Courina Yulisa
PEOPLE

Courina Yulisa

Associate
yulisa.courina@dorsey.com

Overview

Courina assists clients in all aspects of in- and out-of-court insolvency and restructuring matters to achieve meaningful results.

Courina combines her skills in complex bankruptcy litigation, case management, and transactional workouts to effectively represent the interests of debtors, creditors, and other parties in restructuring and insolvency proceedings. Courina helps steer companies and stakeholders through the various stages of reorganization, such as Chapter 11 filing requirements, financing negotiations, plan confirmations, and claim objections. Additionally, Courina has experience in mediations, arbitrations, adversary proceedings, and representing potential bidders in bankruptcy asset sales.

Courina’s practice also involves various commercial lending, project finance, and consumer regulatory matters. 

Courina previously served as a judicial law clerk to the Hon. Elizabeth S. Stong, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York. She has frequently appeared in the bankruptcy courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of New Jersey. 

Education & Admissions

Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 2008)

University of California, Berkeley (Dual B.A. in Rhetoric and German, 2004)

Admissions

  • New York
  • New Jersey
  • U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Languages

  • English, Indonesian, German, Malay

Clerkships

  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York, Honorable Elizabeth S. Stong, 2019-2020

News & Resources

Articles

All That Glitters is Not Gold: Gold Mines, Refineries, and the Law of Bailment
The Name Lives On: the eCommerce Rebirth of Brick and Mortar Brands, 41 Licensing J. 26
The Name Lives On: the eCommerce Rebirth of Brick and Mortar Brands

Select Presentations

  • Covid-19 and Global Financial Distress: Where Do We Go from Here? AABANY Fall Conference 2020, September 26, 2020

Industries & Practices

  • Banking & Financial Institutions
  • Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Consumer Financial Services
  • Energy & Natural Resources
  • Food, Beverage & Agribusiness
  • Healthcare & Life Sciences

Professional & Civic

Professional Achievements

  • Co-Chair of the Bankruptcy and Restructuring Committee, Asian American Bar Association of New York
  • Member of the Network of Women (NOW) Committee, Turnaround Management Association
  • Member of the Bankruptcy Committee, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
  • Member of the American Bankruptcy Institute
  • Member of International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation

Accolades

    

  • Contributed more than 50+ Diversity hours, 2022

     Contributed 50+ Pro Bono Hours in 2021

  • Contributed more than 50 Challenge pro bono hours, 2021
Courina Yulisa