John Turner Donelan

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Experienced Bankruptcy, Litigation and Estates LawyerAreas of practice

• Bankruptcy law
• Civil litigation
• Business law
• Trusts and estates

Admitted to practice

• Virginia, 1978
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, 1981
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Virginia
• U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1984
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1985

Awards and honors

• AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®

Education

• George Mason University School of Law, J.D., 1978
• Columbia University, 1973

Professional memberships

• Virginia State Bar Association
  Bankruptcy Section
  Trust and Estates Section
• Alexandria Bar Association
• Northern Virginia Bankruptcy Bar Association
• Master of the Bench, Walter Chandler American Inn of Court (Bankruptcy), Washington Metropolitan Area

Reported cases

John T. Donelan has prosecuted and defended multiple appeals before the U.S. District Court and the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. Reported cases include:

• In re: Wei Tu Reasonover, U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit, Case No. 99-2534
• In re: Jeffery Cooper, Civil Action No. 1-05cv918-A

Biography

• Born in New York, New York
• Master of the Bench, Walter Chandler American Inn of Court (Bankruptcy), Washington Metropolitan Area
• Instructor for a number of Continuing Legal Education seminars on miscellaneous bankruptcy topics