Cherie D. Nobles

Contact Information
t: 504.556.5562
f: 504.310.0281
Cherie Dessauer Nobles is special counsel in the firm’s litigation section. She works in the bankruptcy practice group of the firm and concentrates on debtor and creditor rights.
Cherie has experience in representing large, complex companies and small companies in bankruptcy. Her experience includes representation of debtors, trustees, unsecured creditors’ committees, and creditors in commercial bankruptcy and workout business cases in chapter 11 and chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings.
Cherie serves as committee chair for the bankruptcy section of the New Orleans Bar Association.
Education
- J.D. from Paul M. Hebert Law Center, 2006
- B.S. in International Trade and Finance, magna cum laude, from Louisiana State University, 2002
Publications / Presentations
- Co-Chair for the LSBA “Bird’s Eye View: Bankruptcy from Trustees’ Perspectives” seminar, April 2023
- Panel Speaker at the LSU 28th Annual Bankruptcy Law Conference on “Hot Topics in Chapter 11: Confidentiality & Privilege, Third-Party Injunctions and Releases, and UST Fee Litigation,” November 2022
- Panel Speaker at the LSU 27th Annual Bankruptcy Law Conference on “Ethics – Professional Retention Issues,” December 2021
- Author for the Bankruptcy section of the Recent Developments in the Louisiana Bar Journal
- Author Federal Bar Association’s Weekly Circuit Updates – Bankruptcy Section
- Panel Speaker at the Fifth Circuit Bench Bar Conference on Supreme Court Updates
- Panel Speaker at the EDLA Bench Bar Conference on “The Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 – Do Small Businesses Now Have a Big Opportunity?”
- Speaker at the LSBA seminar on “Healthcare Bankruptcies: What Happens When it is the Healthcare Provider Who is Sick?”
- Speaker on Preserving and Prosecuting Claims Post Confirmation
- Co-author – Numerous CLE seminar materials
Representative Matters
Official Committees, Trustees, and Creditors
- Bankruptcy counsel to the official committee of unsecured creditors in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of Alfred Miller Contracting Company, a nationwide contractor (Western District of Louisiana)
PRACTICE FOCUS
RECOGNITION
- Ranked in Chambers USA in Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Up & Coming)
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, and Litigation – Bankruptcy (Since 2019)
- Listed in Super Lawyers in Bankruptcy (Since 2021)
- Named a Super Lawyers "Rising Star" (2019 and 2020)
- Listed in New Orleans Magazine's Top Lawyers (Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization)