Has achieved the highest rating for legal ability in Martindale-Hubbell. Recipient, "Super Lawyer," Southern California 2010, 2011. Contributing Editor, Cal. Prac. Guide: Bankruptcy, Ch.11, The Rutter Group, 2009 and 2010. Co-Author: "§ 524(g) Asbestos Bankruptcies and Other Land Mines," Vol. 51 For the Defense, DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar, No. 5, May 2009. Co-Author: 11 U.S.C. § 524(g), Bankr.Prac. Guide, 2009 (The Rutter Group). Co-Author: "Lost in § 524(g) Space: Asbestos Bankruptcies-The Survival Guide for the Voyage Back to Your Coverage Litigation," Defense Research Institute, New York, December 2008. Editor-in-Chief, "California Bankruptcy Journal," 1989-1995. Editor, "California Bankruptcy Journal," 1995 to Present. Speaker: "Effective Representation of Your Client in a Bankruptcy Contest - Whether Your Clients are Debtors, Trustees or Creditors," California Society of Certified Public Accountants, Litigation Committee, January 10, 2002; "Defendant's Strategic Use of Plaintiff's Bankruptcy," Southern California Defense Counsel's 11th Annual Seminar, October 1998. 42-hours Mediator Training Certificate, Pepperdine Law School, 2000 (Updated with 18 hours of advanced mediation courses at Pepperdine Law School, 2010). Mediator: Member of Panel of Mediators for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California, 2001-2003; Member of Panel of Mediators for the Los Angeles Superior Court, 2001-2002. First Motions Attorney for the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (9th Circuit). Former Extern to the Hon. Frederick J. Hertz (deceased), Northern District of Illinois.