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Zack Prendergast is a partner at Robbins, Kelly, Patterson & Tucker. He represents clients at all stages of commercial finance and corporate transactions. His clients include real estate investors, financial institutions, special servicers, REITs, private equity funds, commercial leasing companies, and acquirers of commercial debt.. Zack’s practice focuses on general corporate, finance, and real estate transactional matters. He handles different kinds of transactions, including asset acquisitions and dispositions, mortgage financings, note-on-note facilities, leases, real estate development, and corporate structure and formation. He works on transactions involving a number of commercial asset classes, including retail, office, hotel, multifamily, student housing, senior living, and mixed-use properties.. A main focus of Zack’s practice is advising clients, particularly lenders, on resolving distressed and non-performing commercial loans. He counsels clients on loan enforcement, out-of-court workouts and restructurings, loan modifications, foreclosure litigation, receiverships, bankruptcy, and the management and disposition of REO property. He also represents court-appointed receivers and acquirers of property out of receivership.. Zack is admitted to practice law in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Michigan. He maintains a national practice and counsels clients on transactions all over the United States.. Representative Matters. Community Involvement

Professional Experience. My practice focuses in the areas of insolvency, debtors’ and creditors’ rights, bankruptcy reorganizations general out-of-court workouts and financial and organizational corporate restructurings. I represent debtors(corporate and individuals) secured lenders, credit unions, trustees and unsecured creditors in proceedings under chapters 7, 13 and 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code and in insolvency-related litigation. I routinely represent creditors in preferential transfer and fraudulent conveyance actions. I also have extensive experience in representing purchasers and sellers of assets in §363 transactions. I have appeared and argued extensively in different federal courts throughout the United States on a wide range of issues including appellate related litigation.. In addition, I practice in the area of general corporate law with a focus on entrepreneurs and start-up businesses.   Essential to such representation is to provide proactive legal advice relating to corporate law and litigation avoidance to clients’ senior management.  I negotiate and draft complex contracts, loan documents and settlement agreements and also negotiate operational and supply contracts for manufacturing concerns.  Upon many occasions I have assists in mergers and acquisitions and franchise issues. In rounding out my practice, I assist clients in estate planning and health care planning. I am a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) which gives me hands- on insight to business issues.. Bar Admissions. Ohio, 1999 Kentucky, 2001. U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky U.S. Tax Court. Education. J.D., Salmon P. Chase College of Law, magna cum laude, 1999 B.A., University of Cincinnati, 1995. Presentations/Articles. “Overview of Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code – Cross Border Insolvencies”, Published May 2009. Professional Associations. Cincinnati Bar Association Kentucky Bar Association Ohio State Bar Association American Bar Association. Community Service. Leadership Northern Kentucky Foundation (class of 2008). Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels. Healthpoint Foundation, Board Member. Hopebox Derby Legal Chairperson. Human Rights Campaign. Cincinnati Fine Arts Fund. Habitat for Humanity. United Way

Ms. Acciani is an Ohio native and associate at the law offices of O'Connor, Acciani and Levy.. With a focus on personal injury litigation, Elizabeth also practices in Wills and Trusts and other civil litigation.

Mr. Enriquez joined the law offices of O'Connor, Acciani and Levy in 2007 and focuses his practice on Bankruptcy law.. With a proven track record, Rick has extensive knowledge of the bankruptcy laws in Ohio, Kentucky and Washington State and is a valued asset at our firm.

Monica thrives on the law: practicing it, reading it, and researching it. Her practice focuses on bankruptcy and family/juvenile law, and she has a strong interest in appellate law, criminal law, and education law. While she loves having her nose buried in law books, her background in education allows her to make the law accessible and practical for all of her clients.. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati College of Law, Monica was on the executive board of the University of Cincinnati Law Review and a fellow with the Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights. While in law school, she also took part in the Indigent Defense Clinic and the Domestic Violence Clinic.. Before coming to Godbey Law, she clerked for Judge Jeffery T. Kirby of the Warren County Domestic Relations Court and spent a semester as an intern with Judge John M. Williams of the Hamilton County Juvenile Court. Prior to passing the bar, Monica clerked at Godbey Law in family law and bankruptcy.. As a human rights fellow, Monica spent time in Uganda as part of a team studying acid violence and drafting proposed legislation to improve the way the Ugandan justice system aids survivors of that horrific crime. Her experiences there fueled her passion to make justice accessible for everyone.. Born in Davenport, Iowa, Monica was raised in York, Pennsylvania in a large family. She was a high school social studies teacher and debate coach in the Gettysburg, PA area while raising her two daughters. When her younger daughter went to college, Monica moved to Cincinnati and instantly fell in love with the Queen City and its people.. Monica is a trivia whiz and a news junkie, and she enjoys reading history books and watching documentaries. She and her husband Anthony spend their date nights going to the movies, comedy clubs, or cheering on the Reds. She is very proud of her two grown daughters, who work in broadcasting and politics.. EducationJ.D., University of Cincinnati College of LawB.S. Ed. Millersville University

