Admitted
1987, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of Illinois; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1992, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Law School
Harvard University, J.D., cum laude, 1987
Law School Graduation Year
1987
College
Harvard University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1984
Memberships
Central Federal District of Illinois, Illinois State and American Bar Associations.
Biographical
Judicial Clerkship to Judge Brian Barnett Duff, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1987-1989. Author: Kaplan and Backman, Civil RICO Claims in Bankruptcy, Civil RICO Practice: Causes of Action, 1991 and 1993 Supp.; Gilford, Backman and Rosenthal, Alternatives to Insurance Liquidation, a U.S. Perspective, 4 Int'l J. Ins. L. 218, October 1994; Prager and Backman, Pursuing Alter-Ego Liability Against Non-Bankrupt Third Parties: Structuring a Comprehensive Conceptual Framework, 35 St. Louis J. J. 657, Spring 1991; Backman, Hartford Insurance Revisited: Sellers Beware, Bankruptcy Strategist, September 2001; Backman and Naughton, Challenges to Secured Creditor's Voted Remain Open, XIV Bankruptcy Strategist 1, September 1997; Backman and Ellsworth, Subordination of Tax Penalties: Dead or Alive, XVII Bankruptcy Strategist 1, March 1996; Backman and Ellsworth, Banks May Freeze Funds Subject to Setoff, XV Bankruptcy Strategist 1, November 1995. Bankruptcy Strategist, Board of Contributors. Associate, Schopf & Weiss, 1989-1991. Senior Associate, Mayer, Brown & Platt, 1991-1995. Partner: Gould & Ratner, 1995-1997; Rudnick & Wolfe, 1997-1999. Counsel, Schopf & Weiss, 1999-2000.