Tobey M. Daluz is a litigation partner who focuses her practice on corporate restructuring, workouts, and general bankruptcy litigation. Tobey represents debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, insurers, indenture trustees, and official committees in chapter 9 and 11 bankruptcy cases. She also represents buyers of assets in the context of sales under section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code.
Tobey is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and she is the founding Chair (now member) of the Delaware Network of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC). She is a member of the Bankruptcy Law Section and Multicultural Judges and Lawyers Section of the Delaware State Bar Association.
Professional Highlights
Professional Activities
Appointee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to serve a three-year term on its Lawyers Advisory Committee, which comments on proposed rules of the Circuit and serves as a liaison between the court and legal community
Appointed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to serve on its Merit Selection Panel and participated in the review and recommendation of seven bankruptcy judge candidates
American College of Bankruptcy
Fellow
American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI)
Member, Unsecured Creditors Newsletter Committee; Member, Advisory Board of ABI's Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop
Recognition & Accomplishments
Chambers USA, bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law, 2010-2018
The Legal 500, Finance - Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Municipal, 2022-2024
The Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2013-2017, 2019, 2020, 2022-2025; Litigation - Bankruptcy, 2024, 2025
Lawdragon, 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers, 2024
Speaking Engagements
Tobey lectures both locally and nationally on the topics of bankruptcy and diversity in the legal profession, including the following presentations:
Panelist, “Diversity in the Workplace Including Law Firms,” 2022 District Conference on Racial and Social Justice in the Federal Courts, United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island, October 28, 2022
Moderator, “Third Circuit Breakout,” National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, Orlando, Florida, October 20, 2022
Panelist, “The Magic of a Bankruptcy Practice: Judges & Lawyers Share Their Secrets,” National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, Annual Blackshear Lecture, Florida A&M University Law School, Orlando, Florida, October 19, 2022
Credentials
Education
Georgetown University Law Center (J.D. 1990)
University of Pennsylvania (B.A. 1987)
Admissions
Delaware
Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court