Dawn M. Cica

Education

  • J.D., University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, 1987
  • B.A., B.S., Finance, with high distinction, University of Nevada, Reno, 1984

Bar Admissions

  • Nevada, 1992
  • New York, 1990
  • California, 1987

Dawn M. Cica

Partner
3993 Howard Hughes Pkwy.
Suite 600
Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
Phone 702.949.8257
Fax 702.216.6208

About Dawn M. Cica

Ms. Cica is a partner in the firm's Bankruptcy practice group. Her practice focuses on all transactional aspects of Bankruptcy and Creditor’s Rights, including workouts, restructurings, settlements and asset sales.

Ms. Cica was previously with the international law firm of Shearman & Sterling. More recently she was the general counsel of Mountain Spa Development, which developed a 680 acre master planned community and golf course and the Sommer Family Trust, which purchased and redeveloped the Aladdin Hotel and Casino.

Ms. Cica has over 20 years of experience in all aspects of financial and real estate transactions, including financing transactions (debt and equity), land acquisition, land development, construction lending and negotiation of construction contracts, acquisitions, asset purchases and all transactional matters related to restructuring and bankruptcy, including negotiating and documenting strategic resolutions, debtor in possession financings and asset sales.

Ms. Cica has participated in several major Nevada bankruptcies, including Riviera Hotel & Casino, Station Casinos, Lake Las Vegas, Consolidated Resorts, Viansa Winery, the Aladdin Resort, Tower Homes, Village at Centennial Springs and USA Capital.

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Turnaround Management Association
  • Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors
  • American Bankruptcy Institute
  • State Bar of Nevada Business Law Section and Gaming Law Section
  • State Bar of California Business Law Section, Real Property Law Section and Corporations Committee
  • State Bar of New York Real Property Section, Business Law Section and Corporate Counsel Section
  • American Bar Association
    • Business Law Committee
    • Committee on Negotiated Acquisitions
    • Committee of Financial Services
    • Corporate Counsel Committee
    • Corporate Governance Committee
    • Gaming Law Committee
    • Legal Opinion Committee

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Speaking Engagements

Other Distinctions

Ms. Cica is named in the 2012 edition of Nevada Business' Legal Elite Top 150, in the area of Bankruptcy.