Bankruptcy Litigation

Creditors’ Rights

Debtors' Rights

Commercial Litigation

Debt Collection

• Ohio, 1999

• United States Supreme Court
• Ohio Supreme Court
• Kentucky Supreme Court
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

• Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude
• • Order of the Coif
• Louisiana State University, A.D.N., Associate Degree in Health Sciences/Nursing
• Xavier University of Louisiana, B.S., Baccalaureate Degree in Biology and Chemistry

Eliot is a senior associate at Frost Brown Todd LLC in the financial restructuring group and in the complex business, banking, and commercial law litigation groups in the Firm's litigation department.  Eliot practices primarily in the areas of general commercial litigation, bankruptcy-related litigation involving chapters 7, 11 and 13, preference actions, creditors' and debtors' rights, landlord-tenant disputes, contract disputes, Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act, UCC-9 actions, foreclosures, title claims defense, priority of liens disputes, real estate litigation, state court assignments for the benefit of creditors, debt collection actions, and shipping - transportation disputes.  He has been an attorney at Frost Brown Todd for 7 years. Eliot is admitted to practice in, and is a counsel in good standing with, the: (a) United States Supreme Court; (b) United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio; (c) United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio; (d) United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky; (e) United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky; (f) Ohio Supreme Court; and (g) Kentucky Supreme Court.

• Appointment to ABA Law Practice Management Section 2011-2012; Managing Attorney/Counsel to the Firm Subcommittee and the New Members Subcommittee; Member of Finance Committee
• 2011 Presidential Appointment to the ABA's Council on Diveristy and Inclusion Pipeline
• 2011 Appointment to ABA Diversity and Membership Committees
• Appointed in 2011 to Membership on American Bar Association's Council for Racial and Ethnic Diversity
• Selected in 2011 to Participate in American Bar Association Diversity Leadership Program
• Recipient of 2009 GE Aviation Legal Outside Counsel Diversity Award for Outstanding Legal Work
• Recognized as a 2009 & 2006 "Rising Star, Bankruptcy Litigation" by Ohio Super Lawyers® Magazine
• Recipient of the 2009 & 2004 "Keeper of the Dream Award" by the Chase School of Law's BLSA
• Litigation Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America Trial Lawyers Honorary Society, 2009
• Reappointed in 2009 by Chief Judge Susan Dlott to three year term to FBA's Examination Committee
• Appointed in 2009 as member of Salmon P. Chase's Board of Governors (former Faculty Adjunct)
• Member of Greater Cincinnati Autism Society's Fundraising Committee for Membership, 2009
• Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati Minority Counsel Program, Member
• FBT's & OSBA's Banking Committee and Tristate Association for Corporate Renewal, Member
• Class XVI of the Greater Cincinnati Urban League's African-American Leadership Program, 2009
• Championship Little League Baseball Coach (ages 11-12) with the Mason Youth Organization, 2009

• American Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association
• Kentucky Bar Association
• Cincinnati Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association
• Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati
• Tri-State Association for Corporate Renewal, Inc.
• Greater Cincinnati Autism Society
• Greater Cincinnati Autism Society's Fundraising Committee for Membership,  Member, 2009
• Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati's Minority Counsel Program with FBT, Member 
• Chairman, OSBA's Bankruptcy/Dinner Committee & Member, Tristate Ass'n for Corporate Renewal
• Little League Baseball Coach (ages 11-12 adn 13-14) with Mason Youth Organization, 2009, 2011
• Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati and Member of the Banquet Committee, Treasurer
• NAACP, National Bar Association, and African American Chamber of Commerce, Member

• Sixth Circuit Upholds Validity Of Notarized Signature by Wife With POA 1
• A Renewed Crackdown On Redlining By The Obama Administration
• A Trial Court Cannot Use R.C. Section 2329.34(B), Conveyance By Commissioner's Deed, To Circumvent Sale Of The Foreclosed Property
• Personal Liability For Corporate Wrongdoing Is Expanded In Ohio
• Under Ohio Law, An Unjust Enrichment Claim Arising From A Uniform Commercial Code Transaction That Has A Specific Limitations Period Must Be Brought Within 3 Years Of Its Accrual
• The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Clarifies Fee Application Approval Under Sections 327, 328 and 330 of the Bankruptcy Code
• Sixth Circuit Affirms Cramdown of Secured Interest in Mobile Home
• President Obama Asks For GM’s Shakeup and Issues Chrysler An Ultimatum
• Citigroup, Inc. and Top Democrats Reach Mortgage Deal
• New York Senate Bill S08143-A

• Salmon P. Chase Law School's Board of Governors, Board Member, 2009
• Autism Society of Greater Cincinnati, Member
• OSBA's Banking Committee, Member

Presenter: OSBA Banking, Commercial & Bankruptcy Committee Case Law Update

CLE entitled "Advising Business Clients Through a Difficult Economy" presented to Chase Law School Alumni, October 2009.