Nancy A. Valentine

Nancy A. Valentine is a principal with Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. in Cleveland and has extensive litigation and transactional experience representing financial institutions, privately held companies, receivers and individuals. She regularly leads teams of attorneys in large transactions, such as a $100 million distressed loan package. Ms. Valentine's practice has focused on representing middle- market buyers and sellers in complex transactions. She represents secured creditors, equipment lessors, landlords, asset-based lenders and general creditors, and debtors in bankruptcy and in federal court and state court litigation proceedings, as well as civil litigation such as receiverships and collection matters. She also has particular experience in distressed real estate matters and often counsels clients on plan- ning, managing and better protecting their companies when growing relationships with customers and suppliers. Ms. Valentine is listed in the 2015 edition of Chambers USA: Leading Lawyers for Business for Bankruptcy/Restructuring and in the 2013-17 editions of Ohio Super Lawyers, including recognition on the following Super Lawyers lists: Top 50 Women Ohio in 2014 and 2017, Top 50 Cleveland in 2017, Top 25 Women Cleveland in 2017 and Top 100 Ohio in 2017. She was also listed in the 2010-16 edi- tions of The Best Lawyers in America in the category of Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights Laws, and was listed as "Lawyer of the Year" in the Bankruptcy category in the 2014 edition. Ms. Valentine is         rated AV-Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell. She received her B.A. in European studies from Vanderbilt University in 1994 and her J.D. from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in 1998.