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Kerby Kniss

Kerby Kniss

USA 2026

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About

Provided by Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres LLC

Practice Areas

• Finance & Liquidity

• Restructuring & Special Situations

Career

Kerby Kniss is a Partner in CROKE FAIRCHILD DUARTE & BERES Finance & Liquidity Solutions and Restructuring & Special Situations practice groups.

Kerby has a wide ranging finance practice. Kerby is experienced representing borrowers, lenders, and participants, including banks, alternative lenders, REITs, insurance companies, credit funds, private equity sponsors, portfolio companies, and EC/VC companies on broad spectrum of finance transactions including asset-based and cash-flow loans, real estate lending, acquisition financing/leveraged buyouts, structured finance transactions, distressed debt and workouts, restructurings, esoteric asset lending, and other secured and unsecured credit facilities.

In addition, Kerby has a proven ability to manage and advise on all aspects of the transactions including corporate structuring and other general corporate matters, and to work seamlessly alongside the firm’s other practice groups. Clients look to Kerby for thoughtful, commercial and pragmatic solutions and value Kerby’s tenacious work ethic and her ability to execute results to achieve clients’ desired outcomes and goals. Prior to joining Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres, Kerby was a debt finance associate at Holland & Knight.

Education

John Marshall Law School, Editorial Board Managing Editor, The John Marshall Law Review

J.D.

North Central College

B.A.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Banking & Finance - Illinois

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Individual Editorial

Kerby Kniss is gaining recognition for her involvement in advising borrowers and lenders on various financing matters.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Kerby has always shown a good understanding of legal and business issues and is very responsive and easy to work with.

    Banking & FinanceChambers Guide to the USA
  • She continues to be extremely valuable, combining deep technical knowledge with a practical understanding of our business.

    Banking & FinanceChambers Guide to the USA

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