Admitted: 1973, Michigan
Law School: Wayne State University, J.D.
Member: Federal and American (Member, Business Bankruptcy Committee, Trustees and Receivers Subcommittee) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Creditors' Rights Committee); American Bankruptcy Institute (Member, Bankruptcy Administration and Professional Compensation Committees); INSOL; Consumer Bankruptcy Association; Southeast Michigan Marrow Donor Program (Member, Board of Directors, 1993-1995).
Biography: Member, Wayne State University Moot Court, 1971. National Bankruptcy Review Commission Panel Member: Small Business Reorganizations Working Group, 1996-1997; National Bankruptcy Review Commission Panel Member: Service and Ethics Working Group, 1997. Author: "Means Testing, Dismissal and Conversion Under the New Law," 24 Am. Bankr. Inst. J. 8 (July/Aug. 2005); "An Introduction to Means Testing, Dismissal and Conversion," 21 NABTalk 3 (2005); "Personal Liability of Trustees and Debtors in Possession: A Review of the Varying Standards of Care in the United States," 106 Comm. L. J. 4 (Winter 2001); "Personal Liability - A Trustee's Dilemma," 9 NABTalk 4 (1993); "Personal Liability in 1995 - Still a Trustee's Dilemma," 11 NABTalk 4 (1995); "Trustee and Debtor-in-Possession Liability in the Year 2000," 16 NABTalk 2 (2000). Co-Author: Working Paper: Best Practices for Debtors' Attorneys, 64 The Business Lawyer 1 (2008). "The Means Test: Part III, Keeping Up with Dismissals under BAPCPA," 26 Am. Bankr. Inst. J. 16 (Apr. 2007); "The Means Test Part II: Deductions: More Ambiguity in the Era of Means Testing," 26 Am. Bankr. Inst. J. 14 (March 2007); "The Means Test: Seeing Clearly the CMI," 26 Am. Bankr. Inst. J. 12 (Feb. 2007); "BAPCPA's Bankruptcy Balance - Will New Homestead Provisions Upset Equilibrium Between Creditors and Debtors?" 22 NABTalk 1 (2005). Lecturer: Bankruptcy and ERISA - Recovering Assets That Have Been Transferred Away From a Pension Plan, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, 2010, Circuit Splits in Consumer Cases, American Bankruptcy Institute, 2010; Best Practices in Representing Debtors: From Preparing Papers to Reaffirmation Agreements, American Bankruptcy Institute, 2009; Maramma and Conversion Issues, American Bankruptcy Institute, 2008; Coordinator, Chapter 11 Trustee Liability, American Bar Association, Section of Business Law, 2008; Eligibility Issues in Consumer Cases, American Bankruptcy Institute, 2007; Means Testing, Federal Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section, 2007; Means Testing American Bankruptcy Institute, 2006; Coordinator, Employee Benefit Plan, Before and After BAPCPA, American Bar Association, Section on Business Law, 2006, Consumer Bankruptcy Reform, American Bankruptcy Institute, 2006; Means Testing, The Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2005 and 2006; Homestead Exemptions, American Bankruptcy Institute, 2005; Chapter 7 Trustee Ethics Issues, American Bankruptcy Institute, 2004; Health Care and Bankruptcy, The Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2004; Coordinator, Bankruptcy Issues from the Enron Examination, American Bar Association Section of Business Law, 2004; Coordinator, The Reorganization of Retail Giants, the Kmart Story, American Bar Association Section of Business Law, 2003; Moderator, Chapter 11 Liquidation Vehicles, American Bar Association Section of Business Law, 2002; National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees Annual Conference, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006 and 2007; American Bankruptcy Institute Central States Bankruptcy Workshop, 1995, 2000 and 2004; American Bankruptcy Institute Southeastern States Bankruptcy Workshop, 2000; United States Trustees Chapter 7 Trustee Training Seminar, 2000; United States Trustee Program Managers Conference: "Qualities of a Good Trustee," 1997. Panel of Chapter 7 Trustees for Eastern District of Michigan (1982-Present); Chairperson, Subcommittee on Trustees and Examiners, American Bar Association, Section of Business Law, 2004-2007, Vice-Chairperson, 2002-2003; National Bankruptcy Data Transmission Group Advisory Panel, 2001-2003; Co-Chairperson, Joint Committee to Study Distribution Statistics, 1997; Chairperson, CLLA/NABT Educational Seminar, 1994; Past President, Trustee Association of Eastern District of Michigan, 1990-1992. National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, Board of Directors, 1993-2003; Immediate Past President, 2001-2003; President, 2000-2001; President-Elect, 1999-2000; Vice-President, 1997-1999; Treasurer, 1995-1997; Liaison Committee with U.S. Trustee Chairperson, 1999-2000; Liaison Committee with U.S. Trustee, 1993, 1998, 2002 and 2003; UST/NABT Trustee Training Co-Chairperson, 1998-1999; Statistics Committee Chairperson, 1997-1998, Lake Tahoe, NV, Convention Committee Chairperson, 1996; EOUST Fee Guidelines Committee Chairperson, 1995; Education Committee Chairperson, 1994-1995; CLLA/NABT Education Seminar, 1994; Legislative Committee, 1993.
Born: Ft. Benning, Georgia, October 25, 1947
MilitaryService: U.S Marine Corps Reserve, 1969-1975