McKinney Nursing Home v. Robert Wallace

May 30, 2007

OUTCOME: Successfully eliminated judgment against defendant

Burgess v. Sikes

Jan 26, 2006

OUTCOME: Rehearing en banc, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Co-authored a amicus brief arguing that a debtor's disaster-relief payment comes into the bankruptcy estate through a combination of § 541(a)(1) (property) and § 541(a)(6) (proceeds).

Kowalchyk v. United States of America

N/A

OUTCOME: Successfully settled Veterans Admin. case

Represented plaintiffs suing the United States for alleged negligence in the treatment and ultimate death of a World War II veteran in a V.A. hospital.