Michael J. O'Connor

Commercial, Mediation
20 Corporate Woods Boulevard
Albany, New York 122110400


Commercial

Admitted

1978, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court

Law School

Western New England College, J.D., 1976

Law School Graduation Year

1976

College

Siena College, B.B.A., 1973; University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland, M.B.A., 1978

Memberships

Albany and Rensselaer County, New York State (Member, Bankruptcy Committee) and American (Member, Consumer Bankruptcy Subcommittee, 1986) Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute; Capital Region Bankruptcy Bar Association (President, 1993-1994); National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys; AARP Attorney Reference Program; National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees; National Association of Chapter 7 Trustees.

Biographical

Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award, 1976; Distinguished Service Award, Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York 1988; President's Award for Pro Bono Services, New York State Bar Association, 1989 and 1998. Contributory Editor (N.Y.S. exemptions) of West's Bankruptcy Exemption Manual, 2003. Lecturer: New York State Bar Association, Bankruptcy Seminars; National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees's, Conventions; Capital Region Bankruptcy Bar Association Annual Seminars; New York State Credit Union League Bankruptcy Seminars; Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, 2003. Appointed: Chapter 7 Trustee Panel for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of New York, 1986; Northern District of New York Local Rules Revision Committee (1993 & 1997); Northern District Judicial Merit Selection Committee (Chairman, 1994). (Board Certified Commercial and Consumer Bankruptcy Specialist, American Bankruptcy Board of Certification)

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