Honors and Awards:

• Obtained Martindale-Hubbell's highest proficiency rating (AV and Preeminent)., AV and Preeminent Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
• Inducted as a member of Mortar Board in 1992., Mortar Board, 1992
• Inducted as a member of Phi Beta Kappa in 1992., Phi Beta Kappa, 1992
• Recognition of representation of indigent debtor in defense of adversary proceeding seeking to hold indebtedness non-dischargeable., Certificate of Appreciation, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 2007
• Recognized by Crain's Detroit as an "Outstanding Attorney" in the Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights category.  Crain's Detroit worked with industry publication Best Lawyers to create its report on outstanding area attorneys as identified by peer-review surveys. , Outstanding Attorney, Crain's Detroit, 2009
• Selected for inclusion in the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in two practice areas: (1) Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law and (2) Litigation - Bankruptcy; listed in 2011 edition under Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law., The Best Lawyers in America, The Best Lawyers in America, 2012
• Recognized as a "Top Lawyer" in the Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights Law category (2011-2012) and in the Commercial Law category (2010) by DBusiness magazine., Top Lawyer in Metro Detroit, DBusiness, 2012

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Admitted to Trial Bar for the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois., 2003
• Certified Mediator, 2009

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Admitted in Michigan, 1995; U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan, 1995; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1997; U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit, 2000; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2001 and Trial Bar, 2003.
• Member of the Federal Bar Association, Eastern District of Michigan
• Member of the American Bankruptcy Institute
• Managing Editor, Law and Inequality Journal, 1994-95, 1994
• Appointed to Mediation Panel of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.  I continue to serve as a mediator of bankruptcy-related disputes., 2008
• Speaker, American Bankruptcy Institute's Central States Conference (June 2009 - "Tell It to the Bankruptcy Judge?  Limitations on Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction"), 2009
• Speaker, Michigan Association of CPAs Spring Management Information Show (June 2009 - "Should Your Client Consider Bankrupty?"), Litigation Conference (June 2009 - "Providing Forensic Accounting Assistance in Bankruptcy Matters"), and CPE Mega Conference (October 2009 - "Should Your Client Consider Bankruptcy?")., 2009
• Elected Member of the Representative Assembly of the State Bar of Michigan, 2004-2010; Chair of Rules and Calendar Committee, 2007-2008., 2010

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Fellow, Oakland County Bar Foundation
• Board of Directors of James Madison College Alumni Association at Michigan State University; Secretary from 2003-2004., 1998
• Successfully represented, as cooperating counsel for the ACLU, Lincoln Park High School student Crystal Seifferly in highly-publicized First Amendment case.  Crystal claimed that the school's "Gang/Cult" policy, which prohibited her from wearing the symbol of her Wiccan faith, was unconstitutional.  Case was tried before the Honorable Gerald Rosen in the Eastern District of Michigan., 1999
• Recipient of Certificate of Appreciation from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan for representation of indigent debtor in adversary proceeding seeking to hold indebtedness non-dischargeable.  Representation was in 2007 and 2008., 2007

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• "Deciphering the Damage Cap: Filing the Landlord's Claim in Bankruptcy," 81 Michigan Bar Journal 26 (2002), Author, Deciphering the Damage Cap: Filing the Landlord's Claim in Bankruptcy, 2002
•  "Ordinary-Course Preference Defense: 'And' to 'Or' Means Preference No More?" The Bankruptcy Strategist, Vol. 23, No. 10 (August 2006), Author, Ordinary-Course Preference Defense: , 2006
• "'And' to 'Or' Means Preference No More: The Expansion of the 'Ordinary Course' Bankruptcy Preference Defense," Michigan Business Law Journal, Vol. XXVI, Issue 1 (Spring 2006), Author, 2006
• "Commentary: A Roadmap for Bankruptcy Litigation," ANDREWS LITIGATION REPORTER, Vol. 5, Issue 16/December 12, 2008 (Thomson West), Author, Commentary: A Roadmap for Bankruptcy Litigation, Andrews Litigation Reporter (Thomson West), 2008
• "A Road Map for Bankruptcy Litigation," Michigan Business Law Journal, Vol. XXVIII, Issue 1 (Spring 2008), Author, A Road Map for Bankruptcy Litigation, 2008
• Panelist on "Legal Issues in Buying and Selling Distressed Assets," June 2, 2011, Business Law Section of State Bar of Michigan and the Grand Traverse-Leelanau-Antrim Bar Association., 2011
• "There Are Options to Reduce or Eliminate a Preference Exposure," Michigan Lawyers Weekly, August 15, 2011

Verdicts and Settlements:

• Obtained felony acquittal in my first Michigan State Circuit Court jury trial.  State of Michigan was represented by Michigan's longest serving prosecutor, Gary Walker.  Trial was in Marquette County Circuit Court before the Honorable Edward Quinnel., 1997
• Successfully tried case 00-67591-CZ in Genesee County Circuit Court on behalf of General Motors Corporation utilizing novel theory of abuse of process to force creditors to cease execution against property of a GM supplier where the value of the supplier's property was vastly insufficient to satisfy the liens of secured creditors with priority over the executing creditors., 2000