Experience

Rating: 9.3 (Superb)

Honors

2008

Avvo Top Bankruptcy/Debt Lawyer, Washington CEO Magazine

2007

Certified as Business Bankruptcy Specialist, American Bankruptcy Board of Certification

2007

Washington's Super Lawyers,

1998

Commendation Letter, Attorney Gerneral Reno

1974

American Jurisprudence Award, Bancroft Whitney

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Work Experience

2002 - Present

Partner, Crocker Kuno Ostrovsky

2003 - 2005

Fee Review, Enron Bankruptcy Fee Committee

1995 - 2001

United States Trustee, Region 18 (WA, OR, ID, MT, AK), US Dept of Justice

1992 - 1995

Of Counsel, Perkin Coie

1986 - 1992

Partner, Bogle & Gates

1979 - 1986

Partner, Campbell, Ostrovsky & Thwaites

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Associations

2005 - Present

American Bar Association, Business Section

Member

2003 - Present

King County Bar Association

Member

2000 - Present

CENTS

Board Member

1995 - Present

Federal Bar Association (Western District of Washington chapter)

Member

1987 - Present

Washington State Bar Association

Member

1986 - Present

American Bankruptcy Institute

Member

1977 - Present

Alaska Bar Association

Member (inactive)

1975 - Present

Ohio State Bar Association

Member

2002 - 2003

Northwest Bankruptcy Institute

Chair

2000 - 2003

Washington State Bar Association

Creditor Debtor Section Executive Committee

2000 - 2002

Northwest Bankruptcy Institute

Board Member

1998 - 2000

1995 - 2001

Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference

UST

1995 - 2001

Washington Law Enforcement Executives Forum

Member

1983 - 1987

Alaska Bar Association

Bar Examiner

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Education

1975

Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

JD cum laude- Juris Doctor

1971

Kenyon College

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Speaking Engagements

2006

National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges Annual Meeting

Ethics

2006

National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees Annual Meeting

Trustee Discipline

2005

Northwest Bankruptcy Institute

Inching Toward a Pro Bono Model?

2001

Consumer Bankruptcy for a Rainy Day Economy

Bankruptcy

2001

12th Annual Bankruptcy Seminar and Retreat

Ethics

2000

Northwest Bankruptcy Institute

U.S. Trustee Issues

2000

Annual Montana Bankruptcy CLE

Bankruptcy

1999

Washington Bankruptcy Judges' Conference

Bankruptcy

1999

Saturday Session

U.S. Trustee matters

1999

Annual Montana Bankruptcy CLE

Current Bankruptcy Issues

1999

Alaska Bar Ass'n- Bankruptcy Section Meeting

Current Bankruptcy and U.S. Trustee Issues

1998

Turnaround Management Ass'n Meeting

Embezzelement Safeguards in Distressed Companies

1998

King County Bar Bankruptcy Section Lunch

Embezzlement in Bankruptcies

1997

National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges Annual Meeting

Creditor Committee Formation

1996

Washington State Bar Ass'n Seminar

Bankruptcy for New Practitioners

1996

National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges Annual Meeting

Appointment of Examiners

1996

King County Bar Bankruptcy Section Lunch

Disinterestedness

1993

Fundamentals of Bankruptcy Law and Proceedure

Bankruptcy

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Publications

2007

Collier Bankruptcy Treatise Chapter 6

2007

Collier Bankruptcy Practice Guide Chapter 7

2006

American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) Journal A Report on the Enron Fee Examination Process

2005

ABA Task Force on Attorney Discipline (contributing author) Attorney Liability under Â§ 707(b)(4) of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention

2002

Handbook for Chapter 7 Trustees (contributing author)

2001

American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) Journal Ensuring Good Counsel for Debtors

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