Ms. Patricia B. Fugee

Patricia B. Fugée is a partner with FisherBroyles LLP near Toledo, Ohio, and focuses her practice on commercial bankruptcy, creditors’ rights, business litigation and lending. She chairs the firm’s Bankruptcy, Financial Restructuring & Reorganization group and serves on the firm’s opinion committee, with a focus on bankruptcy and mortgage-enforceability opinions. Her clients include financial institutions, landlords, trade creditors, bankruptcy trustees and receivers in bankruptcy cases, foreclosures, workouts and receiverships. In addition, Ms. Fugée has served as a state court receiver to operate and liquidate assets in various industries, she has served as an examiner under the Bankruptcy Code in chapter 11 cases, and she has been serving as an SBRA panel trustee in the Northern District of Ohio. Admitted to practice in Ohio, Michigan, New York, New Jersey and Illinois, Ms. Fugée is a member of ABI, TMA, IWIRC, NABT and several state and local bar associations. In addition, she has been Board Certified in Creditors’ Rights Law by the American Board of Certification since 2009, has served on ABC’s Board since 2013, and completed her tenure as president in 2021 and as chair in 2022. Ms. Fugée received her B.A. in 1986 in mathematics from Wellesley College and her J.D. with high honors in 1990 from Rutgers University School of Law at Camden.