Shannon A. Glasscock
Associate
Areas of Focus
- Complex Commercial Litigation
- Disputes & Investigations
- Restructuring Litigation
- Advises clients in a variety of litigation matters.
Shannon is an associate in the firm’s litigation practice. She advises clients on litigation matters from pre-suit through trial. In particular, Shannon has deep experience in the areas of complex commercial and financial restructuring litigation.
Shannon re-joined Akin after serving as a law clerk for the Honorable Reed O’Connor of the Northern District of Texas. She also completed a judicial externship with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Shannon earned her J.D. magna cum laude from SMU Dedman School of Law, where she was a member of the Order of the Coif, and one of five students in her class who received the Sumners Scholarship. She also served as associate editor of the SMU Law Review.
- Pipeline Health: Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 cases of Pipeline Health and its affiliates, an independent healthcare network with hospitals in California, Texas, and Illinois, involving more than $603 million in liabilities.
- Brazos Electric Power Cooperative: Counsel to Tri-County Electric in the chapter 11 case of Brazos, an electrical generation and transmission cooperative, involving approximately $2.1 billion in liabilities.
- Just Energy: Counsel to the prepetition lenders and DIP lenders in the chapter 15 cases of Just Energy and its affiliates, a leading North American distributor of electricity & natural gas, involving more than $440 million in liabilities.
- Nordic Aviation Capital: Counsel to noteholders in an ad hoc group in the chapter 11 cases of Nordic Aviation Capital and its affiliates, the then-fifth largest aircraft leasing company in the world, involving $5.9 billion in liabilities.
EducationJ.D., Southern Methodist University School of Law, magna cum laude, 2021
B.A., Austin College, magna cum laude, 2017
J.D., Southern Methodist University School of Law, magna cum laude, 2021
B.A., Austin College, magna cum laude, 2017
Bar AdmissionsTexas
Texas
- Sumners Scholar, SMU Dedman School of Law, 2021.
- Dallas Young Lawyers Chapter Board, Federalist Society
- Generation Justice Host Committee and Justice Leadership Council, Advocates for Community Transformation
- Member, Dallas Petroleum Club
