June 1999 to present, Doris S. and Theodore B. Lee Professor of Law, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (named the Doris S. and Theodore B. Lee Professor of Law in December 2000).
August 1994 to May 1999, Professor of Law, May 1990 to July 1994, Associate Professor of Law Indiana University--Bloomington
January 1999 to June 1999, Bruce W. Nichols Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
July 1996 to December 1996, Visiting Professor of Law, University of California--Davis
August 1993 to December 1993, Visiting Associate Professor of Law, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Courses taught: Bankruptcy (Both Basic Business Bankruptcy and General Bankruptcy) (3 units); Advanced Bankruptcy (2 units); Contracts (5 and 6 units); Secured Transactions (3 units); Payment Systems (3 units); Sales (including CISG and Leases) (3 units); Commercial Transactions (UCC survey) (4 units); Seminar in Law and Finance (jointly taught with Indiana University School of Business) (2 units); Seminar in Securitization (3 units).
Distinctions:July 1997 to June 2000, Of Counsel, Ancel & Dunlap, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Represented businesses and individuals in reorganizations under chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, and in out-of-court workouts of problem loans.
January 1988 to May 1990, Partner (May 1985 to December 1987, Associate), Sidley & Austin, Los Angeles, California.
Bankruptcy, insolvency and general corporate practice. Insolvency and bankruptcy practice involving debtor, creditor committee and creditor representation, ranging from out-of-court work-outs to court-supervised reorganizations; trial and pre-trial practice involving brief preparation, discovery, presentation of live testimony and oral argument; appellate practice involving preparation of briefs and oral argument. General corporate practice involving corporate counseling. Also served as chair of Los Angeles' office recruiting committee.
May 1983 to April 1985, Associate, Sachs & Phelps, Los Angeles, California.
General corporate practice involving public offerings of debt and equity securities; private placements of limited partnership interests and other equity investments; business acquisitions; antitrust counseling; real estate secured transactions and acquisitions.
October 1981 to April 1983, Associate, Morrison & Foerster, Los Angeles, California.
General commercial finance practice, including all aspects of debt financing, ranging from real and personal property secured loans to letter of credit and construction financing; corporate and real estate loan work-out practice. General corporate practice involving formation of start-up companies and rendering advice to foreign clients with respect to domestic joint ventures and financings.
CLERKSHIP
1980-1981, Law Clerk to the Honorable Anthony M. Kennedy, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
EDUCATION
School of Law, University of California, Davis.
Degree: J.D., May 1980.
Graduated first in class; School of Law Medal; Order of the Coif.
Editor-in-Chief, 1979-1980; Member, 1978-1979; U.C. Davis Law Review.
Moot Court Finalist.
American Jurisprudence Awards: Civil Procedure; Federal Jurisdiction; Wills and Trusts; Business Corporations I and II.
Pitzer College, Claremont, California.
Degree: B.A., June 1977.
Concentrations: Philosophy and Economics.
Departmental honors in philosophy.
Theses (unpublished):
Grice's Recursive Definition of Truth and Wittgenstein's Views on Meaning in the Tractatus Logico Philosophicus and in the Philosophical Investigations (Philosophy).
The Proper Measure of Punitive Damages in Tort Cases (Economics).
College representative, University College exchange program, Oxford University, 1975-1976.
Haynes Foundation Scholar; Logic Tutor, 1974-1977.
PUBLICATIONS
General
Court History and Court Process: The Unconstitutionality of Nevada's Asset Protection Trusts, 2 Nev. L.J. ___ (forthcoming, 2002)
Making and Doing Deals: Contract and Related Law (LexisNexis Publishing, forthcoming 2002) (with David G. Epstein and Lawrence Ponoroff).
Following Zaretsky: Fraudulent Transfers and Unfair Risk, 74 Am. Bankr. L.J. ___ (forthcoming, 2001).
