Madison Office
Tel: (608) 283-2457

Brittany S. Ogden

Partner

Brittany Ogden is the chair of our Wisconsin Office's Bankruptcy, Restructuring, & Creditor's Rights Practice Group.

Brittany focuses her practice in business and commercial litigation, receiverships, bankruptcy, and creditors' rights matters. She has experience representing finance and leasing clients, assisting secured creditors, unsecured creditors, loan servicers, debtors, creditor committees, and trustees in Chapter 7, 11, 12 and 13 bankruptcy proceedings, Chapter 128 receiverships, state and federal court matters, including commercial foreclosures, workouts, collections, and lender liability actions. She also has significant experience in representing clients in the agricultural industry.

Some of Brittany's most recent bankruptcy and litigation experience includes:

  • Representation of numerous lenders and business owners in obtaining civil theft, conversion and non-discharge judgments.
  • Representation of financial institutions and businesses in various contested bankruptcy cases, including but not limited to alleged automatic stay violations, WCA, FDCPA, TCPA and FCRA claims, preference actions, and discharge violations.
  • Representation of equipment leasing company’s interest in bankruptcy regarding assumption/rejection issues and lease recharacterization claims.
  • Representation of secured creditors with enforcement and recovery of equipment and judgments in multiple jurisdictions.
  • Dismissal of FDCPA action against a loan servicer in federal district court;
  • Litigation of stay relief and contested plan issues in Chapter 11 bankruptcy case involving manufacturing business.

Legal Services

  • Banking & Financial Institutions
  • Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights for Financial Institutions
  • Bankruptcy, Restructuring, and Creditor's Rights
  • Litigation & Dispute Resolution
  • Financial Institutions Litigation

Education and Honors

  • Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Certificate, Quarles & Brady Leadership Program (2016)

Bar Admissions

  • Wisconsin
  • New York

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, 2004
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2002
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin, 2001
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York, 2000

Professional and Civic Activities

  • Adjunct Professor: “Business Law II” – Edgewood College (2012-present)
  • Adjunct Professor: “Business Law I” – Edgewood College (2010-present)
  • American Bankruptcy Institute (Member)
  • Iowa County Humane Society (Past Board Member)
  • James E. Doyle American Inns of Court (Member)
  • Lease Enforcement Attorney Network (LEAN) (Member)
  • MAGNET, Past Board President (Past Board Member)
  • Special Olympics Wisconsin (Board of Directors)
  • Wisconsin Association for Equipment Lessors (WAEL) (Member)
  • Equipment Leasing & Finance Association (ELFA); (Member, Legal Committee 2013, 2014, 2015); (Service Provider Committee Member)

Professional Recognition

  • Wisconsin Super Lawyers®: 2016, 2017 (Business Litigation)
  • Wisconsin Super Lawyers® Rising Stars: 2006 - 2012, 2014
  • Athena Young Professional Award (2010)

Publications and Presentations

06/10/17
"Student Loans"
24th Annual Central States Bankruptcy Workshop

05/07/17
Headwinds in the Agriculture Sector: Selected Issues Dealing with Defaults
ELFA Legal Forum

05/01/17
Wisconsin Civil Procedure Before Trial, 5th Edition - 2nd supplement
(Chapter 6—Service of Process)

01/01/15
"Wisconsin Civil Procedure Before Trial-Service of Process" Chapter
Wisconsin State Bar; 2009-present

01/01/14
Leasing Lessons Learned from the Rich and Famous
ELFA Legal Forum

01/01/13
Bankruptcy Basics for Non-Lawyers
LEAN Webinar

01/01/13
Jury Selection: Can you improve the odds?
ELFA Legal Forum

01/01/12
Bankruptcy Litigation 101
NBI Seminar

01/01/12
"Business Law II"
Edgewood College (2012-present)

01/01/10
"Business Law I"
Edgewood College (2010-present)

03/01/09
The Case of Social Networking
Wisconsin Woman Magazine

01/31/09
Forum Selection Clauses and Lease Agreements
(LEAN and Newsline; January/February 2009)

01/01/09
Vendor Roundtable
ELFA Legal Forum

01/01/09
Wisconsin Civil Procedure Before Trial-Service of Process Chapter
(Wisconsin State Bar; 2009-present)

01/01/04
Discharge and Dischargeability Trends in Bankruptcy Fraud
Milwaukee Bar Association, Eastern District Bankruptcy Pro Bono Program

01/01/04
Trends in Bankruptcy Fraud
Wisconsin State Bar Annual Bankruptcy Update