Focus on Fellows
We invite all Fellows to submit information about awards , news , and / or recent publications . Member highlights will be published on a bi-monthly basis to all Fellows through email or the College Columns as appropriate . If you have news about yourself or a colleague , please send announcements to Michelle Foster , ACB Communications Director , at focus @ amercol . org .
Michael St . Patrick Baxter gave an address at his alma mater , Western University , in London , Canada , on March 16 , 2023 , entitled “ From Windsor to Washington : How a Western Student From Essex County Made His Way to Partnership in an Elite American Law Firm .”
Douglas C . Bernstein was recently named to the Michigan Lawyers Weekly Hall of Fame Class of 2023 .
J . Scott Bovitz is a musician . Along with his virtual band members , Bovitz has composed , or performed , or mixed and mastered 648 original songs ( bovitz . com ). The American Bar Association recently licensed one of Bovitz ’ songs for the ABA ’ s popular podcast , “ Bad Boys in Bankruptcy .” As you might expect , Bovitz ’ business card is a guitar pick with “ bovitz . com ” printed on the side .
Toby Gerber , Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP , co-authored the bankruptcy chapter in The Trial Lawyer ’ s Guide to the Attorney- Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine ( American Bar Association 2023 ) “ Litigating Attorney-Client Privileges Under the United States Bankruptcy Code and the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure .” Gerber co-authored the chapter with his daughter Jane Gerber , an associate at McDermott Will & Emery .
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Marie-Ann Greenberg , Esq . is the Chapter 13 Standing Trustee in the Newark Vicinage of the District of New Jersey . She is the 2023 Co-Chair of the William H . Gindin Bankruptcy Bench Bar Conference .
Paul Heath , a domestic and international mediator and arbitrator , has recently assisted as a faculty member for judicial symposiums organised by the World Bank in Mauritius , India , Laos and ( upcoming ) China . Heath is also co-convenor of the INSOL International ADR Colloquium , currently finalising a programme as part of INSOL ’ s conference in Tokyo in September . In addition , Heath has recently co-presented a seminar on Arbitration and Insolvency for the Singapore International Arbitration Academy and will be part of a panel addressing the same topic at the Hong Kong Arbitration Week .
Hon . Corali Lopez-Castro was sworn in as a bankrutpcy judge for the Southern District of Floria on May 30 , 2023 .
Professor Samir Parikh ’ s new article , Financial Disequilibrium , explores the often-times ruthless world of distressed debt investing and is forthcoming in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review . Further , his new essay , Opaque Capital Invades Mass Torts , spotlights how litigation finance companies are distorting resolution in mass tort bankruptcies and is