Rion Vaughan is a partner in the firm’s Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights practice group and has extensive experience in insolvency, distressed asset transactions, and complex commercial litigation. He represents clients in formal and out-of-court insolvency proceedings, including Chapter 11 reorganizations and liquidations, distressed asset sales, and bankruptcy litigation. Rion’s practice spans several key areas, including bankruptcy restructuring, distressed financing, M&A transactions, and bankruptcy litigation in both state and federal courts.
Before joining Rubin and Rudman, Rion was an attorney at Ruberto, Israel & Weiner, P.C., where he led clients through complex Chapter 11 reorganizations, including representing six debtor entities in a successful § 363 sale and confirmation of a plan of distribution under Subchapter V in Delaware bankruptcy court. He also played an instrumental role in guiding a Boston-based cement company through a successful reorganization that preserved over 30 jobs.
Rion’s expertise in distressed asset sales includes his representation of the purchaser of distressed hotel loans in a transaction that resulted in full reimbursement of attorney’s fees and title to the mortgaged property. His experience also extends to high-stakes litigation, including the prosecution and defense of avoidance claims in bankruptcy court, and his successful recovery of misappropriated investor funds in a massive Ponzi scheme case.
Rion earned his J.D., cum laude, from Boston College Law School in 2013 and his B.A., magna cum laude, from Stonehill College in 2009.
Professional and Community Involvement
- Member, Boston Bar Association
- Turnaround Management Association
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- National College of Bankruptcy Judges