Thomas D. DeCarlo

Thomas D. DeCarlo, Esq.
248.663.1803
tdd@osbig.com

Bar Admissions

  • State of Michigan
  • United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
  • United States District Court, Western District of Michigan
  • United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Michigan
  • United States Circuit Court of Appeals – Sixth Circuit

Practice Areas

  • Bankruptcy and Insolvency
  • Business Litigation
  • Construction Litigation

Member

  • State Bar of Michigan
  • Consumer Bankruptcy Association – Eastern District of Michigan
  • Federal Bar Association – Western District of Michigan
  • American Bankruptcy Institute
  • Academy – National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees

Seminars

  • Steven W. Rhodes Consumer Bankruptcy conference – Case law Update
  • Federal Bar Association – Western District of Michigan – Case Law Update
  • Credit Education coalition, Columbus Ohio – Case Law Update
  • American Bankruptcy Institute Central States Conference
  • National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges – 2012

Published Decisions

  • In re Parmenter, 527 F.3d 606 (6th Cir. 2008)
  • In re Kahn, 2014 WL 3529445 (E.D. Mi. 2014)
  • Penfound v. Ruskin, 609 BR 602 (E.D. Mi. 2019)
  • In re Blackshear, 531 BR 711 (E.D. Mi. 2015)
  • Rebel Enterprises, Inc. v. Palm Beach County Sheriff, 299 F.3d 1261 (11th Cir. 2002)
  • In re Callahan, 251 BR 170 (Bankr. S.D. Fl. 2000)

Education

  • University of Michigan – B.G.S. 1981
  • Stetson University College of Law – J.D. 1984, Magna Cum Laude, Editor-in-Chief, Stetson Law Review Vol. 13

Published Articles

  • It’s Time to Fix the Forms: Unemployment Compensation is Not a Benefit Under the Social Security Act – ABI Journal, November, 2013
  • Absolute Right to Dismiss? Sixth Circuit Says “Yes” – National Association of Chapter 13 Trustee’s Academy, August 8, 2021
  • Annulment of the Automatic Stay: A Concept Whose Time Has Come – And Gone – National Association of Chapter 13 Trustee’s Academy, June 21, 2020
  • Forced Vesting by Any Other Name – just Might Work – National Association of Chapter 13 Trustee’s Academy, September 29, 2019
  • Yet Another Arrow in the Quiver of the “Less Than Honest Debtor”? – National Association of Chapter 13 Trustee’s Academy, January 6, 2019
  • Discharged or Not: Post-Petition Interest on Pre-Petition Priority Taxes – National Association of Chapter 13 Trustee’s Academy, August 5, 2018
  • Notice: Pitfalls and Perils of Rule 7004(h) – National Association of Chapter 13 Trustee’s Academy, August 26, 2018
  • Social Security and Chapter 13 – Can’t We All Just Get Along? – National Association of Chapter 13 Trustee’s Academy, June 10, 2018
  • “Cure and maintain” in Chapter 20? Not in Canton, You Don’t! – National Association of Chapter 13 Trustee’s Academy, January 21, 2018
  • Sorry Folks, There is no “Riding Through” This Town – National Association of Chapter 13 Trustee’s Academy, December 31, 2017
  • Undisclosed Assets, Voluntary Dismissal, and Section 349 – Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave – National Association of Chapter 13 Trustee’s Academy, September 24, 2017
  • “I Surrender” (or Maybe not) – the Impact of “Surrender” in Post-Discharge Foreclosure Proceedings – National Association of Chapter 13 Trustee’s Academy, November 6, 2016
  • Hatfield v. Husky – Why Debtors (and Their Counsel) Should be Very Afraid of Husky – National Association of Chapter 13 Trustee’s Academy, September 18, 2016
  • Critical Case Comment – In re Bateson – National Association of Chapter 13 Trustee’s Academy, August 14, 2016
  • Another Arrow in the Quiver of the “Less Than Honest Debtor”? – National Association of Chapter 13 Trustee’s Academy, July 31, 2016
  • Voluntary Retirement Contributions and Calculation of Disposable Income – National Association of Chapter 13 Trustee’s Academy, January 17, 2016

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