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On October 1, 2018, Dynele L. Schinker-Kuharich was appointed as a Chapter 13 Standing Trustee for the Northern District of Ohio. She maintains her offices in Canton. Ms. Schinker-Kuharich replaces retiring Toby Rosen who served in this position for 30 years.

Prior to her appointment as a Standing Chapter 13, Schinker-Kuharich was on the panel of Chapter 7 Trustees for Akron, Ohio. Although she was admitted to the bar in 1998, she has exclusively practiced bankruptcy law since 2001 in the Northern District of Ohio. In her early years of practice, she was counsel to . . .

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