Stephen E. Leach

Stephen E. Leach is a partner with Hirschler Fleischer, PC in Tysons, Va. For more than 40 years, he has advised and represented creditors, debtors, trustees and committees in bankruptcy reorganizations and liquidations, out-of-court workouts and business dissolutions. Mr. Leach regularly appears before the bankruptcy and other federal and state courts of Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.In addition, he was an adjunct professor of bankruptcy law for 22 years at American University’s law school in Washington, D.C., and taught creditors’ and debtors’ rights as a member of the adjunct faculty of The Catholic University of America’s law school. Mr. Leach is a former chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee and a past chair of the District of Columbia Bar’s Business Bankruptcy Committee. He serves on the panel of mediators of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia, and has acted as both a court-appointed and private mediator and examiner in numerous bankruptcy cases in the Washington,D.C., area. Prior to joining Hirschler Fleischer PC, Mr. Leach was a partner with Leach Travell, Venable LLP, Tucker Flyer, P.C. and Zuckerman Spaeder LLP. Before entering private practice, he served as a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice and a trade regulation attorney with the FederalTrade Commission. Mr. Leach is Board Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification. He received his B.A. magna cum laude from Yale University and his J.D. from StanfordUniversity Law School.