Sorting and Sifting Fact From Fiction: Empirical Research and The Face of Bankruptcy, 74 Am. Bankr. L.J. 145 (2001) (reviewing Teresa A. Sullivan, Elizabeth Warren and Jay Lawrence Westbrook, The Fragile Middle Class: Americans in Debt).
Report of the Deposit Accounts Task Force to the Article 9 Drafting Committee, 54 Consumer Fin. L. Quarterly Rpt. 203 (2000)(with John F. Hilson, Stephen L. Sepinuck and William D. Warren).
Mediation in Bankruptcy, Chapter 12 in Collier on Bankruptcy (15th ed. rev., 2000).
LaSalle and the Little Guy: An Examination of the Ultimate Impact of Bank of America, NT & SA v. 203 North LaSalle Street Partnership, 16 Bankr. Dev. J. 345 (2000).
From Property to Contract and Back: An Examination of Deposit Accounts and Revised Article 9, 74 Chicago-Kent Law Review 963 (1999).
Hope in the Heartland: Chapter 11 Dispositions in Indiana and Southern Illinois, 1990-1996, 50 S.C.L. Rev. 343 (1999).
A View From the Field: Some Observations on the Effect of International Commercial Law Reform Efforts on the Rule of Law, 6 Ind. J. Global L. Stud. 497 (1999).
Bankruptcy, Impeachment and History, 15 Bankr. Dev. J. 253 (1999).
A New Perspective on Unfair Discrimination in Chapter 11, 72 Am. Bankr. L.J. 471 (1998).
Criminal Counseling: Advising Financially-Distressed Clients in Light of the Crime-Fraud Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege, The Professional Lawyer (Symposium Issue 1998).
Changes in Attitudes, Changes in Platitudes: A Short Examination of Non-Uniform Approaches to Business Insolvency, 6 Am. Bankr. Inst. L. Rev. 35 (1998).
Volume 3, Collier Bankruptcy Manual [Revision Editor, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Practice] (3d ed. 1997) (first issued December 1997; revised February 1999).
The Folly of Representing Insolvent Corporations: Examining Lawyer Liability and Ethical Issues Involved in Extending Fiduciary Duties to Creditors, 6 J. Bankr. L. & Practice 403 (1997).
Truth?, 72 Ind. L.J. 1115 (1997) (reviewing Dennis Patterson, Law & Truth).
Confirmation of Plan, Chapter 1129 in Collier on Bankruptcy (Rev. 15th ed. 1996) (first issued December, 1996, last revised December 2000) (204 pages).
Bankruptcy Crimes, Chapter 7 in Collier on Bankruptcy (Rev. 15th ed. 1996) (first issued, September 1993, last revised December 2000) (213 pages).
Power of Court, Chapter 105 in Collier on Bankruptcy (Rev. 15th ed. 1996) (first issued December, 1996; last revised December 1999) (87 pages).
Claims and Interests, Chapter 1111 in Collier on Bankruptcy (Rev. 15th ed. 1996) (first issued December, 1996) (41 pages).
Digital Demons and Lost Lawyers, 48 Fed. Comm. L.J. 545 (1996) (reviewing Ethan Katsh, Law in a Digital World).
Introduction: Report of the Debtor-Creditor Committee of the Indiana State Bar Association Reporting on and Recommending Adoption of the Indiana Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, 28 Ind. L. Rev. 1195 (1995).
Clueless on Classification: Toward Removing Artificial Limits on Chapter 11 Claim Classification, 11 Bankr. Dev. J. 1 (1995).
Bankruptcy Crimes and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, 7 Federal Sentencing Reporter 49 (July/August 1994) (with Leah Lorber).
Conspiracy, Literalism, and Ennui at the Supreme Court: An Examination of Bankruptcy Cases Decided From 1990 to 1993, 41 Federal Bar News & Journal 174 (March/April 1994).
Bankruptcy, Lenity, and the Statutory Interpretation of Cognate Civil and Criminal Statutes, 69 Ind. L. J. 335 (1994).
