Don M. Stichter was born in Toledo, Ohio. Mr. Stichter was admitted to the bar in Wisconsin in 1957, in the District of Columbia and Ohio in 1958, and in Florida in 1960. He graduated from Colgate University, B.A. 1951, and the University of Wisconsin, LL.B. 1957 (Order of the Coif), where he was a member of the Editorial Board of the University of Wisconsin Law Review. Prior to entering private practice, he served with the United States Department of Justice in the Antitrust Division in Washington, DC and as an Assistant United States Attorney in Tampa. He served as the President of the Hillsborough County Bar Association in 1972-73 and was honored as the outstanding local bar president by The Florida Bar. He was a founder and the first president and chairman of the Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association, was chairman of the Thirteenth Circuit Judicial Nominating Committee, and served as Chairman of the Hillsborough County Law Library Board. He was one of the first three Florida lawyers selected to be a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. He has been listed in each edition of the Best Lawyers in America since 1989, and was listed as one of the premier insolvency lawyers in Florida in all editions of "Best Business Lawyers in the United States", published by Chambers and Partners. In 2001, he was named Outstanding Lawyer in Hillsborough County by the Hillsborough County Bar Association. He has co-authored publications on bankruptcy law for The Florida Bar and has spoken on bankruptcy law topics at seminars and programs sponsored by The Florida Bar and other legal and business groups. He was the initial recipient of the Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association's Doug McClurg Award, an award which recognizes an individual for outstanding advocacy, professionalism and service to the bar. He has headed the firm's representation in Hillsborough Holdings, Anthony Distributors, Anthony Distributing Company, Silk Greenhouse, Frank Morsani, Uiterwyk, Gulf Tampa Drydock, Irwin Yacht, The Shell Factory, Sunstate Dairy, Trident Shipworks, and numerous other cases. His memberships also include the American Bar Association, The Florida Bar, the Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute, and the American College of Bankruptcy.

POSITION: Partner ADMITTED: 1957, Wisconsin; 1958, District of Columbia and Ohio; 1960, Florida

LAW SCHOOL: University of Wisconsin, LL.B., 1957

COLLEGE: Colgate University, B.A., 1951; University of California at Los Angeles