October 28, 2024 – TAMPA, FL – Trenam Law is pleased to announce that Tampa-based shareholder Stephanie Lieb will be inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy during its Annual Meeting in March 2025 as a member of the prestigious organization’s 36th class.
Lieb joins Trenam colleague Lynn Sherman as one of a few Florida attorneys selected as Fellows of the American College of Bankruptcy for their professional excellence and exceptional contributions to the bankruptcy and insolvency practice.
“Stephanie is incredibly deserving of this honor for her commitment to excellence in the practice of bankruptcy law, client and community service, and her leadership and dedication to the profession,” said Sherman. “We are grateful and fortunate for the opportunity to practice with her at Trenam, and I am personally thrilled she will be joining me as a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy.”
The American College of Bankruptcy is an honorary public service association of insolvency professionals invited to join based on a proven record of the highest standards of expertise, leadership, integrity, professionalism, scholarship, and service to the insolvency practice and to their communities. College Fellows include business and consumer bankruptcy attorneys, judges and other government officials, corporate turnaround specialists, accountants, financial advisors, academics, and other professionals who are experts in the field of bankruptcy and insolvency both in the United States and Internationally.
At Trenam, Lieb serves as co-leader of the firm’s Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Practice Group. She is dedicated to solving problems for her clients in matters related to bankruptcy, creditors’ rights, and real estate law. Lieb is Board Certified in Business Bankruptcy law, a distinction held by fewer than 70 lawyers in the State of Florida. She is also a Florida Supreme Court Certified Civil Mediator, mediating bankruptcy contested matters and adversary proceedings, commercial foreclosures and replevin, commercial landlord-tenant disputes, as well as general real estate litigation.
Beyond this induction, Lieb is a recognized leader within the legal and professional community. She is currently the chair-elect of the Business Law Section of The Florida Bar, which also named her Member of the Year in 2022. She previously served on the boards for The American Board of Certification and the Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association. Lieb has earned numerous distinctions at the local, state and national level, such as inclusion among Tampa Magazine’s Top Lawyers List, Florida Trend’s Legal Elite, and the American Bankruptcy Institute’s 40 Under 40 (2018) and National Conference of Bankruptcy Judge’s “Next Generation” class in 2012.
In the community, Lieb has served roles on the Finance Committee for St. Joseph’s Hospital, as a Trustee with the Hillsborough County Bar Foundation’s board, and Trustee with Academy of the Holy Names’ board.
Lieb earned her law degree from the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and his undergraduate degree from Tulane University.