Steve McNeill is a trusted advisor to companies, lenders, fiduciaries, and committees navigating some of the most complex and consequential restructuring matters in the Delaware Bankruptcy Court and beyond. Clients rely on Steve for practical judgment, strategic clarity, and steady guidance when financial distress, governance concerns, and litigation risk intersect. Steve’s work has earned recognition from Chambers USA for Bankruptcy/Restructuring in Delaware, reflecting his ability to guide clients through complex, high stakes insolvency matters.
Steve represents debtors, secured lenders, official and ad hoc committees, buyers, and liquidating fiduciaries across a wide range of contested matters, including asset sales, plan confirmation disputes, debtor in possession financing, intercreditor issues, and avoidance litigation. His experience on all sides of the capital structure enables him to anticipate pressure points and help clients make informed, value preserving decisions.
Steve is also known for his effectiveness in highly contested matters. He has significant experience litigating plan confirmation disputes, asset sale challenges, lien and priority issues, and preference actions, and he regularly helps clients assess when litigation advances strategic objectives versus when negotiated solutions better preserve value. As a certified Superior Court mediator, he brings a practical, solution-oriented mindset to resolving disputes efficiently.
- Auburn University at Montgomery (B.S., summa cum laude, 2002)
- Washington & Lee University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2008)
- Delaware
- United States District Court - District of Delaware
- United States Court of Appeals - Third Circuit
- Certified Mediator, Superior Court of Delaware
- Mediator, Delaware Bankruptcy Court
- Secretary, Delaware Bankruptcy American Inn of Court, 2023-present
- Local Rules Committee, United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, 2026-present
- Delaware State Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- MENSA
- Senior Articles Editor, Washington and Lee Law Review
- Chambers USA, 2023–2026
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Litigation - Bankruptcy, 2020–present
- Nominee for ABI Top 40 Under 40, 2019
- American Bankruptcy Law Journal Editors’ Prize, 2019

