Attorney at Law
My practices primarily focuses is representing business bankruptcy estates – both Chapter 7 trustees and Chapter 11 debtors-in-possession. I specialize in the representation of small to mid-size closely-held companies, but have also been involved in large, complex bankruptcy cases. I often represent individual owners of large companies that are in bankruptcy. Some of the larger cases I've been involved in include In re Action Auto Rental, Inc., In re Hough Bakeries, Inc. and In re Geo. Worthington, Inc. where we represented the Debtor-in-Possession or the Trustee, and In re Commissary Operations, Inc., In re Arctic Express, Inc. and Republic Engineered Products LLC, where we represented creditors, and In re Regional Diagnostics LLC where we acted as special counsel to the Liquidating Trustee...
I have been practicing bankruptcy and financial restructuring law for over 35 years. After graduating from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law cum laude in 1985 I began my legal career as a law clerk to the Hon. John F. Ray, Jr. Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Ohio Bankruptcy Court..... READ MORE