The Case Against Breakup Fees in Bankruptcy, 66 Am. Bankr. L.J. 349 (1992).
Owners, Auctions and Absolute Priority in Bankruptcy Reorganizations, 44 Stan. L. Rev. 69 (1991).
Toward True and Plain Dealing: A Theory of Fraudulent Transfers Involving Unreasonably Small Capital, 21 Ind. L. Rev. 469 (1988).
Children Take Their Lumps--The Sorry State of Children's Tort Recovery, 12 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 797 (1979).
Electronically-Published
Cardozo's Allegheny College Opinion (published October 15, 1994; currently being distributed by the Legal Information Institute at Cornell and by CALI). A hypertext presentation for first year law students of Allegheny College v. National Chautauqua County Bank, 246 N.Y. 369, 159 N.E. 173 (1927). This project is a Folio infobase containing the principal opinion (written by Chief Judge Benjamin Cardozo) as well as pre-trial pleadings, the trial transcript, the trial exhibits, briefs on appeal, opinions cited to in the main opinion and subsequent commentary. Infobase contains links between statements made in the opinion and arguments and evidence in the briefs and records, and well as critical commentary.
A Hypertext Guide to the Indiana Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (published October 1, 1994). URL: http://www.law.indiana.edu/in/codes/indufta.html. A hypertext presentation of the Indiana Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act with internal links from defined terms to their definition, and from sections to their legislative history.
Big Changes in Stay Exemptions Brewing, a debate with Karen Cordry, of the National Association of Attorneys General, over proposed bankruptcy legislation. URL: http://www.abiworld.org/legis/bills/junmarkell.html, July, 1997. Follow up: A Response to Karen Cordry, American Bankruptcy Institute's Cracking the Code, URL: http://www.abiworld.org/legis/bills/julmarkell-response.html.
The Supreme Court--October 1997 Term, American Bankruptcy Institute's Cracking the Code, October 1997. URL: http://www.abiworld.org/newslet/97octmarkell.html.
Continuing Education and General Service
Lurking Problems in Bankruptcy Reform: Securitization Exclusions, BCD News and Comment, October 10, 2001.
Program Materials, Everything You Wanted to Know About Nevada's Revised Article 9, and Then Some . . . ., continuing education program for the Nevada State Bar, September 27 & 29, 2001.
Program Materials, The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2001 (Almost), Southwestern Bankruptcy Conference, American Bankruptcy Law Institute, Las Vegas, September 7-8, 2001.
Common Law Restrictions on Workouts in the United States with Some Comments on the Changchun Approach, paper prepared for seminar by the University of Hong Kong on State Owned Enterprises in Mainland China, August 24, 2001.
Program Materials, Current Developments in Chapter 11 Law, Sig Beck Advanced Bankruptcy Roundtable, Rising Sun, Indiana, August 17-18, 2001.
Deposit Accounts and Special Consumer Provisions: What's Old is New Again, program materials for Federal Judicial Center program on Revised Article 9, July 17, 2001.
Revised Article 9 of the UCC: It's Here, Nevada Lawyer, June 2001.
The Year of Living Foolishly: An Examination of the Odd Decisions of he Initial Year of Indonesia's Commercial Court, paper delivered at inaugural conference of the International Insolvency Institute, June 11-12, 2001.
Small Relief for Small Business - and a Huge Catch for the Skipper and Gilligan, BCD News and Comment, April 25, 2001.
Program Materials, A Quick Survey of Revised Article 9, program for lawyers and clients of Beckley, Singleton, Jemison, Cobeaga & List, Chtd., Las Vegas, Nevada, December 1, 2000.
Program Materials, Revised Article 9: A Survey, program for the American Bankruptcy Institute's Southwestern Bankruptcy Law Program, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 24, 2000 (with Steven O. Weise).
