Known for her responsiveness to clients and her ability to resolve cases early with her writing skills, Libby focuses her practice on defending clients against allegations relating to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, Regulation E, and related state consumer protection laws. She works with some of the nation’s largest debt buyers, debt collectors, and collection counsel throughout the country defending and resolving class actions in federal and state consumer protection matters. For more than a decade, Libby has served as national coordinating counsel for one of the nation’s largest debt buyers, working with the general counsel to develop and implement the defense of cases throughout the country.

She has also developed a substantial practice representing several of the country’s largest prepaid debit card issuers and program managers. Libby has successfully resolved and prevailed in hundreds of arbitrations alleging violations of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act and Regulation E pertaining to alleged unauthorized transactions, improper holds, system outages, and delays in the posting of ACH transactions to prepaid debit cards. She also successfully negotiated a reduced fee schedule with the American Arbitration Association for certain consumer arbitrations. Libby has defended several companies against Mass Volume Arbitrations, some involving hundreds of claimants, and others involving thousands of claimants.

Additionally, Libby handles insurance coverage and insurance extra-contractual litigation. She recently prevailed on behalf of an insurer in a complex, multi-million dollar property loss case relating to alleged defective construction of a retail shopping center.

No matter who the client, she takes the time to understand each business. She works closely with a client’s general counsel to put him or her in the best light in front of the client’s executive team. The partnership with a company’s general counsel allows Libby to advise as to the business implications that may result from chosen legal strategies. Her ingratiating personality also enables her to work effectively with opposing counsel to achieve the optimum result for her clients.

Libby has spoken at the Ohio State Bar Association's Consumer Law Institute CLE program on "Pitfalls in Collection Letters Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act." She was also published in the American Bar Association's The Practical Litigator magazine for her article on effective post-trial motion practice.

She is also known for her work with the American Cancer Society, the WAVE Foundation at the Newport Aquarium, and the Ohio Women’s Bar Foundation.

Bar Admissions

Ohio

Kentucky

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

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 Western District of Kentucky

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Education

• University of Cincinnati College of Law (J.D., 2003)
  • Order of the Coif
  • University of Cincinnati Law Review, articles editor
  • Gustavus Henry Wald Memorial Prize for Contracts
  • Charles A. Corry Prize for Corporate Law
  • Lawrence Maxwell Memorial Advocacy Prize
• Centre College (B.A., 2000)
  • Harold Gale Jr. Memorial Philosophy Prize

• Rising Star from YWCA Academy of Career Women of Achievement (2013)

• American Cancer Society,
  • Advisory Board of Directors, Greater Cincinnati chair
  • Road to Recovery - East Side coordinator
• WAVE Foundation, Board of Directors chair
• Ohio Women’s Bar Foundation 
  • Board of Directors 
  • Leadership Institute trustee
• Wills for Heroes, volunteer (2004 - 2008) 
• Sycamore Township, Board of Zoning Appeals (2006 - 2007)
• Ohio Women’s Bar Association Leadership Institute, Annual Meeting Committee 
• Association of Credit & Collection Professionals (ACA International)
• Cincinnati Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association
• Kentucky Bar Association
• ResearcHERS Ambassador, 2019
• insideARM, Legal Advisory Board member
• Innovative Payments Association member