martin Teel, Jr., of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia.

Experience

News

Cozen O’Connor Promotes 23 Attorneys to Member

March 15, 2024

“This is a group of terrific lawyers across many offices and practices areas and we look forward to following their achievements,” said Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Michael J. Heller.

Cozen O'Connor Attorneys Reflect on Serving Veterans

November 11, 2022

This Veterans Day, we share the reflections of our attorneys who have dedicated their time to assisting veterans in a variety of legal capacities.

Anti-Forum Shopping Bill Reintroduced: A Q&A with Cozen O’Connor's Thomas J. Francella, Jr., Marla S. Benedek, and Frederick E. Schmidt, Jr. [Law.com]

November 15, 2021

Thomas J. Francella, Jr., Marla S. Benedek, and Frederick E. Schmidt, Jr. discuss the Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2021, also known as the 2021 Act, in a Q&A in the Texas Lawyer. Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator John Cornyn reintroduced the Act in September 202l as an effort to restrict where a non-individual debtor is allowed to file for bankruptcy.

Publications

Supreme Court Orders Stand Down on Insurance Neutrality Test for Standing [Alert]

July 02, 2024

Marla Benedek discusses the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Gypsum Co., Inc., which held that insurers facing potential liability for bankruptcy claims are parties in interest under the Bankruptcy Code.

The Quirks of Mediation in Sub V

April 01, 2024

Marla S. Benedek and Mark E. Felger discuss the role of mediation in bankruptcy cases filed under subchapter V of chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.

Events & Seminars

Past Events

Education

  • University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., 2015
  • University of Maryland, B.S., cum laude, 2012
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Pennsylvania
  • Delaware
  • U.S. District Court -- District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court -- New Jersey
  • U.S. District Court -- Delaware
  • U.S. District Court -- Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Honorable S. Martin Teel Jr., U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia 

Honorable Neal Hendel, Supreme Court of Israel

Turnaround Management Association Network of Women - Philadelphia/Wilmington Chapter

International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Conference - Delaware Chapter