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Matthew L. Alden is originally from Columbus, Ohio and now resides in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Matt is a 1991 graduate of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and a 1995 graduate of the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. In law school he was a member of the National Moot Court team and an associate editor of the Journal of Law and Health. He is licensed to practice law in Illinois, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.. He has tried numerous cases to verdict before juries, judges, and arbitrators in all types of criminal and civil cases. He now concentrates mostly in consumer law and personal bankruptcy matters because he enjoys helping people get their personal finances back on track. Matt represents individuals and families in all types of consumer matters including foreclosure cases, fair debt collection practices cases, and bankruptcy matters.. Matt is an avid boxing fan and has since 2003 worked as a professional boxing trainer and amateur boxing coach in his spare time at Cleveland’s West Side Boxing Club, a non-profit 501(c)(3) he helped form.

Jim's experience includes almost every role for counsel in a commercial bankruptcy.  He has represened lenders and lender groups, customers an suppliers, landlords and tenants, defrauded creditors, equity holders, debtors-in-possession, asset buyers and official commmittees and others with fiduciary responsibilities.

Jeffrey is experienced in all aspects of reorganization practice, having represented debtors, creditors’ committees, panel trustees, secured and unsecured creditors, agented bank groups, individual banks, debtor in possession lenders, purchasers, and investment banks in workouts, restructurings, recapitalizations, bankruptcies and structuring of mergers and acquisitions of distressed assets in and out of bankruptcy.. Jeffrey has received an AV® peer review rating indicating a Very High to Preeminent Legal Ability rating and a Very High General Ethical Standards rating. He has co-chaired the Cleveland Bar Association’s Wm. J. O’Neill Bankruptcy Institute and was a member of the Special Legislative Committee of the Cleveland Bar Association Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section. In addition, Jeffrey is a graduate of the Harvard Law School’s Negotiation Workshop.. With more than 25 years of experience, Jeffrey has worked on restructurings in a number of different industries, including manufacturing, retail, insurance, transportation, internet, real estate, mining, lodging and sports and entertainment. Jeffrey is the past chair of the Bankruptcy & Commercial Law Section of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association and was the Vice-President and Member of the Board of Trustees of the Cleveland Restoration Society. He was designated by Turnaround & Workouts as one of the twelve outstanding young bankruptcy lawyers nationally and has been recognized by his peers as a Ohio Super Lawyer.

In the course of his insolvency and bankruptcy practice, Rob has represented equity security holders, secured lenders, unsecured creditors' committees, trustees, receivers, and those who wish to purchase assets out of bankruptcy estates.  His extensive experience in commercial litigation includes commercial foreclosures, contract litigation and recovering assets fraudulently transferred or concealed from creditors.  Rob has also advised corporate officers and directors regarding fiduciary duties in both the non-profit and profit sectors.

I have been practicing bankruptcy law since 1993 when I first started clerking for the Honorable Randolph Baxter, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge.  As a law clerk I was able to experience the judge's persepctive of each case.   I then started my own practice and quickly earned an appointment to the Cleveland panel of chapter 7 trustees.  I handle cases as a bankruptcy trustee, and I represent individuals who need financial assistance, including filing for chapter 7 and chapter 13 protection.    I have a unique perspective of the practice from all sides of each matter which helps me quickly assess the strengths and weaknesses of each person's situation.   I then work hand in hand with my clients to develop the best strategy for obtaining relief for their financial problems.

A certified public accountant, Mary has wide-ranging experience in commercial litigation, including actions to recover fraudulently transferred assets, preference recoveries, successor liability and the marshalling of liens. She has represented receivers and trustees, secured and unsecured creditors, creditors’ committees, debtors, and those seeking to purchase assets out of bankruptcy estates. A past president of the Commercial Law League of America as well as the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Mary served as a panel trustee in the Northern District of Ohio, overseeing Chapter 7 bankruptcies from 2012 to 2018. As in-house general counsel to the Dottore Companies, she completes the full-service profile of a leading receivership and mediation firm, uniting practical business intelligence and accounting assistance with legal sophistication.