WWR Partner Rosemary Taft-Milby Elected to FCIB North American Advisory Council

Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. (WWR) is pleased to announce that WWR Partner Rosemary Taft-Milby was recently elected to serve on the FCIB North American Advisory Council.  FCIB is an association of executives in Finance, Credit and International Business.  Ms. Taft-Milby, a member of the FCIB since 2007, will serve a three-year term commencing on November 18, 2008.

Ms. Taft-Milby will serve on the FCIB North American Advisory Council along with six other members. Together they will provide leadership and support to the organization, serving the needs of the FCIB members.

Ms. Taft-Milby is the managing partner of the Litigation & Defense Practice Group of Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. and is based in the Cleveland, Ohio office.  Ms. Taft-Milby earned her B.A. with honors in Political Science from the University of Louisville in 1978 and her J.D. from the University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law in 1983.  A member of the American, Kentucky, Ohio, Cleveland and Ohio Women's Bar Associations, Ms. Taft-Milby is licensed in Kentucky and Ohio and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court (Northern District of OH, Eastern & Western Districts of KY), the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. Court of Claims and the U.S. Supreme Court.  Ms. Taft-Milby is certified as a Creditors' Rights Specialist by the American Board of Certification and is AV Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell.  She serves on the Commission on Women in Law of the Cleveland Bar Association and is a member of the Women in the Profession and Litigation sections of the Ohio State Bar Association and the Fannie Mae Retained Attorney Network. In 2004, Ms. Taft-Milby was named a YWCA Woman of Professional Excellence and from 2004-2007 she was named an Ohio Super Lawyer by Cincinnati Magazine.

Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A., celebrating over 75 years of experience, provides comprehensive bankruptcy, collection, litigation and real estate default services to creditors throughout the United States and internationally, including major banks & financial institutions, mortgage lenders & servicers, commercial creditors, government entities, insurance companies, credit unions, service organizations, medical and utility companies.  Recognized as the largest creditors' rights law firm in the United States, as ranked by Collections & Credit Risk magazine, WWR's practice areas include bankruptcy, collection services, corporate & financial services, legal action recovery, litigation & defense, probate, real estate default (foreclosure, eviction, title & REO) and subrogation.  The firm has offices in Brooklyn Heights (OH), Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Grove City (OH), Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

About FCIB
FCIB, founded in 1919, is an association of executives in Finance, Credit and International Business. With over 1000 members in 54 countries around the world, FCIB maintains operations in Europe, Canada and China and a world headquarters in the U.S. FCIB offers business credit intelligence for companies active in global trade. The association enjoys an international reputation as a business educator and premier provider of business credit intelligence to exporting companies of every size- from small to midsize manufacturers to Fortune 500 multi-nationals.