With over sixty-one years of combined practice Lewis C. Laderer and Rebecca H. Fischer have been providing quality legal representation to lending institutions, individuals and businesses throughout northern Indiana. We offer a variety of legal services to our clients, whether they are individuals, small business, or large corporations. Our goal is simple: Furnish each client with our unique blend of small-firm personal attention, and large-firm experience and resources, all at a reasonable cost. Lewis C. Laderer Law School Education: University of Notre Dame Juris Doctor, 1968 Undergraduate Education: Miami University, Oxford, Ohio B.S. 1965 Admitted To: State of Indiana, 1968 Certified Indiana Civil Mediator, 1992 Bar Memberships: Indiana State Bar Association St. Joseph County Bar Association Indiana Association of Mediators Areas of Practice: Commercial Banking Law and Litigation, Mediation and Arbitration, Creditors Rights, Corporate and Business Law Lectures and Publications: Lecturer, "Loan Documentation and Collateralization," "Business Loan Workouts," "Recognizing and Avoiding the Pitfalls of Loan Documentation and Collateral Weaknesses," and "Advanced Loan Documentation." Lecturer, "Ohio Advanced Commercial Lending School." Frequent lecturer and presenter to state banking associations in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming; Presentations also to Bankers Television Network, Ohio Bank Examiners, Michigan Bank Examiners, and ABA Graduate School. Lecturer, "Revised Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code," Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum. Member Indiana Bar Association Revised Article 9 Task Force; Lecturer, "Winning Civil Cases in Mediation" St. Joseph County Bar Association September, 2002 Email: lew@ladfislaw.com     Rebecca Hoyt Fischer Law School Education: University of Notre Dame Juris Doctor, 1983 Undergraduate Education: Indiana University, Bloomington, In B.A. 1980 Phi Beta Kappa Admitted To: State of Indiana, 1983 State of Michigan, 1985 Board Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Bankruptcy Board of Certification, 1995 Chapter 7 panel trustee for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Indiana, South Bend Division. Bar Memberships: Indiana State Bar Association St. Joseph County Bar Association Areas of Practice: Bankruptcy, Creditors Rights, Commercial Banking Law and Litigation Lecturer, "Representation of Creditors Committees in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Proceedings," Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 1992; "Bankruptcy from the Perspective of Secured Lenders," Office of the U.S. Trustee, 1998. Email: rebecca@ladfislaw.com