Admitted
1982, New York and U.S. District Court, S. and E. Districts of New York
Law School
American University, J.D., cum laude, 1981
Law School Graduation Year
1981
College
State University of N.Y. at Binghamton, B.A., 1978
Memberships
Nassau County (Mentor, Bankruptcy Law, 1990—; Member: Bankruptcy Law Committee), New York State (Member, Banking Law Committee) and American (Member, Business Law Section) Bar Associations; Bankruptcy Bar Association of the City of New York; New York County Lawyers Association (Member, Business Bankruptcy Law Committee); Commercial Law League; American Bankruptcy Institute; National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees.
Biographical
Staff Member, American University Law Review, 1980-1981. Clerk to Hon. Cecelia H. Goetz, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Eastern District of New York, 1982. Member of the panel of Trustees maintained by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1993—. Editor, Bankruptcy for Bankers, Banking Law Journal, 1999-2000. Author: Inquiries Are Key To Buyer and Lenders after 'Nominal Or No Consideration' Transfers, New York Law Journal, February 13, 2002, page 4; Second Circuit Joins in Securities Fraud Debate, New York Law Journal, September 8, 2000, page 1, reprinted in RICO Law Reporter, volume 32, number 4, October 2000, page 378; Bankruptcy for Bankers: Although Courts Often State That Creditors' Liens Pass Through Debtors' Bankruptcy Cases Unaffected, Secured Creditors That Fail to File Claims Against Chapter 11 and Chapter 13 Debtors, Or That Do Not Monitor Debtors' Chapter 11 or Chapter 13 Cases, may be at some risk, Banking Law Journal, April-May 1999; Bankruptcy for Bankers: Courts Generally are Reluctant to Bar Creditors From Taking Action Against Non-Debtors, Although Some Cases May Warrant Section 105(a) Injunctions of Such Actions, Banking Law Journal, February 1999; Bankruptcy for Bankers: Prejudgement Relief: Attachment of a Debtor's Assets and Orders Barring a Debtor from Transferring its Property Can Protect Bank Seeking To Collect a Debt, Banking Law Journal, December 1998; Beyond the Veil: Concealed Assets, Creditors Seek to Enforce Claims, New York Law Journal, September 29, 1997, page 8, col. 6; Debtor Discharges and Reversed Fraudulent Conveyances, New York Law Journal, May 16, 1997, page 1; U.S. Supreme Court Settles Two Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Issues, New York Law Journal, July 16, 1993, page 1; Single Asset Real Estate Chapter 11 Bankruptcies, Long Island Business News, May 24, 1993; Stripdowns of Home Mortgages in Chapter 13 Bankruptcies, Long Island Business News, April 12, 1993; Returning Payments from Debtors, Long Island Business News, January 18, 19