Since joining Rice Pugatch Robinson & Schiller, P.A. in 1993, Lisa Schiller has specialized in all areas of creditors' rights and insolvency matters, with an emphasis on business reorganizations and bankruptcy related litigation. She has represented a wide array of industries with a specific focus on the representation of Chapter 11 debtors in possession, from small to large and multifaceted bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings.

Licensed to practice in Florida and New York, as well as the Third, Sixth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal and the District Court for the Southern District of Florida, in addition to focusing on Chapter 11 debtor in possession representation, Schiller has also represented Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 trustees, secured and unsecured creditors, potential acquirers of businesses and assets from bankruptcy estates, receivers appointed in federal court Securities and Exchange Commission proceedings and assignees in state court insolvency proceedings.

Schiller's keen knowledge of business reorganization has added to the already thriving practice of Rice Pugatch Robinson and Schiller, P.A. Her understanding of bankruptcy issues and commercial litigation is a key asset in the firm's success.

Schiller graduated cum laude from St. Thomas University School of Law, and served on the Board of Advisors for the law school for the years 2001-2004. She continues to serve on the Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida Bar as a committee chair where she previously served on the board of directors for the years 2003-2006, as an officer from the years 1999-2001 and served as president of the Bankruptcy Bar for the years 2001-2002. She has also served a five-year term as Chair on a Florida Bar Grievance Committee. Amongst her many other affiliations, Schiller is a very active member of the Business Law Section of the Florida Bar and was appointed to the Business Law Section Executive Council in 2003, on which she continues to serve. Schiller was appointed and served as Vice Chair of the Bankruptcy/UCC Committee of the Business Law Section of the Florida Bar from 2004-2005 and served as Chair from 2005-2006. Thereafter, Schiller was appointed as Vice Chair of the Bankruptcy Judicial Liaison Committee of the Business Law Section from 2006-2007 and is now serving as Chair of the Bankruptcy Judicial Liaison Committee. Schiller has served on the chapter 11 Local Rules Committee for the Southern District of Florida Bankruptcy Local Rules and assisted in the suggested revisions for the rules affected by such cases.

Schiller is rated an "AV" lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest rating granted and signifies the highest level of professional standards of conduct, ethics, reliability, diligence expertise and professional qualifications. Her extensive experience has garnered her many accolades, including being recognized as an "up and coming" attorney among the top lawyers in South Florida by the South Florida Legal Guide, as well as being ranked in 2005, 2006 and 2007 Chambers and Partners' Chambers USA Guide, "America's Leading Lawyers for Business". Schiller has also been named for 2006 and 2007 as a Top Florida Lawyer by the Super Lawyers.

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES & ASSOCIATIONS:

• The Florida Bar

• The New York Bar

• American Bankruptcy Institute

• Florida Bar Business Law Section, Member

• Florida Bar Business Law Section Bankruptcy Judicial Liaison Committee, Vice Chair 2006-2007

• Florida Bar Business Law Section, Bankruptcy/UCC Committee, Vice Chair 2004-2004, Chair 2005-2006

• Florida Bar Business Law Section Executive Council, Member

• Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida, Past President 2001-2002

• Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida, Past Director and current member

• Florida Bar Grievance Committee (11B), Past Chair and Member

• International Women's Insolvency and Reorganization Confederation, Member

• South Florida Chapter of the International Women's Insolvency Reorganization Confederation, Treasurer

REPORTED CASES:

• Chao v. Hosp. Staffing Servs., Inc. 270 F. 3d 374 (6th Cir. 2001)

• Kozyak v. Levy (In re Fin. Federated Title & Trust), 2001 WL 1763138 (S.D. Fla., Nov. 16, 2001)

• In re Morande Enterprises, Inc., No. 9:05-00699-ALP, 2007 Bankr. LEXIS 2296 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. June 29, 2007)