Llynn White is committed to clients’ bottom lines and works hard to balance their often competing needs. As a litigator with over 25 years of experience, she is a strong advocate both inside and outside of the courtroom, counseling clients in the areas of commercial loan enforcement, creditor/debtor relationships, bankruptcy, real estate litigation, and general commercial litigation. Llynn partners with clients to find solutions to complex problems, and she strives to understand her clients’ business to help them achieve their ultimate goals.
She regularly represents clients nationally, including:
- Financial institutions, state and federal savings banks and community banks
- Securitized lenders
- Loan servicers
- Distressed debt purchasers
- Mortgage companies and brokers
- Property owners and managers
- Court-appointed receivers
- Small businesses
She is committed to clients, and they can count on her to deliver results. On behalf of her clients, Llynn has obtained judgments and settlements totaling millions of dollars in loan enforcement and asset recovery actions.
She has significant experience in all aspects of:
- State and federal court receiverships involving commercial (office and retail) and multi-family (student housing, senior living and low income) properties and including receivership issues in bankruptcy
- Loan workouts and enforcement
- Asset recovery, attachment, and replevin actions
- Power of sale and judicial foreclosures
- Problematic transactions involving Delaware Statutory Trusts
- Creditor representation in contested Chapter 7,11,13 bankruptcy cases
- Creditor’s bill and collection proceedings
- Fraud, misrepresentation and Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (UFTA) claims
- UCC Article 9 Sales
- Breach of contract actions
- Temporary restraining orders and preliminary and permanent injunctions
- Lender liability claims
- Quiet title and reformation actions
- Real estate and commercial landlord/tenant litigation
- Mechanics and real estate broker lien litigation
- Contempt proceedings
Llynn also has experience arguing before the Missouri Supreme Court (en banc), the Missouri Court of Appeals and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and has represented lenders in connection with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA).
Education
- Washington University in St. Louis (J.D., 1996)
- Creighton University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1993)
Bar Admission
- Missouri, 1996
- Illinois, 2003
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, 1996
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, 2002
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois, 2006
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Missouri, 1996
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Illinois, 2002
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 2011
Professional Affiliations
- The Missouri Bar
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
- Missouri Banks Association, Bank & Legal Counsel Section
- The American Bar Association
Recognition
- Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America® for:
- Banking and Finance Law, 2026
- Litigation - Bankruptcy, 2026
- Financial Services Regulation Law, 2025-2026
- Litigation - Real Estate, 2023-2026
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2022-2026
- Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law, 2022-2026
