(Main Office)

Dreher Tomkies Scheiderer LLP concentrates its practice in the area of banking and financial services law. The Firm's practice encompasses all aspects of financial services to consumers and includes strategic and corporate planning, lending program development, internet lending, forms preparation and review, federal and multistate regulation and compliance, chartering and licensing, insurance, reinsurance, regulatory and legislative counseling and representation, creditor representation in bankruptcy and litigation, and acquisition counseling and support. The Firm's clients include banks, and bank holding companies, diversified companies, finance companies, credit and charge card issuers, insurance companies, mortgage bankers, student loan providers, retailers, manufacturers, investment bankers, investment funds, debt purchasers, industry and trade associations, and coalition and issue groups.

Statement of Practice

Banking and Consumer Financial Services. Regulation of Banks and Other Financial Institutions, Credit Cards, Mortgages and Other Consumer Finance Products, Debt Collection, Bankruptcy, Insurance, Reinsurance, Privacy and E-Commerce.

Representative Clients:

Ace Cash Express, Inc.
Alliance Data Systems Corporation
Allstate Corporation
American Express Company
American Financial Services Association
American General Finance, Inc.
AmeriCredit Corp.
Aon Corporation
Association of Consumer Vehicle Lessors
Bank of America Corp.
Berkshire Hathaway
BMW Financial Services NA, LLC
Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.
Buckeye Check Cashing, Inc.
Capital One Financial Corporation
Cardinal Health, Inc.
Cash America International, Inc.
Central States Health and Life Co. of Omaha
Check into Cash, Inc.
Chevron Corporation
The CIT Group, Inc.
Citigroup, Inc.
Community Loans of America, Inc.
CompuCredit Corporation
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
Credit Suisse Group
CUNA Mutual Group
Deutsche Bank AG
DaimlerChrysler Corporation
Domin-8 Enterprise Solutions, Inc.
eBay Inc.
E*Trade Finance, Inc.
Employers Reinsurance
First Nationwide Bank
Ford Motor Credit Corporation
Friedman's Inc.
Gateway, Inc.
GMAC Mortgage Corp.
GE Money Bank
General Electric Capital Corporation
General Motors Acceptance Corporation
GMAC LLC
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Harland Financial Solutions
HSBC North America
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated
ITT Educational Services, Inc.
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Kennedy-Western University
KeyCorp
Knight-Ridder, Inc.
M&I Bank
MBNA Corporation
Mellon Financial Corporation
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Morgan Stanley Corp.
National Australian Bank
National Automobile Dealers Association
National City Corporation
National Premium Finance Association
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
Northern California Bancorp, Inc.
Ohio Automobile Dealers Association
Ohio Bankers League
Ohio Financial Services Association
Ohio Premium Finance Association
Ohio Savings Bank
On Deck Capital, Inc.
Porsche Business Services, Inc.
Primus Venture Partners, Inc.
Rent-a-Center, Inc.
Scott Fetzer Company
Square 1 Financial, Inc.
Target Corporation
TCF Financial Corp.
Toyota Motor Credit Corporation
TranDotCom Solutions
Transamerica Corporation
Verizon Communications Inc.
Volkswagen of America, Inc.
VW Credit, Inc.
The Volvo Group
Wachovia Corporation
Warburg Pincus LLC
Washington Mutual, Inc.
Wells Fargo & Co.
World Financial Network National Bank
Zale Corporation.

Address

2750 Huntington Center
41 South High Street
Columbus, OH 43215, (Delaware, Fairfield & Franklin Cos.)

Phone

Phone: 614-628-8000
Facsimile: 614-628-1600

Website

http://www.dltlaw.com

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Darrell L. Dreher (Member) admitted to bar, 1974, Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., 1966); George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1973). Order of the Coif. Founding Fellow and Member of Board of Regents, American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers; Chairman of Conference on Consumer Finance Law. Practice Areas: Banking and Finance; Consumer Finance; Mortgages; Credit Card Law.Email: Darrell L. Dreher

Michael C. Tomkies (Member) admitted to bar, 1986, Ohio; 1988, District of Columbia. Education: Hampden-Sydney College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1983); Harvard University (J.D., 1986). Phi Beta Kappa. Fellow: American College of Financial Services Lawyers. Practice Areas: Financial Institutions; Consumer Finance; Debt Collection Regulation.Email: Michael C. Tomkies

Judith M. Scheiderer (Member) admitted to bar, 1991, Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., 1967; M.S., 1973; J.D., summa cum laude, 1991). Order of the Coif.Email: Judith M. Scheiderer

Margaret M. Stolar (Member) admitted to bar, 1990, Pennsylvania; 1991, New York; 1993, Ohio. Education: Allegheny College (B.S., cum laude, 1985); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., magna cum laude, 1990). Order of the Coif.Email: Margaret M. Stolar

SENIOR COUNSEL

Elizabeth L. Anstaett (Senior Counsel) admitted to bar, 1991, Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., 1985; J.D., summa cum laude, 1991). Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to Hon. John D. Holschuh, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 1991-1993.Email: Elizabeth L. Anstaett

ASSOCIATES

Kathleen L. Caress (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Ohio; 2007, U.S. District court, Southern District of Ohio. Education: Duquesne University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2003); Capital University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2006). Member, Jessup International Moot Court Team, 2004-2005.

Charles Victor Gall (Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., 1996; J.D., with honors, 1999).Email: Charles Victor Gall

Vanessa A. Nelson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, Ohio. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1993); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., cum laude, 2000).Email: Vanessa A. Nelson

Susan L. Ostrander (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Ohio. Education: Baldwin-Wallace College (B.S., 1993; M.A., summa cum laude, 2001); Capital University (J.D., 2006).Email: Susan L. Ostrander

OF COUNSEL

Robin Ronquillo De Leo (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1990, Louisiana. (Not admitted in Ohio). Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1987); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Consumer Finance; Banking.Email: Robin Ronquillo De Leo