Elizabeth E. Stephens

Elizabeth E. Stephens is Of Counsel with Fennemore Law.  She practices in the area of insolvency and bankruptcy and has represented panel trustees, debtors and creditors in bankruptcy courts for more than 25 years. Ms. Stephens has successfully litigated before the Ninth Circuit, the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, the courts of the District of Nevada and the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada, and the State of Wisconsin. She also is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. Previously, Ms. Stephens was an assistant state public defender for the State of Wisconsin in the Appellate Division, where she litigated hundreds of criminal appeals in the state and federal courts. She also represented consumer debtors in chapter 7 and 13 bankruptcies. Ms. Stephens is a past co-chair of ABI’s Consumer Bankruptcy Commit-tee and Legislation Committee, and she has authored many articles that have appeared in ABI publications. She received her B.A. in 1969 from Alverno College, her M.A.L.S. in 1971 from the University of Wisconsin and her J.D. cum laude in 1984 from Marquette University Law School, where she was a staff editor of the Marquette Law Review.