Bankruptcy Law Expert Witnesses

This highly-qualified expert in bankruptcy law has over 15 years of experience in his field, with extensive experience in myriad commercial law matters, including bankruptcy, contract disputes, commercial loans, financial restructuring, fiduciary duties, fraudulent transfer law, corporate responsibility, leveraged buyouts, and securities. He earned his BA in business administration from the University of Miami and his JD from the University of Michigan Law School. He is active in his field with 8 peer-reviewed journal articles published with a focus on corporate bankruptcy. In addition, his recent publications have been recognized by the Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Roundtable and have appeared in the University of Connecticut Law Review, the University of Cincinnati Law Review, and the American Bankruptcy Law Journal. Before joining academia, he practiced complex financial restructuring at Latham & Watkins and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy in Los Angeles and Baker Botts in Houston. While in private practice, he participated in cases involving Lehman Brothers and Trump Hotel & Casino Resorts. He then transitioned to academia, serving as an associate professor of law at Lewis & Clark Law School. During the 2018-2019 academic year, this expert was a Fulbright Schuman Scholar and served as a visiting professor at the University of Oxford Law School. Currently, he is a professor of law and the co-director of the Center for Business Law & Innovation at a law school in Oregon, as well as the editor-in-chief for a major law publication.

This expert practiced bankruptcy and commercial law for 18 years between careers in academia. After his initial years of professional practice, he accepted a tenured position at Widener Law School in Delaware. He was appointed to the US Department of Justice by Ronald Reagan. He then returned to private practice. He limited his practice to Chapter 11s including service as conflicts counsel involving major related bankruptcies. His publications deal with topics related to bankruptcy, civil rights, and constitutional law. Over the course of his career, he has also participated in several US Supreme Court amicus briefs dealing with bankruptcy issues.

Prior to her academic career, this expert worked as an attorney for the Internal Revenue Service for nearly 15 years. While with the IRS, she tried 50 cases before the United States Tax Court, dealing with issues including fraud, business deductions, mergers and acquisitions, TEFRA partnerships, corporate expenses, and exempt organizations. She earned her JD at DePaul University and currently teaches law at Prestigious University. This expert was a Fulbright Professor of Law for the 2007-2008 academic year in Beijing, China and a Fulbright Distinguished Chair Professor of Law in Shanghai, China for the 2014-2015 academic year.