Partner
Location:
Yardley, Pennsylvania
Phone:
215-268-3373
877-317-9857
877-317-9857
Fax:
(215) 493-4304
E-mail:
Areas of Practice
- 85% Consumer & Small Business Bankruptcy
- 5% Wills/Powers of Attorney/Living Wills
- 5% Estate Administration/Probate
- 3% Creditors Rights
- 2% Civil Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania, 1997
- New Jersey, 1997
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1997
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1997
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1997
- U.S. Tax Court, 2000
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2007
Education
- Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- J.D. - 1997
- Honors: Dean's List
- Honors: Outstanding Oral Advocacy Award
- Honors: Barrister's Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy
- DeSales University, Center Valley, PA
- B.A. (Magna Cum Laude) - 1991
- Honors: Member, Delta Epsilon Sigma Honor Society
- Major: Politics
- Max Gardner's Bankruptcy Boot Camp
- Graduate - 2007
Representative Cases
- In re Orawsky, 387 B.R. 128 (Bankr.E.D.Pa. 2008)
Classes/Seminars
- “Three Years Since BAPCPA: Do we yet know what means testing really means?”, Panelist, 13th Annual Bankruptcy Institute, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, October, 2008
- “Consumer Case Law Update”, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference, Panelist, Bucks County Bar Association, Spring, 2008
- “Consumer Case Law Update”, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference, Panelist, Twentieth Anniversary Forum, 2009
- “Anatomy of a Mortgage Loan”, Panelist, 15th Annual Bankruptcy Institute, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Fall 2010
- “Essentials of Chapter 13 Practice”, Panelist, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, May 2011
- “Means Testing 101” and “Home Foreclosure Issues”, Panelist, 16th Annual Bankruptcy Institute, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, October 2011
- “Formulating a Confirmable Chapter 13 Plan”, Panelist, National Bankruptcy Institute, December 2011
Professional Associations and Memberships
- National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Member
- Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference, Steering Committee, Member
- Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Member
- Temple School of Law Women's Law Caucus, Member
- Temple University School of Law Alumni Association, Member
- Alzheimers Association of the Delaware Valley, Volunteer
Past Employment Positions
- Crayton & Belknap, PC, Associate Attorney, 1997 - 2004
Pro Bono Activities
- Volunteer Attorney for the Consumer Bankruptcy Advocacy Project in the Eastern District of PA
- Volunteer Attorney for the Bucks County Legal Aid Society
