Alexandria, Va.— ABI announces that Julie Harrison of Norton Rose Fulbright (Houston) has been selected as one of ABI’s “40 Under 40,” ABI’s award program that recognizes 40 of the top insolvency industry professionals under the age of 40. The honorees will be recognized at a special ceremony on Dec. 13 during ABI’s 2024 Winter Leadership Conference at The Phoenician Scottsdale in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Harrison is a partner with Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP in Houston, where her practice is focused on financial restructuring and insolvency matters, including complex commercial bankruptcy and litigation cases. She has represented a wide range of clients, including debtors, creditors’ committees, trustees, landlords, and secured and unsecured creditors. Harrison has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial litigation matters in federal courts, primarily in Texas, and she specializes in restructuring, chapter 11 debtor and trustee representation, municipal restructuring and bankruptcy, energy, financial institutions, funds and creditor representation, official creditors’ committee representation and cross-border insolvency representation in several industries, including energy, infrastructure and resources.

Harrison has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America as one of its “Ones to Watch” for Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law since 2021, and as one of its “Women in the Law Ones to Watch” for 2021 and 2022. She also has been listed as a Texas Super Lawyers “Rising Star” for Bankruptcy: Business from 2022-23, and as a Legal 500 US key lawyer in finance-restructuring (including bankruptcy)-corporate in 2022. Harrison is a member of the Houston Young Lawyers Association, chaired the Houston Network of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) from 2018-19 and sat on its board from 2018-24, was a National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (NCBJ) NextGen Program participant in 2021 and committee member from 2022-24, and is a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation.

Harrison maintains a robust pro bono practice, which has included representing a death row inmate convicted of capital murder in challenging his death penalty sentence due to his intellectual disability, representing an inmate in Eighth Amendment Civil Rights litigation against two prison guards in federal district court, and partnering with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in representing a group of students and a student organization at a historically Black university in Voting Rights Act litigation in federal district court. In recognition of her pro bono work, she received her firm’s Pro Bono All Star award and Jaworski Award for Pro Bono Excellence. Harrison is likewise dedicated to mentorship and sits on the firm’s hiring committee, serving as a mentor to summer associates and junior associates at the firm. She also mentors law students at the University of Houston Law Center.

“We are honored to celebrate the exceptional leaders within the 2024 class as they continue to make a significant impact both in their practice and in their communities,” said ABI Executive Director Amy Quackenboss. “As bankruptcy practice continues to evolve, this diverse collection of honorees will propel ABI and the insolvency community forward.”

The “40 Under 40” winners are distinguished by professional achievements and service and were selected by a group of experienced professionals from ABI’s current leadership. Now in its eighth year, the goal of ABI’s “40 Under 40” award program is not simply to create a one-time ceremony, but to fully engage those selected as future leaders in the insolvency profession and to build on the initiative each year.

Click here to view the full list of the 2024 “40 Under 40” honorees.

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ABI is the largest multi-disciplinary, nonpartisan organization dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency. ABI was founded in 1982 to provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy issues. The ABI membership includes nearly 10,000 attorneys, accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders, turnaround specialists and other bankruptcy professionals, providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information. For additional information on ABI, visit www.abi.org. For additional conference information, visit http://www.abi.org/calendar-of-events.