Program Materials, Everything You Need to Know About Revised Article 9 . . . .And Then Some, program on Revised Article 9 in Nevada for the Nevada State Bar Association, September 14 (Reno) and 15 (Las Vegas), 2000.
Review of the Nevada Supreme Court's Non-Criminal Opinions in 1999, paper delivered to the Nevada State Judicial Conference, Lake Tahoe, May 10-11, 2000.
What Every Superfund Lawyer Should Know About the Dark Side of Finance, teaching materials for use by various regions of the Environmental Protection Agency (Presentations: Region 3, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 3, 2000; Region 8, Denver, Colorado, January 11, 2000; Region 2, New York, New York, November 3, 1999; and Region 5, Chicago, Illinois, December 2, 1998).
Written Testimony, Hearings on Proposed Revisions to the Bankruptcy Code Regarding Pension Assets, United States Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee, Washington D.C., April 13, 2000. (Testimony can be read at: http://www.law.unlv.edu/faculty/bam/markell-testimony-4-13.html).
Program Materials, International Topics in Bankruptcy, American College of Bankruptcy Lawyers Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., March 17-18, 2000.
Program Materials, Review of 1999 Business Bankruptcy Cases, Commercial Law League of America Teleconference, February 23, 2000.
Program Materials, Financial Lawyers' Conference Seminar Weekend, Rancho Las Palmas Resort, Rancho Mirage, California, February 24-27, 2000 (1300 pages).
Program Materials, Federal Judicial Center Video Update on Bankruptcy Developments, Washington, D.C., February 10-11, 2000.
The Insolvency Provisions of the UNCITRAL Model Law on the Assignment of Receivables, paper delivered at a program co-sponsored by the International Bar Association and UNCITRAL, Vienna, Austria, December 6, 1999 (with Richard Broude).
Bankruptcy Reform, presentation to the Tidewater Bankruptcy Bar Association, Norfolk, Virginia, December 4, 1998.
Whither New Value: Bank of America v. 203 North LaSalle Street Partnership, Bankr. Strategist 1 (Nov. 1998).
Bankruptcy Reform, Circa 1998, presentation to the Mid-South Commercial Law Institute, Memphis, Tennessee, November 13, 1998.
The United Nations Receivables Convention: Preview of a Work In Progress, presentation to the annual meeting of Committee J of the International Bar Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, September 17, 1998.
Amicus Curiae Brief in Favor of Respondent, Bank of America v. 203 North LaSalle Street Partnership, No. 97-1498, United States Supreme Court, October Term 1997 (filed August 17, 1998).
Report and Recommendations on the Adoption of a Secured Transactions Law, prepared for the Government of Indonesia, August 24, 1998 (26 pages) (with Kenneth Wynn and Harry Davis).
The Ethics of Counseling Corporate Debtors Outside of Bankruptcy, presentation to the Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Bar Association, June 18, 1998.
Criminal Counseling, presentation to the American Bar Association's Professional Responsibility Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 28, 1998.
An Indiana Lawyer in Indonesia, The Indiana Lawyer 4 (February 4, 1998).
International Sales Contracts, materials created for a seminar conducted at the Department of Finance, Republic of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia, December 15, 1997.
Bankruptcy--A Comparative Examination, paper presented at Seminar dan Lokakarya, Restrukturisasi Organisasi Bisnis Melalui Hukum Kepalitan, University of Diponegoro, Semarang, Republic of Indonesia, December 11, 1997.
Equity Abhors . . . ., program materials for American Bankruptcy Institute's Winter Leadership Conference, Carlsbad, California, December 5, 1997.
Food for Thought: First Year Literary Competitions, The Law Teacher 1 (Spring 1997).
Don't Go Broke Poor: Some Observations on the Ethical Duties of Lawyers Who Represent Insolvent Entities Outside Bankruptcy, program materials for 15th Annual Bankruptcy Conference, The University of Texas School of Law, November 21,1996 (21 pages).
