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Cleveland OH USA , 44114-2316
Professional Bio:
Nancy A. Valentine focuses her practice in the area of Creditors' Rights, Reorganization and Bankruptcy, particularly on the representation of secured creditors, equipment lessors, landlords, asset-based lenders and general creditors, and debtors in bankruptcy and in state-court litigation proceedings (civil litigation such as receiverships and collection matters).
Nancy recently represented debtors and creditors (secured and unsecured) in reorganization and insolvency matters, including a variety of Chapter 11 and Chapter 13 proceedings. Her Chapter 11 experience includes:
Appointed by the United States Trustee to serve as the Chapter 11 Trustee for Villa Marie Estates, Inc. in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio; Representing the largest equipment financier in In re Level Propane Gases, Inc.; Acting as Debtor's counsel in In re Hi-Rise Recycling Companies, Inc., in which the debtor completed the sale of its assets in six weeks after filing, and confirmed a liquidating plan of reorganization; Protecting the rights of secured lenders in their cash collateral and other collateral in Chapter 11 proceedings;
Defending preference actions, and protecting the rights of various creditors in bankruptcy.
She has also protected the rights of creditors by instituting and/or representing creditors in state court receiverships, and has recovered the property of lenders in foreclosure actions and other collection efforts.
Nancy was a Judicial Extern for the Honorable Judge Barbara Sellers, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Nancy is listed in the 2008-2011 editions of Chambers USA: Leading Lawyers for Business for Bankruptcy/Restructuring, the 2010 & 2011 editions of The Best Lawyers in America in the category of Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law, and the 2005-07 & 2011 editions of Ohio Super Lawyers.
Nancy is admitted to practice law in Ohio, the Sixth Circuit, and in Federal Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio.