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Robert Ascenzo Ciotola is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of The Ohio State University and a graduate of The Case Western Reserve School of Law.

He has represented over 20,000 bankruptcy clients in the last 29 years, and he is a member in a number of legal organizations:

  • National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
  • Chairman, Bankruptcy Committee of the Mahoning County Bar Association (1992-1999)
  • National Association of Consumer Advocates

  Attorney Ciotola has participated in numerous cases in the Bankruptcy Court,
  Bankruptcy Appellate Panel and the U.S. Court of Appeals which have been published.
  The following is a list of these cases.
  • In Re Schmidt , 36 B.R. 144 (Bankruptcy Court, N.D. OH, 1983)
  • In Re Beverly, 95 B.R. 500 (Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio, 1989)
  • In Re Myers, 350 B.R. 760 (Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio, 2006)
  • In Re Saunders, 60 B.R. 187 (Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio, 1986)
  • In Re Quinn, 60 B.R. 286 (Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio, 1986)
  • In Re Jones, 114 B.R. 917 (Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio, 1990)
  • In Re Etto, 210 B.R. 734 (Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio, 1997)
  • In Re Richards, 243 B.R. 15 (Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio, 1999)
  • In Re Collins, 210 B.R. 538 (Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio, 1997)
  • 1 In Re Vagi, 351 B.R. 881 (Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio, 2006)
  • In Re Barrett, 339 B.R. 435 (Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio, 2004)
  • In Re Barrett, 337 B.R. 896 (6th Cir. B.A.P., 2006)
  • In Re Dolph, 215 B.R. 832 (6th Cir. B.A.P., 1998)
  • In Re Barrett, 487 F. 3d 353 (6th Cir. 2007)

Attorney Ciotola strives to keep up with the bankruptcy law, and has attended various national seminars:
  • Norton Bankruptcy Litigation II, Las Vegas, NV
  • National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Miami, FL
  • White-Williams Bankruptcy Institute, Cuyahoga Falls,OH
  • White-Williams Bankruptcy Institute, Akron, OH
  • 7th Annual Convention NACBA, San Francisco, CA
  • American Bankruptcy Institute, Amelia Island, FL
  • Western Conference-ABI, Palm Springs, CA
  • National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees Convention, Tucson, AZ
  • National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (Attorney Attendee), Philadelphia, PA
  • National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (Attorney Attendee), San Antonio, TX
  • Southeastern Bankruptcy Institute, Atlanta, GA
  • National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, Annual Convention, Ft. Myers, FL
  • National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees, Annual Convention, Las Vegas, NV
  • Norton Bankruptcy Institute, Las Vegas, NV
  • National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Trustees, Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA
  • National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (Attorney attendee), Nashville, TN
  • Columbus Bar Association, Annual Bankruptcy Seminar, Columbus, Ohio
  • American Bankruptcy Institute, Washington, D.C.
  • Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute, Atlanta, GA
  • American Bankruptcy Institute, Amelia Island, FL
  • National association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, San Francisco, CA
  • American Bankruptcy Institute, Scottsdale, AZ
  • National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, Phoenix, AZ
  • National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Boston, MA
  • National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, San Diego, CA
  • National Association of Consumer Advocates, New Orleans, LA

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