How Not To Conceal a Ferrari, Norton Bankruptcy Law Adviser 9 (April, 1996).
Destinations on the Internet, program materials for Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum program, The INTERNET for Legal Professionals, given December 20, 1995, and March 30, 1996 (15 pages).
Showdown at the Bankruptcy Corral: Is What You Just Did or Are About To Do a Bankruptcy Crime?, program materials for presentation to the Indiana State Bar Association Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights Section Annual Meeting, French Lick, Indiana, October 19,1995 (24 pages).
Destinations on the Internet for Indiana Practitioners, program materials for continuing education program, The Internet for Lawyers, sponsored by Clearwater Information Systems, given September 22, 1995 (27 pages).
Current Topics in Business Bankruptcy, program materials for There's Nothing More Certain Than Bankruptcy and Taxes, continuing education program sponsored by Indiana University--Bloomington and the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, given September 8, 1995 (27 pages).
Destinations on the Internet, program materials for American Bar Association's 9th Annual TechShow '95, given March 31, 1995 (26 pages).
Electronic 'Newsgroups' Keep Discussions Going, The Law Teacher 12 (Spring 1995).
Who is the Client?, program materials for Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum for program given December 1, 1994 (19 pages).
A UFTA Primer, Program materials for Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum for program given September 27, 1994 (update from materials prepared for Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum program given June 26, 1991) (38 pages).
Avoiding the Inadvertent Release of Guarantors and Accommodation Parties Under Revised Article 3 and Coming Attractions: Proposed Changes in Article 9 as They Affect Negotiable Instruments, program materials for Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum for program given June 17, 1994 (24 pages).
Clueless on Classification: A Cursory View of Circuit Court Chapter 11 Classification Cases, Chapter S in materials to accompany a seminar entitled Critical Issues in Chapter 11 Bankruptcies, co-sponsored by the American Bar Association and the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, May 26-27, 1994.
Technology Roundtable: Humanities, Research & Creative Activity 13 (September 1994) (transcript of session on use of technology in the humanities curriculum).
Eighth Circuit Ruling "Sad" News for Single Asset Cases, Norton Bankruptcy Law Adviser 1 (December 1993).
The Supreme Court Report, periodic column in Bankruptcy Briefs, official publication of the Federal Bar Association's Bankruptcy Law Section, 1991-93.
Recent Developments in Fraudulent Transfers, Program materials for Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum for program given February 20, 1992 (37 pages).
Can Cure Be Worse Than the Malady?: Entz-White, Southeast and Post-Default Rates of Interest, Business Law News, Spring, 1990.
Use, Sale and Reorganization of Real Property in Bankruptcy, pages 101-46 of Program Materials for California Continuing Education of the Bar Program: Bankruptcies Involving Distressed Real Property, May/June 1989.
With J.R. Trost, Equity Participation in Plans of Reorganization Confirmed Under "Cram Down" Powers, reprinted as part of ALI/ABA, Chapter 11 Business Reorganizations, September 1988 and May 1989.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
The One Hundred Most Frequently Asked Questions About Bankruptcy and Commercial Law, under contract with the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association; scheduled to be published 2002.
The New Bankruptcy Law: Teaching Materials, casebook under contract with West Publishing, to be co-authored with David Epstein (University of Alabama), Steve Nickels (Wake Forest Univerity), David Lander (St. Louis, MO), Sarah Borders (Atlanta, GA), Elizabeth Perris (Bankruptcy Judge, D. Ore) and Eugene Wedoff (Bankruptcy Judge, N.D. Ill.); scheduled to be published in 2002.
Securitization: Materials and Cases, casebook under contract with Lexis Law Publishing to be co-authored with Steven Schwarcz (Duke University) and Lissa Broome (University of North Carolina); scheduled to be published in 2003.
SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Memberships:
American College of Bankruptcy (elected as fellow in 2000).
International Insolvency Institute (elected as member 2000).
