Profiles · Attorneys
- Type
- Person
- Role
- Lawyer or judge
- Programs
- PPPLF
- Updated
The profile
Cleary Gottlieb senior counsel; counsel for the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco in its suit against Benworth.
Identity and role
Lisa M. Schweitzer is a Cleary Gottlieb senior counsel whose public profile focuses on financial restructuring, bankruptcy, insolvency, and commercial litigation. The FRBSF v. Benworth signature blocks list her as Cleary counsel for the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
Pandemic-relief / PPP-EIDL role
The Reserve Bank's complaint alleged that Benworth's PPP collateral and finances triggered recourse obligations under PPPLF program agreements and sought more than $66.9 million, plus fraudulent-transfer and related relief.
Their own relief
No personal PPP loan, enforcement action, or government-support issue was found.
Where they are now (2025–2026)
Cleary Gottlieb lists Schweitzer as senior counsel in New York (profile capture); a Cleary item records a Turnarounds & Workouts recognition .
Schweitzer represented the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco as creditor-side counsel in the case against Bernardo Navarro and Benworth. The parallel Womply arbitration in the same docket was handled on the Womply side by Alexander L. Cheney and Stuart R. Lombardi of Willkie, and on the Benworth side by Jorge L. Piedra of Kozyak Tropin.
Sources held in this archive
Original source documents and archived captures
- Gov.Uscourts.Prd.175040.203.0
- Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco v. Benworth Capital Partners et al.
- Public copy of FRBSF complaint via Orrick InfoBytes PDF
- Cleary Gottlieb, Lisa Schweitzer named an outstanding restructuring lawyer
- Cleary Gottlieb profile, Lisa M. Schweitzer
- International Insolvency Institute member profile, Lisa M. Schweitzer
Sources
- Cleary Gottlieb profile, Lisa M. Schweitzer: Cleary Gottlieb profile, Lisa M. Schweitzer (original: clearygottlieb.com · stored capture)
- Cleary Gottlieb, Lisa Schweitzer named an outstanding restructuring lawyer: Cleary Gottlieb, Lisa Schweitzer named an outstanding restructuring lawyer (original: clearygottlieb.com · stored capture)
- International Insolvency Institute member profile, Lisa M. Schweitzer: International Insolvency Institute member profile, Lisa M. Schweitzer (original: iiiglobal.org · stored capture)
- Local FRBSF v. Benworth signature block listing Cleary counsel for FRBSF: gov.uscourts.prd.175040.203.0
- FRBSF v. Benworth case summary
- Public copy of FRBSF complaint via Orrick InfoBytes PDF: Infobytes Sf Fed Sues Troubled PPP Lender Founder For Nearly 67m 2024 6aec4d0ecd04880e (original: infobytes.orrick.com · stored capture)