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Practice Areas
- Bankruptcy
Bar Admissions
- Maryland, 1988
- District of Columbia, 1990
- U.S. District Court District of Maryland, 1989
- U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, 1990
- U.S. Federal Court, 1989
Education
- University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland
- J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence - 1988
- Honors: David Gain Merit Scholarship
- Yeshiva University, New York, New York
- B.S., Bachelor of Science - 00/1977
- Major: English
- Major: Education
Professional Associations
- Bankruptcy Bar Association for the District of Maryland, 1989 - Present; chairman, 1995 - 1996
- American Bankruptcy Institute, Member
- National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Member
- Maryland State Bar Association, Member, Executive Committee on Consumer Bankruptcy
- District of Columbia Bar Association, Member
- National Association Consumer Attorneys, Member
- National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, Member
Past Positions
- Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, Associate, 1992 to 1993
- Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Associate, 1989 to 1992
- Maryland Court of Special Appeals, Hon. Paul Alpert, Law Clerk, 1988 to 1989
- United States Bankruptcy Court, Hon. James Schneider, Judicial Intern, 1986
Classes and Seminars
- Associate Professor, Bankruptcy Law, University of Maryland, University College, 1993 to 1996
- Seminar Presentor, Bar Association of Montgomery County
- Seminar Presentor, MICPEL
- Seminar Presentor, Bankruptcy Bar Association for the District of Maryland
- Seminar Presentor, Montgomery County Bar Association
Published Works
- Case Note, Midlantic National Bank V. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection University of Baltimore Law Review, Spring, 1987
- "Bankruptcy: A Crumbling Shelter from the Force of Separation Pacts," Maryland Family Law Monthly, July 1993 at 16-17
- "Women Benefit from Changes in the Bankruptcy Law," Women Today, May 1995, at 6
- "A Creditor's Protection Act? The Real Goal of the Bankruptcy Bill is to Prevent Consumers from Filing", Washington Legal Times, January, 27, 2003 at 30
- Understanding the New Semi-Automatic Stay, ABI Journal, Vol. XXV, No. 2, March, 2006
- "The Need to File Proofs of Claims in a Bankruptcy Case", Maryland State Bar Association Newsletter Bar Bulletin, October 15, pages 10 and 17, 2007