Magdalena Bragun

Attorney | Seattle | 206.223.6259 | bragunm@lanepowell.com

Areas of Practice

Magdalena Bragun’s practice focuses on commercial litigation, receivership law, preference litigation and creditors’ rights. She has represented secured and unsecured creditors, receivers, official committees, plan administrators and multinational entities in a wide range of industries. Magdalena regularly appears as counsel in bankruptcies, adversary proceedings and state court receivership actions.

Magdalena graduated summa cum laude from Seattle University, where she also received five CALI awards for receiving the highest notes in class. Magdalena clerked for Honorable Richard Tallman at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and published a law review article advocating for a change of regulations that impose broad employment restrictions on H-4 visa holders. Prior to becoming an attorney in the U.S., Magdalena studied law in Poland, her native country.

Professional Experience

• Judicial Extern, Judge Richard Tallman, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
• Legal Intern, Federal Aviation Administration: Office of Regional Counsel
• Legal Advocate, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
• Legal Intern, Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Admitted to Practice

• Washington
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington

Academics

• Seattle University School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude)
  • Seattle University Law Review
  • Dean’s List
  • CALI Excellence for the Future Awards (highest grades in class): Civil Procedure, Contracts, Legal Writing I, Legal Writing II, Business Entities
• School of Banking in Poznan, Poland (B.A., European Studies)
• Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
  • Department of Law and Administration: School of Law

Practice Group and Specialty Team Memberships

• Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights
• Business Crisis Management and Emergency Remedies
• Financial Institutions
• Litigation

Representative Matters and Clients

• Representation of receivers in state court matters
• Representation of Bank of America in adversary proceedings in bankruptcy court
• Representation of Wells Fargo in perfection matters
• Representation of TruBlue, Inc. and affiliated entities in avoidance actions
• Representation of Nordstrom, Inc.
• Representation of unsecured creditors in preferential transfer matters
• Representation of Equa-Chlor, debtor in Chapter 11 case

Publications

• “State Receiverships: A Banker’s Tool for Faster, Cost-Efficient Recovery on Troubled Loans” Issues and Answers magazine, Washington Bankers Association (September/October 2011)
• “The Golden Cage: How Immigration Law Turns Foreign Women Into Involuntary Housewives,” 31 Seattle U. L. Rev. 937 (2008)

Professional and Community Activities

• Washington State Bar Association
  • Co-chair, Young Lawyers Division Committee for Diversity (2009-2010)
• Member, Federal Bar Association, Western District of Washington
• Bilingual Volunteer, American Red Cross, International Services Program

Languages

• Polish
• German
• Latin