Waymon B. McLeskey II

Waymon B. McLeskey II has been practicing law for nearly thirty years and has focused primarily in the area of creditors’ rights. He is a lifelong resident of Columbus, Ohio, where he and his wife reside

 He received his J.D. from Ohio Northern University and also attended law school at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, England through the University of Richmond (Va.) law school in the summer of 1980. He received his B.A. in history from Yale University in 1976 and  his A.M. in history from Brown University in 1977.

 He became licensed to practice in all courts in the state of Ohio in 1981 and in the U.S. Courts for the Southern and Northern District of Ohio in 1982 and 1990 respectively. He became licensed to practice in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in 2001 and in all the courts, including the federal courts in the states of Kentucky and West Virginia in 2004 and 2006 respectfully. 

 Mr. McLeskey’s practice concentrates in the area of creditor rights, including foreclosures, replevins, consumer/commercial collections, domestication of foreign judgments, reviver of dormant judgments, bankruptcy representation of creditors, insurance subrogation, workouts, and consumer/commercial litigation.  He also practices in the areas of  probate and estate planning.

 He is an active member of the St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Tri-Village Sertoma , the Athletic Club of Columbus and the Grandview Heights Chamber of Commerce.    

Admitted: 1981, Ohio; 1982, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1990, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2004, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky, Kentucky Supreme Court; 2006, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia, West Virginia Supreme Court

• Education:  Ohio Northern University, J.D. 1981
• Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, England ( University of Richmond Law School) Summer 1980
• Brown University, 1977-A.M. (History)
• Yale University , 1976 B.A. (History)
    

Member: Columbus (Member, Bankruptcy, Professionalism and Small Firms Committees), Ohio State (Member, Banking, Commercial and Bankruptcy Law Committee), Kentucky, West Virginia and American (Member, Business Law Section) Bar Associations.

Additional Info: Former Attorney, Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, 1984-1997.