Kathleen D. Mezher graduated from Miami University as a scholar-athletecum laude in 1981 and from University of Dayton School of Law in founded the firm in 1987 and is licensed to practice in bothOhio and Kentucky. Kathleen represents clients in cases  for wrongfuldeath, personal injury, bankruptcy and estate administration.

I am currently a managing partner with Santen & Hughes and I specialize my practice in business law and commercial litigation.  I work closely with owners of privately held businesses concerning contracts, sales transactions, buying/selling businesses, debtor/creditor rights, and estate planning.  I have extensive experience in handling a wide variety of civil litigation, in all state and federal courts, including contract disputes, construction, real estate, probate, employment, shareholder/partner disputes and collections.  My practice involves significant representation of debtors and creditors in Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization cases.. I am involved in numerous non-profit community organizations, including being Chair of the Board of Directors for the Corporation for Findlay Market, which operates Ohio's oldest public market.  In 2003, I was awarded the John W. Warrington Community Service Award by the Cincinnati Bar Association for extraordinary volunteer community service.

Hank Menninger chairs the firm’s Bankruptcy, Business, and Creditors’ Rights Practice Area. He has extensive experience representing individuals and restructuring businesses in bankruptcy proceedings. He serves as a member of the panel of Bankruptcy Trustees for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio, and is certified by the American Board of Certification in the area of Consumer Bankruptcy*. He has recently been appointed as an approved Mediator for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio.  He has served as a state court appointed receiver, including an important stint as Receiver in the celebrated Kenwood Towne Place foreclosure proceeding in the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas. He has had involvement in one form or another in nearly every large Chapter 11 case filed in Cincinnati over the past thirty five years, including the reorganization proceedings involving Federated Department Stores, Eagle Picher Industries, Brendamour’s Sporting Goods, Elder Beerman Department Stores, Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum, the Cincinnati Cyclones, R.L. Torbeck Industries, Claddagh Pubs, Ameristop Convenience Stores, Berean Christian Stores, Odom Industries, Able Care Medical Services, as well as the Calumet Farms case in Lexington, Kentucky. Hank is licensed to practice in state and federal courts in both Ohio and Kentucky.. Hank has been included on the Ohio Super Lawyers® list by the publishers of Law and Politics Magazine every year since 2004. He has also been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© since 2009 in the fields of Bankruptcy and creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy, having received "Cincinnati Lawyer of the Year" recognition in both 2018 and 2022. Hank has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University and lectures frequently on legal topics relating to bankruptcy and real estate practice. His article “The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA) and Attorney Sanctions – A Sixth Circuit Overview and Analysis”, co-authored with Thomas J. Blatz, Jr., was published in Volume 33 of the Northern Kentucky Law Review. He is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute. He has served as Chairman of the Real Estate Law Committee of the Cincinnati Bar Association, Chairman of the Cincinnati Bar Association’s Practical Law Institute, and as a member of the Planning Committee of the annual Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar. He is also an approved Real Estate Title Insurance Agent for the Chicago Title Insurance Company.. Having graduated from Elder High School (Class of ’68), the University of Cincinnati (B.A., Class of ’72), and the Salmon P. Chase College of Law of Northern Kentucky University (Order of the Curia, J.D. Class of ‘77) Hank lives in Harrison, Ohio with his wife. He has three adult sons, one of whom (Michael J. Menninger) is a practicing attorney. He is an active member of St. John the Baptist parish, and has served as an elected member of the Harrison City Council. He has been active in the community, having served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Cincinnati Reds Community Fund Board. He has served as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Cincinnati Bar Association Foundation, and as a member of the Board of Directors for the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association. He was honored by the Chase College of Law Alumni Association with its prestigious “Professional Achievement Award” in 2007 and in 2019, he was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Greater Harrison Chamber of Commerce.