Nauni Manty

Email: Nauni@mantylaw.com 
Phone: 612.340.7950
Fax: 612.746.0310

Nauni’s practice focuses in the areas of commercial litigation and complex bankruptcy matters. She has represented creditors in all types of settings including enforcing creditors’ rights and remedies in state court as well as in federal court.  

She has also been a Court-appointed receiver in Securities Exchange Commission matters in U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota.  In October 1998, Nauni was appointed by the United States Trustee, United States Department of Justice, to serve as a Chapter 7 Panel Trustee for the District of Minnesota.  She has also been appointed as a Chapter 11 operating trustee in several cases.  As a Chapter 11 Trustee, she has operated a large farming operation in Southern Minnesota, a national restaurant franchise, a “gentlemen’s” club, a shopping mall, a large software company,  an in-home care service provider,  a vehicle repair servicing center and a warehouse distributor of hunting products, including clothing.  All of the chapter 11 cases have successfully exited chapter 11 either through liquidation or reorganization.

Nauni has other chapter 11 experience as well.  She has represented secured and unsecured creditors.  She has also served as unsecured creditors committee counsel.

As Chapter 7 Trustee, Nauni has been appointed on over 20,000 cases.  She has handled many large complex cases.  In one particular case, she liquidated over 48 convenience stores dealing with the sale of the properties or the assumption and assignment of leases.  Revenues generated in the case exceeded $16 million.  She commenced a case against various insiders and related companies based on preference, fraudulent transfers and equitable subordination issues.  Through those efforts, she paid all of the mortgagees and unsecured creditors in full, with interest. Through those efforts, she paid all of the secured and unsecured creditors in full, with interest, disbursing over $16 million to the creditors.

 In other capacities, she has handled complex fraud cases involving 1031 like kind exchanges and other investment-type issues.  She has also been involved in a large equity skimming case.

As trustee in a mining operation in Northern Minnesota, she sold the plants and equipment realizing millions of dollars for the creditors.  In another recent case, she commenced 148 complaints against entities also bringing in millions of dollars for the estate. 

She is also Chapter 11 Liquidating Trustee in a bankruptcy case in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware, successfully liquidating assets and commencing litigation to pursue preferences and accounts receivable; reviewing over 700 claims; objecting to and negotiating settlement of claims.

Practice Areas:

Business, Banking and Commercial Law
Bankruptcy Services
Litigation
Creditor’s Rights
Loan Restructuring and Workouts

Education:

J.D., cum laude, William Mitchell College of Law
B.A., Concordia University

Bar Admissions: 

Minnesota
U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit

Honors:

2024 Lawyers of Distinction
- Recognizing Excellence in Bankruptcy, Creditors Rights & Remedies
Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy
Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America, The Trial Lawyer Honorary Society
Certificate of Appreciation from the FBI
Minnesota Chair of Credit Abuse Resistance Education (CARE)
Super Lawyer®, Minnesota Law & Politics, for several years and as Top 50 Female attorneys in the State of Minnesota
Former Judicial Clerk for U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis D. O’Brien
Upper Midwest Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association Transaction of The Year 2013
Top 50 Woman Attorneys in Minnesota for several years
Top 100 Attorneys in Minnesota several years
2022 National Business Institute Outstanding Faculty Award
Preeminent AV Rating by Martindale-Hubbell

Speaking:

Speaks at various CLEs and also as a guest lecturer for area law schools including St. Thomas, the University of Minnesota, and Hamline Law School.

ARTICLES WRITTEN:

Minnesota Continuing Education:  Bankruptcy Practice in Minnesota Deskbook, Chapter 27:  Bankruptcy Crimes and Fraud, March 2016.  Originally co-authored with The Honorable Nicole A. Engisch.  However, I have been updating the chapter exclusively since the publication.  The last update was completed and published in 2020.

Minnesota Continuing Education:  Representing the Ongoing Business Deskbook, Chapter 18: Bankruptcy Basics, February 15, 2017.  Co-authored with Karl Johnson of Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, LLP.  We recently updated the chapter for publication in 2021.

CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATIOn:

MINNESOTA CONTINUING EDUCATION:

Bankruptcy Institute:  Case Law Update, Tips in Working With Trustees in Bankruptcy, Secret Liens and Trusts

Consumer Bankruptcy Fundamentals:  Top 10 Mistakes Attorneys Make When Dealing with Trustees. 

Representing Community Banks:  Tips in Working With Trustees in Bankruptcy.

Rapidly Changing World of Consumer Bankruptcy.

NATIONAL BUSINESS INSTITUTE (NBI):

Bankruptcy:  From the Creditor’s Perspective:  The Automatic Stay and Avoidance Issues,  November 9, 2020.

Bankruptcy:  The Ultimate Guide to Chapter 7 and 13: Planning for the Meeting of Creditors, Proofs of Claim, Understanding the Automatic Stay, June 24, 2020.

Collection Law From Start to Finish:  Impact of Bankruptcy on Collections, March 9, 2020.

Collection Law From Start to Finish:  Impact of Bankruptcy on Collections, November 13, 2018.

Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Fundamentals:  The Trustee’s Viewpoint; Deadlines, Audit Issues, Attorneys’ Fees, Understanding the Automatic Stay, Statutes of Limitations, April 2, 2018.

Bankruptcy:  The Ultimate Guide to Chapter 7 and 13, Planning for the Meeting of Creditors, Proofs of Claim, Understanding the Automatic Stay, August 23, 2017.

Collection Law From Start to Finish:  Impact of Bankruptcy on Collections, April 27, 2017.

Collection Law From Start to Finish:  Impact of Bankruptcy on Collections, November 9, 2015.

Collection Law From Start to Finish:  Impact of Bankruptcy on Collections, June 15, 2010.

Collection Law From Start to Finish:  Impact of Bankruptcy on Collections, August 25, 2006.

Successfully Collecting Debts and Judgments:  Understanding Creditors’ Rights in Bankruptcy, April 4, 2006.

Successful Judgment Collection in Minnesota:  Understanding Creditors’ Rights in Bankruptcy, April 8, 2005.

AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY INSTITUTE:

ABI Central States Bankruptcy Conference:  Hot Consumer Topics:  Chapter 7 Tips, Concealment and Retirement Funds

ABI Central States Bankruptcy Conference:  Tips and Tricks for Chapter 7 Debtor and Trustee Interactions, my contribution: Tips, Abandonment and Reopening.

MINNESOTA CLE – BANKRUPTCY SECTION:

Behind the Scenes – A Day in the Life of a Chapter 7 Trustee.

Nuts and Bolts of Fee Applications in Chapters 7, 11 and 13.  Materials:  11 U.S.C. § 326(a) – Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 Trustee’s Compensation.