Name: Understanding bankruptcy: How to make sense of corporate reorganizations
Start: 2026-05-09T09:00:00-0400
End: 2026-05-09T09:45:00-0400

Understanding bankruptcy: How to make sense of corporate reorganizations

Saturday May 9, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am EDT

Symphony Ballroom, third level

Becky Yerak has been covering corporate bankruptcies for nearly a decade at The Wall Street Journal from Wilmington, Del., where she has a front-row seat to the maneuvers companies make as they stave off creditors in their fight for survival. Becky will provide a bankruptcy primer that demystifies corporate restructuring and explains how to deliver stories that go beyond court proceedings and legal filings. Rachel Jaffe Mauceri, an attorney at Robinson & Cole LLP, will join Becky to help elucidate the topic.

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Rachel Jaffe Mauceri

Attorney, Robinson & Cole LLP

Rachel Jaffe Mauceri is a corporate bankruptcy and restructuring lawyer with more than 20 years’ experience counseling clients in complex bankruptcy and restructuring matters. She is known as a strong communicator and collaborator with a record of success in developing client relationships... Read More →

Becky Yerak

Bankruptcy reporter, The Wall Street Journal

I cover chapter 11 bankruptcies for the Wall Street Journal and WSJ Pro Bankruptcy from Wilmington, Del., a major venue for business restructurings.

I've written four bankruptcy-related Page One WSJ features, also known as A-heds, on nuclear pacemakers, a damaged model of the Queen Mary ocean liner, abandoned Redbox movie vending machines and ear-piercing reminiscing in court. The Mansion section ran my feature about actor Kevin... Read More →

Saturday May 9, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
Symphony Ballroom, third level

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Rachel Jaffe Mauceri

Becky Yerak

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Rachel Jaffe Mauceri

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