National Bankruptcy Conference (elected as conferee in 1999; serve on Executive Committee commencing 2001).
American Law Institute (elected 1997). Member Consultative Groups: Transnational Insolvency Project; Revision of Article 9 Project (Member, Deposit Account Task Force); Restitution; International Secured Transactions Project.
American Bar Association (Active Committees: Uniform Commercial Code; Business Bankruptcies; and Bankruptcy Crimes).
International Bar Association (Active Committee: Committee J (International Insolvency matters)).
The State Bar of California (served on Uniform Commercial Code Committee of the Business Law Section of The State Bar of California, 1987-1990).
Activities:
List Manager, Bankr-UNLV, an Internet discussion group on bankruptcy issues, August 2001 to present (continuation of Bankrlaw, hosted from April 1995 to August 2001).
Adviser, Advisory Committee on Federal Bankruptcy Rules of Procedure, 2001-present.
Presenter, Everything You Wanted to Know About Nevada's Revised Article 9, and Then Some . . . ., continuing education program for the Nevada State Bar, September 27 & 29, 2001.
Panelist and Presenter, The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2001 (Almost), Southwestern Bankruptcy Conference, American Bankruptcy Law Institute, Las Vegas, September 7-8, 2001.
Panelist, Current Developments in Chapter 11 Law, Sig Beck Advanced Bankruptcy Roundtable, Rising Sun, Indiana, August 17-18, 2001.
Panelist, Federal Judicial Center video program on Revised Article 9, July 17, 2001.
Chair, session on international law reform, inaugural conference of the International Insolvency Institute, New York City, June 11-12, 2001.
Presenter, A Quick Survey of Revised Article 9, program for lawyers and clients of Beckley, Singleton, Jemison, Cobeaga & List, Chtd., Las Vegas, Nevada, December 1, 2000.
Speaker, The Undersecured Creditor: Back Seat, Rumble Seat or Driver's Seat?, program for the Financial Lawyers' Conference, Los Angeles, California, October 5, 2000.
Speaker, Revised Article 9: A Survey, program for the American Bankruptcy Institute's Southwestern Bankruptcy Law Program, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 24, 2000.
Speaker, Current Update on Bankruptcy Reform, Northern Nevada Association of Bankruptcy Attorneys, Reno, Nevada, September 14, 2000.
Speaker, Everything You Need to Know About Revised Article 9 . . . .And Then Some, program on Revised Article 9 in Nevada for the Nevada State Bar Association, September 14 (Reno) and 15 (Las Vegas), 2000.
Speaker, What Every Superfund Lawyer Should Know About the Dark Side of Finance, program prepared for the Environmental Protection Agency (Presentations: Region 3, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 3, 2000; Region 8, Denver, Colorado, January 11, 2000; Region 2, New York, New York, November 3, 1999; and Region 5, Chicago, Illinois, December 2, 1998).
Speaker, Champerty and the Bankruptcy Code, Northern Nevada Association of Bankruptcy Attorneys, Reno, Nevada, July 13, 2000.
Speaker, The New Casebook: A Preview, Annual Meeting, CALI, Chicago, Illinois, June 22, 2000.
Speaker, Review of the Nevada Supreme Court's Non-Criminal Opinions in 1999, State Judicial Conference, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, May 10-11, 2000.
Witness, Hearings on Proposed Revisions to the Bankruptcy Code, United States Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee, Washington D.C., April 13, 2000.
Speaker, The Ups and Downs of Insider Guaranties, Business Law Section Mid-Year Meeting, Columbus, Ohio, March 24, 2000.
Panelist, International Topics in Bankruptcy, American College of Bankruptcy Lawyers Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., March 17-18, 2000.
Guest Moderator, Financial Lawyers Conference Seminar Weekend, Rancho Las Palmas Resort, Rancho Mirage, California, February 24-27, 2000.
Presenter, Review of 1999 Business Bankruptcy Cases, Commercial Law League of America Teleconference, February 23, 2000.
