Hon. Jim D. Pappas, retired United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Idaho, was honored with the Award of Legal Merit by the Faculty of the College of Law. This Award recognizes the outstanding contribution of an Idaho Law graduate whose career exemplifies the best in the legal profession.
Samir Parikh’ s new articles, The Alchemist’ s Inversion and Mass-Tort Trusts and the Faustian Bargain will be published by Cornell Law Review in Fall 2025. His new essay, Crossing the Rubicon: Assembling a Litigation Colossus in Mass Torts will be published this summer by the University of Michigan Law Review Online. NYU Law Review recently selected Samir to be the lead organizer for its 2026 symposium on litigation finance and aggregate litigation.
Edward J. Peterson III joins Berger Singerman as a partner.
Mark J. Roe published Bankruptcy’ s Turn to Market Value, 92 U. Chi. L. Rev. 285( 2025), and Absolute Priority, Relative Priority, and Valuation Uncertainty in Bankruptcy, 173 U. Pa. L. Rev. 389( 2025), each with Michael Simkovic as coauthor.
Steven L. Schwarcz recently published Physics Informs Law: Analyzing Legal Issues that Turn on the Scale of Observation, 85 Ohio State Law Journal 593( 2025)( available here). He also has these shortly forthcoming articles forthcoming in the American Bankruptcy Law Journal: The Legal Anomaly of Non-Recourse Financing( available here), which examines section 1111( b)( 1) and the non-recourse to recourse debt conversion and Bankruptcy’ s Redistributive Policies: Net Value or a‘ Zero- Sum Game’?( available here).
George H. Singer updated a chapter for the LEXIS Practical Guide entitled“ Pay-to- Play Doctrine in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Sales” and also published an article that was featured in The American Bankruptcy Institute Law Journal entitled“ Tax and You Shall Receive: How the Federal Priority Statute Can Upset Receiver and Lender Expectations.”
Hon. Deborah L. Thorne received the Judge Ilana Rovner Lifetime Achievement Award on May 8 at the Illinois Jewish Judges Annual Dinner. In March, she also received the Elkhart Community Schools Alumni Award.
David Wender has assumed the role of Practice Group Leader for Eversheds Sutherland’ s US Finance practice.
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