Admitted
1980, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1983, Florida; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1992, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan
Law School
Hofstra University, J.D., 1980
Law School Graduation Year
1980
College
Michigan State University, B.A., with high honors, 1977
Memberships
Detroit (Member, Debtor/Creditor Law Committee), Federal (Member, Section on: Litigation) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on: Corporation, Finance and Business Law; Real Property; General Practice); American Bankruptcy Institute; Commercial Law League of America; Michigan Trial Lawyers Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Pre-Trial and Trial Litigation; Citation of Excellence, Trial and Pretrial Litigation, National Trial Advocacy Team. Lecturer: Bankruptcy Considerations in Light of Medical Malpractice, St. Joseph's Hospital, August, 1987; Representing the Debtor in a Chapter 7 Case, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, April, 1988; Defensive Planning/How to Protect Your Assets From Creditors, sponsored by St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital, July, 1988. Speaker: Bankruptcy or Work Out- What's Your Preference, sponsored by National Association of Credit management, November, 1999; Laboring Under the Employment of Bankruptcy and ERISA: Understanding the Interplay, Detroit bar Association, April, 1999; Financially Troubled Auto Suppliers, Federal Bar Association Bankruptcy Section, June, 1997; Protected Assets & Permissible Transfers, Wayne County Medical Society, March, 1989; Defensive Planning: Protecting Your Assets in Michigan's Liability Climate, Michigan State Medical Society, May, 1989. Special Assistant Attorney General representing Michigan Department of Transportation in highway condemnation matters, 1987—. Mediation Panel, United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Michigan.