Bruce R. Schrader II

Bruce focuses his practice in the areas of commercial lending, work-outs, commercial litigation, business reorganization matters, and bankruptcy/creditor’s rights matters. He has extensive experience in bankruptcy and reorganization proceedings, and state court litigation and collection matters. His clients include financial institutions, creditors, and trustees.

Experience

• Represents financial institutions in and out of court on collection, recovery, restructuring of obligations and commercial foreclosures
• Represented a Chapter 7 trustee in the recovery of assets where the individual debtor operated an investment program deemed a “‘Ponzi scheme”
• Represents Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 bankruptcy trustees in the administration of bankruptcy estates
• Represents court appointed receivers in the administration of the receivership estate

Services

• Banking & Financial Services
• Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights
• Complex Business & Commercial Litigation

Industries

• Financial Services

1. University of Cincinnati College of Law, J.D.
2. The University of Akron, B.A., Political Science
   • cum laude

Bar Admissions

1. Ohio

Court Admissions

1. U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
2. U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
3. U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio

Clerkships

1. Law Clerk to The Honorable James H. Williams, Chief Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Ohio

• Named The Best Lawyers in America® Akron "Lawyer of the Year" for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2016, 2018, 2021)
• Named The Best Lawyers in America® Akron "Lawyer of the Year" for Bankruptcy Litigation (2014, 2017, 2020, 2023)
• Selected as an "Ohio Super Lawyer" by Ohio Super Lawyers magazine (2012-2023)
• Named to The Best Lawyers in America® for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2010-2024); Litigation - Bankruptcy (2011- 2024)
• AV® Preeminent™ rating from Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory

Professional Affiliations

• Akron Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association
• Stark County Bar Association