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Resume:
STEPHANIE J. LANE, ESQ.
Lakewood, Ohio 44107
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Schmelzer & Lane, Cleveland, Ohio, 3/2001 to present
Partner in a boutique law firm; practice focused on complex business and real estate litigation and transactions, and creditor-debtor work.
• Primarily responsible for firm’s bankruptcy and litigation practice groups.
• Representation of debtors and secured/unsecured creditors in all aspects of insolvency and collection actions, including foreclosures and Chapter 11 Bankruptcy proceedings, as well mortgage debt workouts.
• Representation of buyers/sellers and lessors/lessees of commercial and residential real estate in transactions and litigation.
• Significant experience in foreclosure and collection litigation, including post-judgment proceedings and appeals.
• Representation of business clients in employment and compliance issues, including litigation avoidance and tax resolutions.
• Litigation experience includes successful representation of clients in foreclosures, real estate transactions, consumer issues, contractual disputes, business dissolutions, business sales and acquisitions and probate and estate-related claims.
Chapman Law Firm Co., LPA, Cleveland, Ohio, 12/98 to 11/00
Associate in a high-volume law firm specializing in bankruptcy, domestic relations and criminal matters.
• Primarily responsible for firm’s bankruptcy practice group.
• Started and managed firm’s employment practice group
• Developed expertise in bankruptcy law by serving as counsel for consumer and business debtors in hundreds of Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 proceedings.
• Litigation experience included learning all aspects of civil proceedings, including the routine drafting of complaints, pleadings, discovery, petitions, motions and legal memoranda.
• Very first appellate case resulted in a successful reversal of judgment based on an abuse of discretion standard.
Ohio Civil Rights Commission, Cleveland, Ohio, 11/96 to 11/98
Legal Intern for a State agency responsible for investigating charges of race, sex, disability and/or age discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodation.
• Advised Regional Director, supervisors and investigators on complex legal and factual issues. Researched and drafted various reports and legal memoranda.
BAR ADMISSIONS
• Admitted to the Ohio Bar, November 1998
• Admitted to the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, May 1999
• Admitted to the U.S. Appellate Court for the Sixth Circuit, May 2000
EDUCATION
Case School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, Juris Doctor, May 1998
• GPA: 3.30/4.00 Rank: Top 36%
• Litigation courses included Pre-trial and Trial Practice and Appellate Advocacy
• 1997 Dean Dunmore Moot Court Competition; finished in top 20% in oral argument
• 1998 CALI Excellence for the Future Award for excellent achievement in the study of Intellectual Property Law
University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, B.A. 1995, magna cum laude
Major: Interpersonal Communication & Public Speaking
• 3.77/4.00 Rank: Top 8%
• Significant courses include argumentation, public speaking, interviewing & business communication
• Dean's List, every semester
• Homer C. Campbell Scholarship, Peter LaRose Scholarship
SPECIAL SKILLS & ACTIVITIES
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat & Photoshop, Abacus and web-based research tools.
• Author of several genealogical and local folklore articles and publications.
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