Meet Keena

Keena Newmark, Esq., is the Managing Attorney of Bankruptcy for Padgett Law Group (PLG). In her role, Keena leads PLG’s bankruptcy practice, the practices’ national unit, related bankruptcy litigation, and spearheaded the firm’s expansion into Texas. She is based out of PLG’s Dallas, TX office. 
Keena has dedicated her career to the representation and advocacy of automotive and residential mortgage servicers and lenders. Her practice areas include bankruptcy law, bankruptcy litigation, and general creditors rights’ practice. Over the course of her career, Keena has worked alongside numerous national mortgage servicers to advise on the federal and state laws impacting bankruptcy, litigation, and other areas of the default servicing industry. As a leader, Keena employs a client-centric approach to provide strategic solutions to complex legal matters. Most recently, she has been focusing on implementing and improving servicing processes and procedures with a particular focus on individual consumer and commercial filings.

Keena is uniquely experienced in legal and operations with specific experience in bankruptcy, bankruptcy litigation, and general creditors rights’ practice. Prior to joining PLG, she held various operational leadership and attorney management roles at two large national bankruptcy practices. Her experience has afforded her a deep understanding of the challenges many creditors face while servicing an active bankruptcy. Fueled by her passion for bankruptcy and creditors rights’, Keena continues to drive clients towards process efficiencies while ensuring alignment across all lines of business including legal and compliance.
LICENSED IN FLORIDA & texas 

2008 EARNED B.A.
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 

2011 Earned j.d.
Southern Methodist University

​2019 Women in Housing Finalists

People, Places, and Presentations

#PadgettPeople are regular presenters at live industry events, trade association conferences, as well as local and state bar trainings. PLG attorneys also regularly lead firm-hosted webinars and conduct on-site trainings for clients where our leaders guide process-level and management-track mortgage servicing professionals in groups ranging from six to 100+ staff members. Contact us today to coordinate an onsite PLG training event for your team.