• Serves as a Subchapter V bankruptcy trustee-in-possession, post-confirmation, of a telecom company
• Sold an operating cardboard partitions company as liquidating trustee in a limited liability company dissolution proceeding
• Provided mortgage enforceability opinions for loans secured by real property in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and New York
• Provided assistance regarding special purpose entities/bankruptcy-remote structures in numerous large loan transactions secured by real property across the country
• Sold an operating hotel in a chapter 11 § 363 bankruptcy sale, sold an operating hotel in a federal receivership, and shut down then sold a hotel in a chapter 7, § 363 bankruptcy sale
• Served as counsel to a SIPA trustee liquidating two securities broker/dealers who had engaged in a long-running Ponzi scheme
• Restructured $14 million in debt with numerous entities and cross-collateralized obligations
• Negotiated a cash settlement of a guaranty, combined with consent to a receivership for a housing development
• Successfully mediated a federal lawsuit brought against out-of-state guarantors who originally denied any liability under the guaranties
• Prepared enforceability and true lease opinions in complex financing transactions.
• Successfully prevented a Chapter 7 trustee from pursuing a $250,000 alleged preference claim
• Guided the successful “stalking horse” bidder through an asset purchase from a Ch. 11 trustee
• Represented Chapter 7 trustees in successful sales of a nursing home and a temporary staffing agency
• Appointed as receiver to conduct the liquidation of a used industrial machinery and equipment dealer, receiver to conduct a “going concern” sale of a machine shop, and receiver to conduct a “going concern” sale of a carpet pad manufacturer
• Negotiated and drafted numerous forbearance agreements, some of which allow professional management to assess, market and sell businesses
• Represented state and federal court receivers in the operation and sale of numerous manufacturing companies, commercial real estate companies and service companies

• Certified in Creditors’ Rights by the American Board of Certification, since 2009
• Appointed to the Attorney Constituent Group for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Ohio, by the Toledo Bar Association (2013-2017)
• Served as President (2021) and as Chair (2022) for the American Board of Certification
• Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© in the practice areas of: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy (2017-2023 Editions) and Lawyer of the Year, bankruptcy law, 2023
• AV® Preeminent; rating from Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, since 2005
• Appointed examiner by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio under section 1104 of the Bankruptcy Code (2011, 2018)
• Selected as an “Ohio Super Lawyer” by Ohio Super Lawyers magazine (2016 – 2022)
• Named in “Who’s Who in Toledo Area Law” by Toledo Business Journal (2010 – 2018)
• Named the Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law “Lawyer of the Year” for Toledo by The Best Lawyers in America® (2016)
• Selected as an “Ohio Super Lawyers – Rising Star” by Ohio Super Lawyers magazine (2005 & 2006)
• Law Clerk to the Honorable John W. Bissell, U.S. District Judge (1990-1992)

• International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC)
• American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI)
• Turnaround Management Association (TMA)
• Toledo Bar Association, Board of Directors (2010 & 2011), Bankruptcy Committee, Chair (2007-2009) and Secretary (2006 & 2007), Grievance Committee (2015- current)
• Michigan Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association
• National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees
• New Jersey Bankruptcy Inn of Court, Master and Assistant Program Chair (1997-1998 session)

Zonta Club of Toledo I, President (2012-2013) and Board Member (2010-2012)

• “Merchant Cash Advance Claims in Bankruptcy: What Are They?,” by Frederic P. Schwieg, Subchapter V Trustee, and Patricia B. Fugée, Subchapter V Trustee, American Bankruptcy Trustee Journal, a publication of the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, 2023
• “Successful Strategies for Helping Secured and Unsecured Creditor Clients in Chapter 11”, chapter in “Inside the Minds: Creditors’ Rights in Chapter 11 Cases” Aspatore Books, 2016
• “Why I Became Certified and Why I Want to Stay Certified,” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, (September 2015)
• “Secured Party Sales: Fraudulent Conveyances?”- American Bankruptcy Institute Commercial Fraud Task Force Committee e-Newsletter (2007)
• “Some Musings on Fraud in Bankruptcy Cases”- American Bankruptcy Institute Commercial Fraud Task Force Committee e-Newsletter (2006)
• “Bankruptcy Advice: Adding Value When You Think There Is Nothing Left”- Inside the Minds: Winning Legal Strategies for Bankruptcy Law (2006)
• “Economic Loss, Commercial Reality, and Legal Process: Spring Motors v. Ford Motor Company,” co-author with Professor Jay Feinman, 22 Rutgers L.J. 301 (1991) (under prior name, Patricia A. Brown)
• “The Resounding Thunder of Rifle-Shots: Tax Laws for the Individual,” 22 Rutgers L.J. 779 (1991) (under prior name, Patricia A. Brown)

• “Subchapter V: Notable Case Trends in the First Two Years,” O’Neill Seminar (2022)
• “The Small Business Reorganization Act: How’s It Going So Far?”, American Bankruptcy Institute, Annual Spring Meeting (2021)
• “ABC – Best Behavior, Use of Technology and Other Taboos,” Insolvency 2020 (for the ABC)
• “A Day In the Life of a Trustee,” Insolvency 2020 (for the NABT)
• “Chapter 7 Trustees and Avoidance Actions,” The University of Toledo College of Law Consumer and Corporate Bankruptcy CLE (2018)
• “In Through the Out Door: §365 Lease Rejection and Other Bankruptcy Considerations,” 39^th Annual Real Estate Law Institute, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association and its Real Estate Law Section (2017)
• “The Lawyer as Business Advisor,” American Bankruptcy Institute 23rdAnnual Central States Bankruptcy Workshop (2016)
• “Best Practices: Use of Examiners in Non-Individual Chapter 11 Cases,” Northern District of Ohio Bankruptcy Bench-Bar Retreat (2015)
• “Bankruptcy’s Implications on Collection Practices” and “Ethics in Collection,” – National Business Institute (2014)
• “How the Principle of Equality May Help or Hurt Certain Creditors” and “Filing Successful Proofs of Claim” – National Business Institute (2014)
• “Collection Law from Start to Finish” – National Business Institute (2013)
• “Tenant or Landlord Bankruptcy” – Sterling Education Services, Inc. (2012)
• “Bankruptcy and Collection in Landlord/Tenant Law” – Sterling Education Services, Inc. (2011)
• “Bankruptcy Law and Litigation” – National Business Institute (materials only) (2011)
• “Protecting the Creditors’ Rights During Bankruptcy” – National Business Institute (2010)
• “Collection Law Tips and Strategies”- National Business Institute (2010)
• “Creditors’ Rights During Bankruptcy” – The Ohio State Bar Convention (2009) and National Business Institute (2009)
• “Bankruptcy Litigation and Procedure” – National Business Institute (2008)
• “Bankruptcy Nuts & Bolts” – Toledo Bar Association Bankruptcy Committee CLE (2007)
• “Understanding Debtor Responsibilities in Consumer and Business Cases: Providing Electronically Stored Information” – American Bankruptcy Institute, Annual Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C. (2007)
• “Collection Law from Start to Finish” – National Business Institute (2007)
• “Collection Law in Ohio: The Good, The Bad and The Profitable” – Lorman Educational Services (2006)
• “Bankruptcy Law and Procedure from Start to Finish” – National Business Institute (2006)
• “Consumer and Business Debt Collection: Resolve Debts Quickly and Easily” – National Business Institute (2006)
• “Electronic Discovery Rule Changes and Fraud Investigations” – American Bankruptcy Institute, Annual Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C. (2006)