Attorney Profile

Areas Of Practice:

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Banking & Finance Law

Bankruptcy Law

Business & Commercial Law

Civil Rights

Construction Law

Employment Law -- Employee

Insurance & ERISA Litigation

Labor Law

Litigation & Appeals

Professional Malpractice Law

Bar Admissions:

Illinois, 1987

U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1990

U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1989

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1992

U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 2001

Education:

Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1987

J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence

Honors: cum laude

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984

B.S., Bachelor of Science

Honors: magna cum laude

Major: Economics

Published Works:

Pursuing Alter Ego Claims, 35 St. Louis Law Journal 657, 35 St. Louis Law Journal 657, Spring, 1991

 

Civil RICO Claims in Bankruptcy, Civil RICO Practice: Causes of Action, Supp., 1993

 

Landlord Damage Claims in Chapter 11, X Bankruptcy Strategist 4, February, 1992

 

Face Value Debt Swap Does Not Create OIO, X Bankruptcy Strategist 4, May, 1992

 

How Courts Split on Res Judicata Doctrine, X Bankruptcy Strategist 8, June, 1993

 

Single Asset Debtor Wins in New Approach, X Bankruptcy Strategist 8

 

Appeals Court Upholds New Value Exception, X Bankruptcy Strategist 11, September, 1993

Birth Information:

October 30, 1962, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

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