Samantha Balanevsky is a debt finance associate in the Los Angeles office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Experience
Representative Matters
Center for Autism and Related Disorders, LLC — Represented Center for Autism and Related Disorders, LLC (“CARD”) and four of its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. CARD is one of the nation’s largest treatment providers for individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Prior to filing for Chapter 11, CARD entered into a stalking horse asset purchase agreement for a going-concern sale of substantially all of CARD’s assets. CARD intends to use the Chapter 11 cases to run a competitive sale and bidding process to maximize enterprise value. CARD entered the Chapter 11 cases with a new money, delayed draw term loan debtor-in-possession financing facility from the company’s prepetition credit facility lenders.
Clerk & Government Experience
InternUnited States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Prior Experience
Meta Endeavors, 2021–2022
Associate, Abrams Fensterman, 2020
Legal Intern, Abrams Fensterman, 2019
Intern, Lava Records, 2019
Intern, Sony Music, 2019
Intern, Wamer Music Group, 2018
Pro Bono
Samantha worked as a witness to innocence and has helped individuals who were wrongfully incarcerated.
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Thought Leadership
Author, “Where Drugs Are Involved, Universities Offer Education And Rehabilitation, While The Juvenile Justice System Offers Detention And Punishment: Why Juvenile Drug Courts Are The Answer,” Cardozo Equal Rights and Social Justice Journal, Winter 2020
Memberships & Affiliations
Volunteer, Washtenaw County Jail
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2024California
2021New York
Education
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of LawJ.D.2020
Member and Editor, Equal Rights and Social Justice
University of Michigan - Ann ArborB.A., Political Science & Crime and Justice2017
Other Distinctions
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Economics of Blockchain and Digital Assets Certificate, 2022
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Fintech Revolution Certificate, 2021
