Frederic P. Schwieg, Esq.

Frederic P. Schwieg is the founder of Schwieg Law in Rocky River, Ohio, and has practiced bankruptcy and financial restructuring law for more than 35 years. He began his legal career as a law clerk to Hon. John F. Ray, Jr., Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio, following law school. Throughout his career, Mr. Schwieg has represented bankruptcy trustees in the liquidation of large local companies, including the Geo. Worthington Company and Hough Bakeries. He has also represented small and medium-sized businesses as debtors in possession in chapter 11 proceedings and has worked on large, complex chapter 11 cases, including Action Auto Rental. In 1994, Mr. Schweig joined a newly formed boutique practice focused on representing construction bonding companies. In 1996, he founded his own practice, which today focuses primarily on representing bankruptcy trustees, business bankruptcy matters and the reorganization of smaller, closely held companies. In the early 2000s, Mr. Schwieg handled complex litigation involving improperly executed mortgages in Ohio, requiring analysis of federal bankruptcy law as well as Ohio statutory and constitutional law. These matters preceded many of the mortgage-related legal and financial issues that emerged during the 2008 financial crisis. In 2020, Mr. Schwieg was appointed as one of three standing chapter 11 subchapter V trustees for the Northern District of Ohio. He received his J.D. cum laude from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1985.