Panelist, Federal Judicial Center Video Update on Bankruptcy Developments, Washington, D.C., February 10-11, 2000.
Official Observer, International Bar Association (Committee J), UNCITRAL's working group on insolvency practices, Vienna, Austria, December 7-17, 1999.
Presenter, The Insolvency Provisions of the UNCITRAL Model Law on the Assignment of Receivables, program co-sponsored by the International Bar Association and UNCITRAL, Vienna, Austria, December 6, 1999.
Speaker on Current Legislative Developments, Tidewater Bankruptcy Bar Association, Norfolk, Virginia, December 2, 1999.
Panelist, The Impact of LaSalle, at the University of Texas' 18th Annual Bankruptcy Education Program, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, November 18-19, 1999.
Panelist, Securitization in Bankruptcy, National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, San Francisco, California, October 7, 1999.
Presenter, LaSalle and the Little Guy, Emory University School of Law Speakers' Series, Atlanta, Georgia, September 25, 1999.
Co-Discussion Leader, Sig Beck Bankruptcy Roundtable, Culver Cove, Indiana, August 19-21, 1999.
Adviser, Bankruptcy and Secured Transactions Law, Economic Law and Improved Procurement Systems (ELIPS Project), December 7-17, 1997, July 24-August 2, 1998, and July 23-August 2, 1999, Republic of Indonesia.
Representative of International Bar Association and its Committee J to UNCITRAL's international assignment in receivables financing project, January 1997 to present. Have attended working sessions of International Contract Practices Group on October 20-31, 1997 (Vienna, Austria); March 2-13, 1998 (New York, New York); October 5-16, 1998 (Vienna, Austria); and March 1-12, 1999 (New York, New York).
Moderator, Ethical Issues Representing Insolvent Businesses Outside of Bankruptcy: Nightmare, Folly or What?, Financial Lawyers Conference, Los Angeles, California, February 4, 1999.
Presenter, The Rule of Law and International Commercial Law Reform, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, January 27, 1999.
Chair, American Association of Law Schools Debtor-Creditor Committee, 1998.
Reporter, Task Force on Revision of Indiana Exemption Laws, Indiana State Bar Creditor and Bankruptcy Law Committee, 1998 to 1999.
Moderator, Annual Bankruptcy Institute, Indiana Continuing Legal Education of Forum program, December 10-11, 1998.
Presenter, The Cost of Contracting: Using Finance Theory and Fraudulent Transfer to Calculate Real Consideration, paper presented at Vanderbilt University School of Law, Memphis, Tennessee, November 11, 1998.
Invited Scholar, 72nd Annual Convention of the National Association of Bankruptcy Judges, Dallas, Texas, October 22-25, 1998.
Panelist, Conflicts of Interest Issues and Bankruptcy, American Bar Association's Business Law Section Professional Responsibility Section, Dallas, Texas, October 23, 1998.
Co-Discussion Leader, Sig Beck Advanced Bankruptcy Roundtable, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum program, August 21-22, 1998.
Evaluator and Instructor, Trial Practice Seminar, Indiana Attorney General's Office Training, Spring Mill State Park, Mitchell, Indiana, August 18-19, 1998.
Co-Moderator, UCC/Commercial Finance Discussion Group, Counsel Connect, August, 1995 to 1998.
Co-Discussion Leader, Sig Beck Advanced Bankruptcy Roundtable, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum program, August 15-16, 1997.
Witness, National Bankruptcy Review Commission, on subject of Section 105 and Section 362(b), Detroit, Michigan, June 20, 1997.
Presenter (Ethical Issues in Non-Bankruptcy Insolvency Practice) and Panelist (Asset Sales in Bankruptcy), 15th Annual Bankruptcy Conference, The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, November 21-22, 1996.
