MEMBERS OF FIRM
Paul R. Berninger (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, December 25, 1943; admitted to bar, 1971, Ohio. Education: Xavier University (B.S., 1965); Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., 1971). Member: Cincinnati and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Public School Law.Email: Paul R. Berninger
Lisa deHart Lehner (Member) born Lawrenceburg, Indiana, March 31, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, Arizona; 1996, Indiana; 2001, Ohio. Education: Miami University (B.A., 1988); American University (J.D., 1992). Member, American University Journal of International Law and Policy. Member: Cincinnati, Dearborn County, Ohio State and Indiana State Bar Associations; State Bar of Arizona. (Also at Cincinnati, Ohio Office). Languages: German. Practice Areas: Business Law; Estate Administration; Estate Planning; Real Estate; Governmental Law.Email: Lisa deHart Lehner
Henry E. Menninger, Jr. (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, May 16, 1950; admitted to bar, 1977, Ohio; 2005, Kentucky; 1979, U.S. Tax Court; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1977, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 2005, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky. (Not admitted in Indiana). Education: University of Cincinnati (B.A., 1972); Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., 1977) Order of the Curia. Phi Alpha Delta (Justice 1976-1977). Adjunct Professor, Salmon P. Chase College of Law (Bankruptcy Law, Modern Real Estate Transactions), 1989. Member: Cincinnati Bar Association (Chairman, 1981, Practical Law Institute; Chairman, 1985-1988, Real Property Committee; Member, 1985, Bankruptcy Committee); Ohio State Bar Association; Kentucky Bar Association; American Bar Association; American Bankruptcy Institute; National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees; American Bankruptcy Law Institute. (Certified, Consumer Bankruptcy Law, American Board of Certification). Special Agencies: Panel of Bankruptcy Trustees, Southern District of Ohio, 1988. Reported Cases: In re Eagle-Picher Industries, 447 F.3d 461 (6th Cir. 2006); In re Morgeson, 2007 Bankr. LEXIS 2418 (6th Cir. BAP, 2007); In re Nolan, 365 B.R. 804 (Bankr. S.D. Ohio, 2007); In re Roberts, 326 B.R. 424 (Bankr. S.D. Ohio, 2004); In re Bowling, 314 B.R. 127 (Bankr. S.D. Ohio, 2003); In re Fryman, 314 B.R. 137 (Bankr. S.D. Ohio, 2003). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Real Estate Law; Probate Law; Debtor and Creditor.Email: Henry E. Menninger, Jr.
Kenneth J. Schneider (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, April 10, 1937; admitted to bar, 1966, Ohio; 1970, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio. (Not admitted in Indiana). Education: Xavier University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1959; M.B.A., 1960); Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., 1966). Student President, Xavier University Council, Four-Year Scholarship. General Counsel and Law Director, City of Springdale, Ohio and City of Mason, Ohio. Chairman and General Counsel, Bank Board of Directors. Procter & Gamble Advertising Brand Management. Board of Governors Chairman, Cincinnati Banker's Club. Elected School Board Member and Elected Council Member at Large and Elected City Solicitor. Member: Cincinnati (Member, Executive Committee), Ohio State (Member, House of Delegates) and American Bar Associations; International Municipal Attorneys Association (Chairman, State of Ohio); Legal NetLink International Alliance of Independent Law Firms (Delegate). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Governmental and Municipal Law; Estate/Probate Law; Real Estate Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Arbitration; Mediation.Email: Kenneth J. Schneider
ASSOCIATE
Michael J. Menninger (Associate) born August 28, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Kentucky and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky; 2007, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. (Not admitted in Indiana). Education: St. Louis University (B.A. with honors, magna cum laude, 2003); Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., 2006). Moot Court Board, 2005-2006. Member: Cincinnati (Bankruptcy Committee and Young Lawyers Section), Kentucky and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Litigation.Email: Michael J. Menninger