LeAnn E. Covey

Senior Vice President
Director of Policy and Compliance

Education

Pennsylvania State University, B.A. 2002
University of Akron School of Law, J.D. 2007

LeAnn has been with the firm since 2003, first as paralegal and then as an attorney when she passed the bar in 2008. She works in our Ohio office. LeAnn currently heads the Bankruptcy Department, a position that she has held since 2010, and routinely practices in the federal courts of Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia. She is also the current Director of Policy and Compliance at the firm and enjoys working directly with our clients to meet their needs and expectations. During her time at the law firm, she has had the opportunity to work in many departments and has experience with foreclosure, litigation, loss mitigation, and collections. She has spoken on various foreclosure and bankruptcy topics locally in Ohio and at national conferences. LeAnn is an active member of her community and currently serves on the board of trustees for the local theater company, Stow Players, as its President and as a member of the Stow Arts Commission. She also enjoys coaching students in speech related competition events and volunteers her time to the Stow-Munroe Falls High School speech and debate team.

Related Experience:
  • Automobile and Personal Property Recovery

  • Bankruptcy Adversary Proceedings

  • Bankruptcy Motion Practice

  • Code Compliance

  • Commercial Collections

  • Consumer Collections

  • Consumer Litigation Defense

  • Default Litigation

  • Eviction Prosecution

  • Foreclosure Prosecution

  • Housing Court Violations

  • Legal and Regulatory Requirements

  • Loss Mitigation

  • Mediation

  • Title and Closing

  • Title Litigation

Bars and Courts:
  • Ohio, 2008

  • Kentucky, 2017

  • West Virginia, 2019

  • Federal Courts, Ohio and Kentucky

Affiliations:
  • Ohio State Bar Association

  • Kentucky Bar Association

  • Akron Bar Association

  • National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees

  • National Creditors Bar Association

  • ACA International (Association of Credit and Collection Professionals)

Articles:
  • New Proof of Claim Forms, American Legal and Financial Network (ALFN), Winter 2016

  • Secured Loans on Real Property: What servicers and investors need to know about first lien cramdowns in Chapter 13 bankruptcy, Legal League 100, Q4 2013

  • Notice of Final Cure in Ohio, Legal League 100, Q4 2014

  • New Bankruptcy Rules Effective December 1, 2017, Angle, Vol. 5 Issue 1

  • Primary Residence Cram Down Case Law in Ohio Bankruptcy Courts, DSNews Black Book 2018, 2018

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