Education
- Columbia Law School, J.D., 2003, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; associate editor, Columbia Law Review
- Harvard College, A.B., magna cum laude, 1996, literature
Bar Admissions
- Michigan
- New York
- New Jersey
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
Languages
- Hebrew (intermediate)
- Panelist, “Cryptocurrency – Crisis and Opportunity,” M&A Advisor 2024 Distressed Investing Summit, March 19, 2024.
- Moderator, “Insolvency Tech Talk: An Exploration into Digital Trends,” INSOL International Cartagena Seminar, March 12, 2024.
- Speaker, “Navigating the Unique Challenges of Healthcare Insolvencies,” Strafford, December 5, 2023.
- Panelist, “Ethical Issues & Cybersecurity,” 22nd Annual Advanced Restructuring & Plan of Reorganization Conference, November 13, 2023.
- Panelist, ““If In Doubt, Paddle Out” – A Practitioners’ Guide to Riding the Crypto-restructuring Wave,” INSOL International Bermuda Seminar, June 1, 2023.
- Panelist, “Cryptocurrency. Is There a Future?,” Turnaround Management Association, March 30, 2023.
- Panelist, “Tales from the Crypto: How Scary Is It Going to Get?,” American Bankruptcy Institute Bankruptcy Battleground West, March 27, 2023.
- Panelist, “Cleaning up the CeFi Mess: The Budding Market for Distressed Crypto Assets,” Consensus by CoinDesk, April 26, 2023.
- Panelist, “Navigating the Unique Challenges of Healthcare Insolvencies,” Strafford Publications, Inc., December 1, 2020.
- Panelist, “Considerations in Acquisitions of US Distressed Entities by Foreign Entities,” Expert Webcast, June 2020.
- Panelist, “Hospital and Healthcare Provider Bankruptcies: Navigating Restructuring Options in the Age of COVID-19,” Strafford Publications, Inc., June 2020.
- Panelist, “Restructuring Options for Troubled Middle Market Companies in the COVID-19 Crisis,” Expert Webcast, May 2020.
- Panelist, “Small Businesses and Subchapter V and the CARES Act,” Virginia State Bar Association, May 2020.
- Co-author, “The GENIUS Act: What Is It and What’s Next?,” Troutman Pepper Locke, June 24, 2025.
- Co-author, “Digital Asset Regulation and The CLARITY Act of 2025,” Troutman Pepper Locke, June 9, 2025.
- Co-author, “Navigating Change: First 100 Days Under the Trump Administration,” 2025 Digital Asset Developments, May 28, 2025.
- Author, “Fifth Circuit Ruling Alters Uptier Transaction Landscape,” Troutman Pepper Locke, January 3, 2025.
- Co-author, “Fla. Bankruptcy Ruling Is Cautionary Tale for Debt Collectors,” Law360, March 7, 2024.
- Co-author, “CFPB Amicus Brief Supports FDCPA Claim for Unknowing Stay Violation,” insideARM, February 6, 2024.
- Author and Presenter, “Breaking Tackles: ‘Free and Clear’; Deals Via Section 363,” Winning the Game of Distressed M&A: The Playbook, April 24, 2023.
- Co-author, “High Court Bankruptcy Ruling Is a Warning to Joint Obligors,” Law360, March 24, 2023.
- Author and Presenter, “Maximizing Performance: Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases,” Winning the Game of Distressed M&A: The Playbook, February 16, 2023.
- Author, “9th Circ. Ruling Clarifies Homestead Exemption Ambiguities,” Law360, January 30, 2023.
- Co-author, “Prosecutors and Regulators Announce Criminal Charges and Civil Enforcement Actions Against Sam Bankman-Fried Following FTX Collapse,” Troutman Pepper, December 16, 2022.
- Co-author, “Winning the Game of Distressed M&A: The Playbook,” Troutman Pepper, November 29, 2022.
- Co-author, “SEC Scores Victory in Ongoing Effort to Classify Cryptocurrencies as Securities,” Troutman Pepper, November 17, 2022.
- Author, “Defense Strategies for Depositors in Crypto Ch. 11 Litigation,” Law360, August 22, 2022.
- Co-author, “Whose Crypto Is It, Anyway?” Troutman Pepper, August 3, 2022.
- Author, “Litigating Bankruptcy Preferences When Nothing Is Ordinary,” The Review of Banking & Financial Services, December 2021.
- Co-author, “Bankruptcy Asset Sales: Benefits and Challenges in the Age of COVID-19,” The Review of Banking & Financial Services, June 2020.
- Co-author, “Bankruptcy Asset Sales During COVID-19 Crisis,” Bankruptcy Strategist, May 2020.
- Co-author, “Chapter 11 Debtors Clash With SBA Over PPP Eligibility,” Troutman Pepper COVID-19 Resource Center, May 2020.
- Co-author, “Bankruptcy Asset Sales: A Primer,” Troutman Pepper COVID-19 Resource Center, April 2020.
- Co-author, “Restructuring in the Time of Coronavirus,” Troutman Pepper COVID-19 Resource Center, March 2020.
- Quoted, “GENIUS Act Bankruptcy Changes Give Holders Top Recovery Priority,” Bloomberg Law, July 21, 2025.
- Quoted, “US Republicans Declare ‘Crypto Week’ to Mull 3 Crypto Bills,” Cointelegraph, July 4, 2025.
- Quoted, “LME Season Stays Open After Serta Ruling,” Debtwire, January 13, 2025.
- Quoted, “Rite Aid, Asbestos Cases Hinge on Supreme Court Purdue Ruling,” Bloomberg Law, December 5, 2023.
- Quoted, “CeFi’s Transparency Problem: How 2022 Lifted the Curtain,” Fintech Nexus News, April 26, 2023.
- Quoted, “Bahamas Regulator Holds FTX Assets Pending Delivery to Customers, Creditors,” Reuters, December 30, 2022.
- Quoted, “Bankruptcy Lawyers Are Bootstrapping Their Way Into Crypto Cases,” Bloomberg Law, December 15, 2022.
- Quoted, “Madoff, MF Global Offer Guidance as FTX Faces CFTC in Bankruptcy,” Bloomberg Law, December 15, 2022.
- Interviewed, “BlockFi Bankruptcy Part of Crypto “Crisis of Confidence”,” Reuters, November 28, 2022.
- Interviewed, “Crypto Bankruptcies: Whose Money Is It?,” Reuters, August 25, 2022.
- Quoted, “Crypto Reddit Mobilizes After Being Pummeled by Bankruptcies,” Bloomberg, August 13, 2022.