Panelist, Regulatory and Reporting Roadblocks to Problem Loan Workouts, Bar Association of San Francisco Continuing Education Program, August 13, 1996
Panelist, The Internet for Legal Professionals, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Program, December 20, 1995 and March 30, 1996.
Invited Scholar, 69th Annual Convention of the National Association of Bankruptcy Judges, New Orleans, October 29-November 1, 1995.
Coordinator, Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington Home Page. URL: http://www.law.indiana.edu. (January 1995 to November 1995). Responsible for look and content of law school's Internet presence. Maintained the entry for "Law" in the WWW Virtual Library. In conjunction with the Indiana Supreme Court, designed, developed and implemented publication, in hypertext form, of all Indiana Supreme Court and Appellate Court opinions on the Internet.
Panelist, The Internet for Lawyers, continuing education program given September 22, 1995 and sponsored by Clearwater Information Systems.
Speaker, Showdown at the Bankruptcy Corral: Is What You Just Did or Are About To Do a Bankruptcy Crime?, presentation to the Indiana State Bar Association Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights Section Annual Meeting, French Lick, Indiana, October 19,1995.
Co-Moderator and Panelist, There's Nothing More Certain Than Bankruptcy and Taxes, continuing education program sponsored by Indiana University--Bloomington and the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, given September 8, 1995
Co-Discussion Leader, Sixth Annual Sigmund J. Beck Bankruptcy Roundtable, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum program, August 18-19, 1995.
Speaker, Fifth Annual Conference for Law School Computing Professionals, Chicago, June 10, 1995 (plenary session). Topic: Unasked Questions: Convergence and Clash with Computers in Legal Education (summary at: http://www.cali.org/lsadler/calipg.html) (with LoriLee Sadler).
Invited Speaker, American Bar Association's Ninth Annual TechShow '95, given March 31, 1995.
Invited Moderator, The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994: An Electronic Roundtable, Lexis Counsel Connect, January, 1995.
Invited Moderator, The Orange County Disaster: A Electronic Roundtable, Lexis Counsel Connect, December 1994.
Panelist, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum program on Representing a Business 101, December 1, 1994.
Invited Participant, Law in a Digital World: A Conference in Cyberspace, October 3-21, 1994 (sponsored by West Publishing and moderated by Ethan Katsh).
Co-Discussion Leader, Fifth Annual Sigmund J. Beck Bankruptcy Roundtable, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum program, August 19-20, 1994.
Co-Chair, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum program on Indiana's New Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, September 29, 1994.
Invited Participant, Legal Information Institute Hypertext Workshop, Cornell University School of Law, June 20-24, 1994.
Panelist, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum program on The Nuts and Bolts of Checks, Notes and Bank Deposits, June, 1994.
Panelist, Critical Issues in Chapter 11, seminar co-sponsored by the American Bar Association and the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, May, 1994.
Invited Participant, Interdisciplinary Conference on Bankruptcy and Insolvency Theory, Washington University, St. Louis, February 1994.
Invited Participant, UCC Article 9 Invitational Conference, Sponsored by the American Law Institute--American Bar Association, New York, May, 1993.
Discussant, Panel on Domestic Law Reforms, The Globalization of Law, Politics and Markets: Implications for Domestic Law Reform, Indiana University School of Law, March, 1993.
Reporter for the Debtor-Creditor Committee of the Indiana State Bar for its recommendation that Indiana adopt the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, 1991-1993.
Panelist, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum program on The Evolving Commercial Law in Indiana, February, 1992.
Panelist, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum program on Fraudulent Conveyances in Indiana, June, 1991.
Panelist, California Continuing Education of the Bar Advanced Real Property Program: Bankruptcies Involving Distressed Real Property, May/June 1989.
Speaker, Beverly Hills Bar Association, Fraudulent Transfers and California Real Property Law, July, 1989.
Panelist, California Continuing Education of the Bar Basic Bankruptcy Program: Fundamentals of Bankruptcy Practice, August/September, 1989.