
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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