ROBERT P. SHEILS, JR., ESQUIRE
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Mr. Sheils has been practicing law for 33 years in New York and Pennsylvania in both private practice and for various financial institutions. He has been Vice President and counsel at the Bank of New York and Senior Vice President of the then Northeastern Bank of Pennsylvania, now PNC Bank. After he left Northeastern Bank, he returned to private practice and began his own law firm in 1993. Mr. Sheils has been a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustee since 1993. In addition, Mr. Sheils represents a number of financial institutions, corporate, and individual clients, including a substantial number of clients in business (including small business), commercial, banking, real estate, bankruptcy and general legal matters. He is a member of various bar associations and professional associations including the American Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Lackawanna County Bar Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, and INSOL International, an International Solvency Association. Mr. Sheils is a member of the New York and Pennsylvania Bars and various Federal Bars. He graduated from Fairfield University and the Fordham University School of Law.


JILL M. SPOTT, ESQUIRE
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Ms. Spott was born in Nyack, New York. She received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education from the Pennsylvania State University in 1989 and a Juris Doctorate from Widener University School of Law in 2002 where she was a member of the Trial Advocacy Honor Society and an advisor in the Student Mentoring program. Ms. Spott is a member in good standing of the Lackawanna County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations and is also admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Middle and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania and the United States Supreme Court. She has worked for Sheils Law Associates since 1999. Ms. Spott serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Humane
Society of Lackawanna County and the Young Lawyers Division of the Lackawanna County Bar Association. She also continues to serve as an advisor in the Student Mentoring program at Widener University.


ROBERT P. SHEILS, III, ESQUIRE
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Mr. Sheils was born in White Plains, New York on December 16, 1977. He graduated cum laude from Fairfield University in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and American Studies. Mr. Sheils received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2003. He was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar, New Jersey Bar, U.S. District Court of the Middle District of Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court of the District of New Jersey in 2003. He was admitted to the Florida Bar, U.S. District Court of the Middle District of Florida, and U.S. District Court of Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 2004. Prior to joining Sheils Law Associates, Mr. Sheils was a law clerk for the Honorable Linda Wallach Miller, Monroe County Court of Common Pleas, 2003-2004. He is a member of the Lackawanna County, Monroe County, Bankruptcy Bar of the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Florida, Pennsylvania, and American Bar Associations. Mr. Sheils also serves as a Board Member for the American Red Cross, Scranton Chapter.