JEAN is a commercial lawyer with more than 20 years of experience representing clients in a wide range of special situations.

Restructuring and insolvency present unique and special problems that require creativity and real time responsiveness. Jean has earned a national reputation for her skills in this demanding field of practice. In 2003, she was named by the national publication Turnarounds and Workouts as one of 11 “Outstanding Young Bankruptcy Attorneys” in the country and she has been named as a leader in her field of law by Chambers USA.

She has also been named one of the Best Lawyers in America, an Ohio Super Lawyer by Cincinnati Magazine and a Leading Lawyer by Inside Business Magazine, as well as one of the top 50 woman lawyers in Ohio.

A frequent lecturer and author, Jean was co-chair of the Unsecured Trade Creditors’ Committee for the American Bankruptcy Institute, and she is a contributing editor for the healthcare bankruptcy column in the ABI Journal. Jean is also co-chair of the Healthcare and Nonprofits in Bankruptcy Subcommittee of the American Bar Association Business Law Section.

An active member of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), Jean is the founder of the local Northeast Ohio IWIRC Network. She is also a charter member of In Counsel With Women and a past chair of the Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association.

Jean is on the board of trustees of the American Heart Association Cleveland Chapter. She was also a member of the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission’s 2007 NCAA Women’s Final Four Local Planning Committee.

She chairs Calfee’s Business Restructuring and Insolvency practice group and is on the firm’s executive committee. She joined Calfee in 2007.