Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Sherri Blank Lazear is a trial lawyer focusing on bankruptcy litigation, creditors’ and debtors' rights, construction litigation and commercial law.

Ms. Lazear has a wide range of experience with litigation in bankruptcy courts, including the representation of secured and unsecured creditors, lenders, construction companies, landlords, officers and directors, and vendors. She has a national practice and handles matters including preference and fraudulent conveyance litigation, relief from stay, administrative claims and reclamation proceedings in bankruptcy courts throughout the country. Ms. Lazear has also advised members of Creditor's Committees in numerous Chapter 11 proceedings.

In regard to her construction practice, Ms. Lazear's involvement with a project often begins with the drafting of the construction agreement and evolves into consultation and dispute resolution during the construction process. She has a broad range of experience in construction matters, including the representation of sureties, owners, general contractors and subcontractors.

Ms. Lazear recently successfully defended a surety in a dispute relating to the construction of a wastewater treatment plant, which involved five separate cases. She has represented both public and private owners in cases involving defaults by contractors during construction projects in progress; has handled mechanics’ lien matters; has represented a public owner in a proceeding to recover sums owed by the Veterans Administration on a project involving the construction of an outpatient clinic; and has handled numerous lawsuits for owners, general contractors and subcontractors.

Areas of Practice

• Commercial Litigation
• White Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations
• Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors' Rights

Bar Admissions

• Ohio, 1985
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio

Honors and Awards

• 2007 Super Lawyers Announced

Education

• The Ohio State University College of Law, Columbus, Ohio, 1985
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Honors: cum laude
  Honors: Honors in Law
  
  Law Review: Ohio State Law Journal, Articles Editor, 1985
• Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1981
  B.A., Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: cum laude

Address

Capitol Square
Suite 2100
65 East State Street
Columbus, OH 43215-4260

Phones

(614) 462-2631

Faxes

(614) 462-2616

Emails

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Websites

http://www.bakerlaw.com