Bar Admissions
- State of Michigan
- District Court—Eastern District of Michigan
- District Court—Western District of Michigan
- Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit Court
Practice Areas
- Bankruptcy and Insolvency
- Business Consulting
- Business Litigation
- Construction Law
- Real Estate Law
Member
- State Bar of Michigan (Real Property Section)
- Federal Bar Association
- American Bar Association (Construction Law & Litigation Sections)
- Consumer Bankruptcy Association
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- Committee to Draft Local Bankruptcy Rules for the Eastern District of Michigan: “ECF”
- Michigan Super Lawyers & Rising Stars 2008-2015 (More Information)
- The Federalist Society
- Selected To Super Lawyers: 2020 – 2021
Seminars
- September 29, 2009 – Sterling Educational Services “Collection Techniques and Evaluating the Collection Claim”
- April 27, 2010 – Washtenaw Bar Association, “Avoiding Land Mines in Bankruptcy”
- May 24, 2010 – National Business Institute “The basics of Chapter 7 Bankruptcy”
- September 6, 2011 – Sterling Educational Services “Evaluating the Collection Claim”
- August 21, 2013 – National Business Institute “What a Trustee is looking for in your filing”
- December 8, 2015 – Sterling Education Services “How Bankruptcy Law Affects Landlords and Tenants”
- December 6, 2016 – Sterling Education Services “Evictions: When the Agreement Ends…For Better or Worse”
Published Decisions
- In re Colvin, 288 B.R. 477 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 2003)
- In re Vinson, 337 B.R. 147 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 2006)
- Vinson v Dakmak, 347 B.R. 620 (E.D. Mich. 2006)
- In re Araj, 371 B.R. 240 (E.D. Mich. 2007).
- In re Melhouse, 469 B.R. 694(E.D. Mich. 2012)
- Miller v. Short (In re Short), 625 B.R. 678, 680 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 2021)
- In re Wylie, No. 20-49216, 2021 Bankr. LEXIS 1479, at *1 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. May 28, 2021)
- Wylie v. Wylie (In re Wylie), 2023 Bankr. LEXIS 1038, at *1 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. Apr. 17, 2023)
Education
- Eastern Michigan University (B.S., cum laude, Economics, 1997)
- Wayne State University (J.D., 2000).
- Intern: Honorable Ray Reynolds Graves [Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan]
- Intern: Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office
Published Articles
- Force Majeure, Commercial Leases, and COVID-19 (michbar.org, Dec 2020)