Sloan Schickler, Esq. Sloan Schickler has contributed articles to Leasing News for several years. She was appointed to serve on the Leasing News advisory board in February of 2023. Sloan is a highly experienced commercial attorney. Her firm and its predecessors have been a leader in the financial services area of vehicle and equipment finance for decades. Sloan’s practice includes secured lending, commercial and consumer leasing, retail installment sales and dealer floor plan finance, regulatory licensing and compliance, syndicated revolving credit facilities, asset securitization, corporate structuring and governance, and real estate finance. Clients have included major commercial banks, captive finance companies, financial institutions, investment banks, leasing companies, auto manufacturers, auto dealerships, real estate investors, hedge funds, and public and closely held corporations. Over the years, Sloan has served as outside general counsel to auto finance companies; advocated for her clients before the New York legislature; designed documentation and compliance procedures for financing recourse loans collateralized by vehicles leases and loans; documented and conducted numerous sales and financings of vehicle lease and loan portfolios including at foreclosure; and served as special counsel in bankruptcy, work out and loan modification matters. Sloan is currently the Legal and Legislative Counsel for the National Vehicle Leasing Association (NVLA) and a director on its Board. She is the founder of the NVLA’s Women in Leasing initiative. A loyal alumna of Vanderbilt University Law School, Sloan has served as Class Agent for her class for decades. She also acted as an alumna interviewer for the school. Sloan has also served on the board of directors of a not-for-profit organization that developed a residential model for autistic individuals. Her career began at Holland & Knight (Haight Gardner Poor & Havens) as a commercial litigation associate. Sloan is currently a partner of Schickler & Schickler PLLC. Her bar admissions are the State of New York, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the U.S. Tax Court and the U.S. Supreme Court. Sloan is also the proud mother of two daughters who have attended Vanderbilt University as undergraduates. She resides with her husband, a physician specializing in infectious diseases, and her Maltipoo dog, Lulu. |
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