Stewart H. Cupps Associate (614) 462-5404 •     Download vCard Creditor's Rights & Bankruptcy

Practice Focus

Represents clients including creditors, debtors, Trustees and committees in all phases of bankruptcy cases and proceedings both locally and in regional and national cases.

Career Highlights

Selected as a 2007 “Ohio Rising Star” by Law & Politics Magazine, a publication which recognizes the top up-and-coming attorneys in the state, based on voting by individuals previously identified by the magazine as “Ohio Super Lawyers.” Ohio Super Lawyers are said to represent the top 5 percent of the legal profession.

Served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert E. Grant, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Indiana from 2000 through 2002.

Served as a Judicial Extern for the Honorable William A. Clark, the United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of Ohio in 1998.

Professional Memberships and Volunteer Activities

• American Bankruptcy Institute, member
• Ohio State Bar Association, member
• Ohio State Bar Association, Committee on Uniform State Laws, member
• Columbus Bar Association, Tenants Advocacy Project, 2007 volunteer
• Muscular Dystrophy Association, 2007 MDA Lockup volunteer

Publications and Presentations

Contributing Author, West's Bankruptcy Exemption Manual, Ohio Exemption Section 2006-2007

“Know Your Opponent - Judicial Estoppel May End Litigation Before it Begins in Earnest,” The Advocate, 2007

“Recent Developments - Section 523 – Exceptions to Discharge,” Norton’s Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law, 2004-2007

“Recent Developments - Section 727 – The Global Denial of Discharge,” Norton’s Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law, 2004-2005

Remedies Under the Revised Article 9, Allen County Bar Association Annual Meeting, presented July 2001

Case Law Review, Allen County Bar Association, Monthly Bankruptcy Section Meeting

Consumer Lease Issues in Bankruptcy, Allen County Bar Association, Monthly Bankruptcy Section Meeting

Bar Admissions

• Ohio
• U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Southern District of Ohio and Northern District of Indiana
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Education

Juris Doctorate (1999)
University of Dayton School of Law
CALI Award for Excellence in Creditors' Rights (1997); CALI Award for Excellence in Agency/Partnership (1998); Duberstein National Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition, quarterfinalist (1999)

Bachelor of Science, Psychology (1993)
The Ohio State University