Stephenie B. Anthony
ABOUT ATTORNEY
Stephenie, a founding member of Anthony & Partners, LLC, currently serves as its Managing Member. Stephenie is a trial lawyer focusing on creditors’ rights, bankruptcy law and commercial litigation. In addition to general civil litigation, Stephenie focuses upon creditor-debtor litigation in breach of contract, foreclosure, replevin, lender liability, and other loan enforcement contexts. Her litigation experience includes representations in state and federal trial and appellate courts statewide.
Stephenie is a past President, Chairman and Secretary of the Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association, having served on the Association’s Board for eight consecutive years. For two years following admission to The Florida Bar, Stephenie clerked for the Honorable Alexander L. Paskay, Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the Middle District of Florida.
BACKGROUND
Stephenie is a native of Clearwater, Florida. She attended The Florida State University, on a Florida Academic Scholarship, earning a Bachelor of Science degree, and Stetson University College of Law earning a Juris Doctor degree.
EDUCATION
Stetson University College of Law, J.D. (1997)
Honor Roll
Guardian Ad Litem
Public Defender Clinic
Sports, Art & Entertainment Law Society
The Florida State University, B.S. (Finance/Multinational Business Operations, 1994)
Dean’s List
Seminole Torch Bearer
Sigma Kappa
Homecoming Gala Committee
PROFESSIONAL
The Florida Bar (Business Law Section)
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
United States District Court, Middle District of Florida
United States District Court, Northern District of Florida
United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
Federal Bar Association
Hillsborough County Bar Association
Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers – Board of Directors (2007-2014)
Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association – (Member (1999 – Present), Board of Directors (2007-2015), Officer (2011-2015), President (2013-2014), Immediate Past President (2014-2015)
Bankruptcy Bar Association for the Southern District of Florida
Central Florida Bankruptcy Bar Association
Southwest Florida Bankruptcy Professional Association
American Bankruptcy Institute
Hillsborough County Juvenile Diversion Program- – Teen Court Judge
Madison Who’s Who
Martindale-Hubbell rated AV since on or as of 2011, peer review rated “preeminent” in terms of proficiency and legal ethics
Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite, 5x winner: LE 2014-2016, 2019; Up and Comer 2012
Bankruptcy Law Educational Series Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors-Treasurer (2014-2015); Secretary (2015-2016)
National Association of Professional Women (Member)
PUBLICATIONS
Author, “Section 707 (b) Dismissal of Consumer Debtor’s Chapter 7 Case, Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law” (2002)
Author, “Eleventh Circuit: Chapter 7 Debtors Concealing Tort Claims from Creditors Will Lose Those Claims,” (2004)
Lorman speaker on the topic “A Practical Guide to Representing Creditors in Bankruptcy” (2010)
Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite, July 2014
Stephenie also regularly makes presentations to bank clients and paralegal associations.
CIVICS
Big Brothers Big Sisters’ Hillsborough County Leadership Council
Paint Your Heart Out Tampa (Team Captain)
Pinellas County Habitat for Humanity (Team Captain)