BAR ADMISSIONS

• State of Michigan
• U.S. District Court – Eastern District of Michigan
• U.S. District Court – Western District of Michigan
• U.S. Court of Appeals – Sixth Circuit

PRACTICE AREAS

• Bankruptcy and Insolvency

MEMBER

• Federal Bar Association
• State Bar of Michigan
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees
• Consumer Bankruptcy Association, Eastern District of Michigan
  (Member, Board of Directors, March, 2009 – Present)
• Michigan Super Lawyer (2011)

CERTIFICATION / SPECIALTIES

• Chapter 7 Panel Trustee, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
  (1998 – Present)

SEMINARS / PRESENTATIONS

• Speaker, American Bankruptcy Institute, Central States Conference, Consumer Trial Skills
  (June 2007)
• Presenter, Mock Appellate Argument, American Bankruptcy Institute, Detroit Consumer Program (November 2007)
• Speaker, US Attorney’s Office/Trustee Training: Mortgage Fraud (January 2008)
• Speaker, Consumer Bankruptcy Association/Bench and Bar Seminar on E.D.Mich. New Local
  Bankruptcy Rules (April 2008)
• Speaker, Consumer Bankruptcy Association Seminar on Means Testing and Application
  of Form 22 (June 2008)
• Speaker, Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants, Continuing Education Seminar
  on Valuing Distressed Companies (June 2008)
• Instructor, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division,
  Trial Advocacy Clinic (February 2008)
• Speaker, NBI Bankruptcy Forum: What Judges and Trustees Want You To Know (April 2009)
• Speaker, The Special Challenges of High Income Debtors, American Bankruptcy Institute,
  Detroit Consumer Program (November 2009)
• Program Moderator, Basic Litigation in Bankruptcy Court; Speaker, Litigation in Bankruptcy Court, Michigan Institute of Continuing Legal Education (February 2010)
• Speaker, Moderator, "Choose Your Chapter", Annual Bankruptcy Institute, Michigan Institute of Continuing Legal Eduation (April 2010)
• Speaker, Take the Steps to Build Your Bankruptcy Practice, Michigan Institute of Continuing Legal Education (February 2011)
• Speaker, Moderator, "Litigation Skills and Trial Preparation", Annual Bankruptcy Institute, Michigan Institute of Continuing Legal Education (April 2011)
• Speaker, "Who Gets the Money? The Homeowner, the Chapter 7 Trustee, or the Mortgage Company?", Consumer Bankruptcy Association (June 2011)
• Instructor, Trial Advocacy Clinic, Federal Bar Association and Consumer Bankruptcy Association (October 2011)
• Speaker, Advanced Chapter 7 Track: Part 1, American Bankruptcy Institute, Detroit Consumer Program (November 2011)
• Program Moderator, Bankruptcy Core Concepts Training; Speaker, Basic Litigation in Bankruptcy Court, Michigan Institute of Continuing Legal Education (February 2012)

PUBLICATIONS

• Handling Consumer and Small Business Bankruptcies in Michigan, Chapter Author, 2009

EDUCATION

• Kalamazoo College (B.A., 1986)
• Wayne State University Law School (J.D., 1989)
• Middleton Real Estate School, Completion of Michigan Real Estate Broker
  Licensing Class (1998)